Looking ahead: Winne Toh, The Aubrey at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park

With the first half of 2022 already history, Harpers asked key trade figures to highlight the current challenges, ongoing trends and opportunities.

Generation sobriety turns to fine wine for alternative investments

Gen Z investors are turning to fine wine to boost their finances in the wake of the pandemic.

Profile: Fine Wines Direct take action

Andrew Catchpole caught up with the team at the “fiercely independent” Fine Wines Direct to discuss their new agency business, as well as plans for expansion and diversification

Jascots strengthens its fine wine arm with new appointment

Leading wine distributor Jascots has appointed Omar Raafat as its new head of fine wine.

CVNE to release second vintage of resurrected white Rioja

Leading Rioja winery CVNE will release a small volume of its 'new' white Rioja, Monopole Clasico Gran Reserva 2015, in 2022.

Liv-ex’s benchmark index sets a new record for fine wine

Fine wine prices on Liv-ex 100, the fine wine trading platform’s top index, have enjoyed their most prolonged period of growth since records began – a phenomenon which has signalled “high investor confidence and a healthy market”.

Casa Real joins La Place

Chile’s Casa Real has become the latest New World producer to offer wine through La Place de Bordeaux, with its 2018 Reserva Especial marked for distribution via this high-end route to market with immediate effect.

Fine wine becoming a ‘regular luxury’ for British consumers

A recent survey commissioned by fine wine merchant Bordeaux Index suggests that the pandemic has led to a surge of interest in fine wine buying – either for immediate consumption or longer term investment.

Berkmann Wine Cellars welcomes new non-executive chair

Berkmann Wine Cellars, the on-trade wine supplier, has revealed that Alison Levett is joining the board as a non-executive chair.

Long Read: Accolade shakes up its global fine wine strategy

Copper Rivet opens Pumphouse by the river

THE PUMPROOM AT COPPER RIVET DISTILLERY

Fine Wine Partners rebrands to Accolade Fine Wines

Accolade Wines' fine wines division has been re-named Accolade Fine Wines by the company in order to facilitate a “customer-centric offering” which will move away from focusing on brands only within Australia.

Fine wine: The new world of collectables

Fine wine investment enjoyed a growing reputation for resilience during the ups and downs of Covid. Chloe Ashton, COO at Wine Lister, takes a closer look at the evolution of this ever-changing market.

Operators without necessary licence run risk of fine for cocktail deliveries

Operators selling pre-mixed cocktails for home consumption without the necessary licence are at risk of getting fined by the HMRC, UK law firm TLT has warned. 

Hedonism moves online with subscription service

Hedonism, the fine wines and spirit boutique in London’s Mayfair, has launched its first subscription-based service called Case Study by Hedonism.

Fine wine reaches a record high on Liv-ex

Fine wine has remained buoyant this year, with increased reliance on technology and automated trading helping the market to reach as yet unprecedented levels.

Roux folds under Covid pressure

Plummeting footfall in central London has done for Roux at Parliament Square, with Michel Roux Jr announcing the permanent closure of the well-loved Westminster site.

House of Commons in retail partnership with Digby Fine English

Sussex-based sparkling wine producer Digby Fine English has been appointed as the official supplier of English sparkling wine to the House of Commons gift shops.

Liv-ex prepares for skyrocketing cost of Brexit transition

Liv-ex is predicting that the number of ‘steps’ involved in transferring wine between the UK and the EU will more than double post-January, with associated costs forecasted to rise exponentially.

Self-imposed regulations risk UK’s standing as fine wine trading hub

The UK's status as a global trading hub for fine wine will face major risks from the additional burdens of government-imposed regulations when the UK ends its Brexit transition period at the close of the year.