Harpers Wine Stars, the competition judged by buyers for buyers, is returning fresh for 2019 – and there’s only just over a week left to sign up.
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Indie merchant WoodWinters has strengthened its growing wholesale portfolio with the addition of the UK agency for Soul Growers from Barossa.
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Kent estate Simpsons has released its first sparkling wine, six years after its founders branched out from the Languedoc in France to launch their first UK venture.
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Chris Wilson looks at the age-old conundrum – how can fortified wine break away from its seasonal reputation?
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Napa Valley has announced a “Goldilocks” 2018 vintage.
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Lidl swept the board at the Wotwine 2019 Supermarket Wine Retailer Awards taking home three out of four gongs.
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Matthew Clark has expanded its wine buying team with a director and two new buyers.
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As Japan continues to make waves in whisky, pushing outwards with its own distinctive style and winning awards left, right and centre, wine is poised to follow suit. Harpers joined Sarah Abbott MW at a recent Wines of Japan tasting – the follow-up to the inaugural UK event in February this year. We discovered a country ready to build on the newly signed free trade deal with Europe and take on the wine world.
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The Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) officially welcomed 14 new MW to its fold at its annual awards ceremony last night.
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Champagne Billecart-Salmon has appointed Mathieu Roland-Billecart to the position of chief executive officer.
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US wines have been generating an unprecedented buzz in the UK. Andrew Catchpole discovers why
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Four winemakers styling themselves as The Judean Hills Quartet returned to London on Monday to mark the anniversary of their collaboration to promote quality Israeli wines.
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Jascots has expanded its Port portfolio with the addition of family Port House Vieira de Sousa.
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Drawing on sparkling wine research carried out with Wines Direct, Harpers assesses the state of play
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Columnists are meant to have opinions. They’re meant to have answers. But there is one aspect of wine that I am at a loss to fathom. And that is the location of wine’s cool. Where is it? Who’s got it? Because no matter how you try to spin it, wine is simply not hip. It is not sick. And it is most certainly not, my homies, woke.
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A change to legislation in the 2018 Budget policy document could have a significant impact on products made from concentrate in the UK, including British made wine, low abv wines, RTDs, sherry-style drinks and flavoured ciders – anything which is diluted after fermentation.
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Fresh from his win at the Lifetime Achievement Awards at last week’s Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships in London, Ed Carr, group head sparkling winemaker at Accolade Wines talked to Harpers about putting Tasmania on the map.
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Hanging Ditch founder Ben Stephenson has revealed the plans for his latest venture - a wine retail, entertainment and social space that works from morning to night.
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As the French region looks to revitalise its reputation, Lisa Riley meets the growers introducing greener methods and pursuing organic certification
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The UK has been pinpointed as the fourth most costly country in the EU when it comes to buying alcohol and tobacco.
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