Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Rousset and Pineau extend partnership with new bar

Published: 08 June, 2021

Xavier Rousset MS and bar owner Steve Pineau have teamed up again, this time to open a new prohibition style bar named Nocturne.

Bulk wine: New Zealand reaching 'event horizon' says Justin Knock MW

Published: 16 October, 2014

New Zealand's wine industry is about to reach an "event horizon", says Justin Knock MW. Read more about what's going on in the "truly global market for bulk wine". Warning: it's not pretty.

Justin Knock MW on wine pricing, supply and demand in 2014

Published: 22 January, 2014

Justin Knock MW, consultant at Cobevco, takes a look at what the industry can expect regarding pricing, supply and demand in the year ahead.

Global wine shortage: reality or myth?

Published: 15 November, 2013

You could be forgiven for the panic - even if it is a year late in coming. It seems that in 2012, we drank 300 million cases more wine than was made. If true, that would be first time demand has exceeded supply in two generations.