Boutinot latest signatory to Harpers Sustainability Charter
Published: 22 January, 2024
Manchester-based Boutinot has become the latest company to sign up to Harpers Sustainability Charter.
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Alcohol duty rises impact inflation
Published: 17 January, 2024
Last August’s duty hikes for wine and spirits have contributed to December’s unexpected rise in UK inflation, it has been revealed, as the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) announces that the rate for the sector is now three times higher than it was this time last year.
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New MD for Fells
Published: 11 January, 2024
Leading Port and wine distributor Fells has announced strategic changes to the top roles in its leadership team, with Euan Mackay taking on the mantle of MD and Steve Moody transitioning to chairman.
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50 Best Indies 2024 ranking: 30-21 revealed
Published: 10 January, 2024
This week we continue the rollout of our 50 Best Indies 2024 results, celebrating the top merchants from across this dynamic and ever-engaging sector.
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Jerry Lockspeiser: This is the worst wine we have ever tasted
Published: 21 December, 2023
In his final column of 2023, Harpers regular Jerry Lockspeiser looks back over the year, before mulling over some lessons for the one ahead.
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Embracing change in Rioja
Published: 20 December, 2023
Setting out to discover the renewed dynamism and diversity in Spain’s flagship DO, Harpers teamed up with Wines of Rioja to host an indie merchant buying trip to the region. Andrew Catchpole reports.
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Hallgarten acquired by Coterie Holdings
Published: 19 December, 2023
Hallgarten & Novum Wines has been purchased by Coterie Holdings, joining Lay & Wheeler, bonded warehousing Coterie Vaults and wine lender Jera in a growing fine wine portfolio.
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Soapbox: Why is the government so disinterested in the wine trade?
Published: 19 December, 2023
The Wine Society CEO Steve Finlan calls out the government’s lack of engagement with the hard-pressed UK drinks trade.
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Friday read: The other Caucasus contender
Published: 15 December, 2023
Armenia has a thriving wine industry, as Jacopo Mazzeo discovers, but faces an uphill battle to establish itself on the world stage.
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Tim Atkin MW: Moving away from ‘icons’
Published: 12 December, 2023
My late friend Michael Cox, who ran Wines of Chile’s UK office for more than a decade, had a great line about so-called “icon” wines. “Is that one word or two?” he would ask with a raised eyebrow. The pun works best in English, but the marketing strategy it points fun at is pretty much universal. Wines promoted as “iconic”, especially
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Basques to build major Drinks & Wine Campus
Published: 04 December, 2023
Their culinary prowess is widely known, but now the Basques are looking to boost their wine credentials with the creation of a €15 million wine and drinks university campus.
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Jerry Lockspeiser: Has wine become like religion for some?
Published: 28 November, 2023
In last month’s article for Harpers, I considered the potential for huge disruption in the UK wine trade from new rules that will allow the blending and processing of wines imported in bulk. They raise the possibility of making drinks that have all the taste and packaging characteristics of established wines while not being subject to the historic restrictions for making them.
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Alcohol duty frozen until 2024
Published: 22 November, 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has quelled fears of a second duty rise this year in this afternoon’s Autumn Budget, by announcing a freeze until August next year.
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Soapbox: Somm tips on ordering wine
Published: 21 November, 2023
Aulis’s Charles Carron Brown irons out the mistakes commonly made in approaching a somm, helping to bag the wine a diner wants, rather than the one the somm wants them to drink.
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Plumpton College Queen’s Anniversary Prize
Published: 17 November, 2023
Plumpton College has been awarded the highest National Honour in education, a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its work in wine education and wider impact on the English and Welsh wine sector.
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Five minutes with Talya Roberson, Marasby
Published: 07 November, 2023
Jo Gilbert gets clued up on Roberson’s latest venture – the first of its kind platform, which promises to offer consumers the chance to buy English wine, direct from producers, at vineyard prices.
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The White Hart: On the trail of English wine
Published: 24 October, 2023
Jo Gilbert visited the White Hart pub & restaurant in East Sussex to find out how the venue is looking to become a hub for English wine.
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Profile: The wonder of Wanderlust
Published: 17 October, 2023
Wanderlust’s Richard Ellison talks Andrew Catchpole through his journey into wine.
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From ‘smashable’ to age-worthy, Soave plots its renaissance
Published: 09 October, 2023
Much has been made of the potential of Italian whites beyond the near ubiquitous Pinot Grigio. But few conversations have centred on an arguably more important question – namely, is there a contender to take a place with the top white wines in the world?
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Exclusive: BWS falls into sustainability perception gap
Published: 05 October, 2023
In many ways, alcohol seems to be ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainability agendas. Wine producers around the world work on nature’s front line and are among the few sectors to have successfully high recycling rates globally via glass. Spirits have been at the forefront of experiments with alternative formats and zero waste projects.
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