How Treasury Wine Estates is turning heads with its premium Californian wines

If David Dearie's shock sacking as Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) chief executive last month was indeed connected to the $160m writedown the company's US division suffered earlier this year, its stable of Californian wineries continues to produce premium wine that keep turning heads.

WSTA Conference: The trade needs to stick together

Last month's WSTA conference demonstrated how powerful the drinks sector can be when it is united and the dangers when it is not, says Richard Siddle

Big, bold, but Beautiful?

The Beautiful South Tasting challenged the concept of generic wine tastings. Erin Smith analyses what worked and lessons for the future

Are you making the most of international trade shows?

Love them or loathe them, international wine trade fairs are an intrinsic part of a buyers' calendar. But what are the best ways of making the most of your time? For those seeking, for example, to gain a greater understanding of Spanish wines, the town of Ciudad Real is not an obvious first port of call. Being 200km north of Madrid, the town has no obvious links to the wine trade. No links, that is, apart from every two years hosting the Fenavin trade tasting.

Social media insights: how to make the best use of video

In the second of her specialist columns looking at how best to implement social media in to your business, Bernadette Costello offers her top tips on how to use video.

How should restaurants choose their wine suppliers?

In the first of a new series, Jade Koch looks at how restaurants should choose their wine suppliers

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Key global wine trends and winnners and losers in 2013-2014

Erin Smith takes a look at the overall trends influencing the wine industry and looks ahead to who are the likely winners and losers from a changing global economic picture.

It's time to take duty fraud seriously

Trade estimates put the level of losses due to wine duty fraud as high as £300 million a year, but how much is really being done within the industry to tackle a problem that is spiralling out of control? asks Carol Emmas

Introducing the Harpers France Summit 2013

Harpers' first dedicated French wine day is to be held in London on October 22. Here we present a run down...

Vinexpo 2013: Around the world in five days

With nearly 50,000 visitors from 135 countries, Vinexpo was the centre of the wine and spirits world last week...

LIWF: ExCeL's last stand

London International Wine Fair says goodbye to ExCeL before transforming itself into the London Wine Fair at Olympia in 2014...

Lower-alcohol wine: Time to look on the light side?

Whether consumers are buying low-alcohol wine to reduce their alcohol or calorie intake, or to cut down...

Everybody wants to rule the world

British wine companies are increasingly looking to capitalise on the UK's reputation around the world to explore new commercial opportunities outside these shores, as Lucy Britner investigates

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Regions vs brands: What's right for France?

With regions as well known as those in France, is there any point in marketing by brand instead of region? Laura Heywood...

ProWein 2013: Why it's the place to be

ProWein is going from strength to strength with sell-out exhibition space, high customer satisfaction and new...

What can suppliers learn from the demise of Thierry's?

Thierry's was one of several wine businesses to fall foul of the tough economic climate last year. Elinor Zuke takes a look at what went wrong for the wine agency and how suppliers can learn from its collapse