So where did you buy your last bottle of wine? With your groceries at the nearest supermarket? From your friendly local wine merchant? Or do you get a case delivered once a month?
Read more...Morrisons is looking to fast track its move in to online grocery shopping with a deal that will see Ocado, that currently provides Waitrose with much of its online offer, offer a similar service to Morrisons.
Read more...Jancis Robinson MW has become only the fourth woman to become an honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Vintners.
Read more...Tesco's wine team will again give suppliers the chance to pitch their business for potential listings at next week's London International Wine Fair (LIWF).
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Quinta do Noval has added its name to the plethora of port producers declaring a vintage for 2011.
Seymour Fortescue is to step down as chairman of the Portman Group on June 18 after four years in the role.
Ian MacLeod Distillers celebrated the relaunch of its Tamdhu Distillery this week with the release of a 10-year-old...
Read more...Ardbeg, the single malt scotch whisky producer, has announced its latest limited edition whisky will be called Ardbog and is to host a special "Ardbog Day" on June 1 to celebrate its launch.
Read more...Penfolds has launched its latest Icon and Luxury collection, including the release of the 100 point 2008 Grange vintage (RRP £500).
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Albert Eistein, a man who knows a thing or two about the difference between complication and simplicity, once said: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." This was brought to my mind last month when the great and the good of the wine writing world (and I) gathered in a packed room in Somerset House for a press conference to introduce the 'Chianti Classico Revolution" at the combattantly named 'Tuscany Strikes Back' tasting. Perhaps the Consorzio del Vino Chianti Classico could take Einstein's message to heart, too.
Bruno Kessler has been voted the new president of French body, Anivin, that has helped spearhead the growth of the Vin de France wine category.
Read more...A new-look London Wine Fair designed to engage and involve a greater breadth of the UK wine trade will return to central London in 2014, organiser Brintex has confirmed.
Read more...Copestick Murray is to release its growing I Heart Wines brand in 187ml format to capitalise on more out of home drinking opportunities through the summer.
Naked Wines hopes to help English winemaker Katie Jones get back on her feet after her entire white wine vintage was destroyed by vandals at her winery in Languedoc, south west France last month.
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The wine trade is normally a very civil place to work. People speak when they are spoken to, have washed behind their ears and generally all sing from the same hymn sheet.
Read more...Spanish wine specialist, Moreno Wines, is take on the wines from former Plumpton Wine College graduate, Harry Hunt, from what is the the first negociant-style business in Andalucia, southern Spain.
Read more...London's first railway hotel, the Great Northern, has reopened for the first time in almost 12 years, following a £40m renovation programme.
Read more...Rising demand for Portuguese wine in the UK means places are filling up fast for the Wines of Portugal Wine Academy tastings being held, in association with Harpers Wine & Spirit, in June.
Read more...The Worshipful Company of Vintners is organising a walk, 'The March for Mobility', in aid of drinks industry charity The Benevolent.
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Mark Andrew of Roberson Wine and Christian Jacobson of premium steak restaurant, MASH, will lead two masterclasses at the Harpers California Summit on June 4.
