Entries for the Harpers Awards 2013 are now open giving companies or individuals across the on and off-trades, including independent wine merchants, sommeliers, wine suppliers and distributors, the chance to be singled out for their success in the industry.
The first Emerging Regions Tasting organised by the SITT team, in association with Harpers, will be held on Wednesday May 1 at 8 Northumberland Avenue in central London.
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Can PLB convince you it's got what it takes to be your ideal match? Simon Brook, head of PLB's specialist division, explains why he's committed to the independent sector.
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Harpers hears from Weingut Bischel's Christian Runkel, who will be exhibiting at SITT Spring 2013.
Ehrmanns is committed to serving the needs of the independent sector and could be just the supplier you're looking for. Find out in this quickfire Q&A round with Mark Motley, director of Ehrmanns Independent Selection.
Read more...Think your offering needs a new lease of life for the new year? SITT Spring 2013 promises independent on and off-trade buyers "wines with wow factor" from a stellar line-up of hand-picked exhibitors.
Read more...Independent merchants in the southern half of the country have reported market-beating double-digit growth across the festive season.
Read more...Simon Evans from The Naked Grape in Alresford, Hampshire, tells Harpers why being an independent wine merchant is the perfect job for him.
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Harpers hears from Hubert de Billy, sales manager for France at Champagne Pol Roger, who will be exhibiting at SITT Spring 2013.
Read more...In the third and final part of our 2012 review, we look at what the main generic bodies have been doing throughout the year - many have implemented changes away from their usual marketing plans; good news in the form of Harpers new awards recognising industry talent and the launch of the London 2013 business show on wine. We also consider a few high-profile departures during the year and look at how wine firms are changing how they operate to cope with declining volumes and squeezed margins.
Read more...Wines from Rioja has announced the winners of its Retailer of the Year Competition 2012 as Cambridge Wine Merchants, with the Longship, Orkney, as runner-up.
Read more...The independent sector must up its game if it's to reverse the current trend for shopping "little and often" in convenience outlets, according to research released by Accolade Wines.
Read more...Hoping to woo some new indie customers is Patriarche Wine Agencies with a quick-fire Q&A round.
Read more...Paul Tutton, owner of Waterloo Wine in Borough, London, gets on his soapbox about the increasing power of distributors and breweries on the specialist market.
Read more...Languedoc producer Domaines Paul Mas has appointed Elin Mann to run its first ever dedicated sales and marketing office based in London.
Read more...Can Grupo Codorníu convince you it's got what it takes to be your ideal match?
Read more...At a recent barbecue (yes, we did manage to sneak one in this summer), someone asked what I did for a living. I replied that I sold wine for an independent, family-run business, established some 40 years ago.
Read more...The Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) has launched A Taste For Bordeaux, a new in-store consumer tasting initiative for wine merchants.
Read more...World Wine Agencies has launched a new logistics model to allow independents to purchase at the "best possible" ex-cellar prices and in lower quantities to help keep stock holding to a minimum.
Read more...Charles Taylor Wines is to hold its first stand-alone portfolio tasting in the north of England, in a bid to capitalise on the region's "unrealised potential ".
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