Published: 21 February, 2018
French winemakers are up in arms over the French government’s plan to curb excessive alcohol consumption, which may lead to health warnings on wine bottles.
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Published: 21 February, 2018
Winebank, the private members club for wine enthusiasts, has revealed it is to make its first foray into the UK this year.
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Published: 20 February, 2018
The Oxford Wine Company has officially left Vindependents.
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Published: 19 February, 2018
If the recent Riesling Riot was a litmus test, then Riesling is clearly starting to attract the cool crowd in Australia.
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Published: 19 February, 2018
Vinisud has revealed ambitious plans to establish itself as one part of a global hub for international buyers looking for both cool and warm climate wines, as the fair plans to move to Paris next year.
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Published: 19 February, 2018
Armit Wines has announced the 2013 release from Pieve Santa Restituta.
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Published: 16 February, 2018
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is embroiled in yet another legal challenge, this time against a label which it claims intentionally riffs off the look and feel of one of its flagship Australian brands.
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Published: 15 February, 2018
The growth in sparkling wine, along with premium gin, rum and whisky, is set to continue beyond 2021, helping offset the impart on value sales of a 10-year decline in consumption.
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Published: 15 February, 2018
Wines of Great Britain (WineGB) has unveiled its new branding following the merger of Vineyards Association (UKVA) and English Wine Producers (EWP), and the subsequent name change, last year.
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Published: 15 February, 2018
The Wine Society has announced its CEO of almost six years,Robin McMillan, will be stepping down at the end of this month.
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Published: 14 February, 2018
Top New Zealand winery Villa Maria has a new CEO.
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Published: 14 February, 2018
Sales of sparkling grew by 6% in volume and 9% in value in the off-trade last year, showing the popularity of the category continues to rise.
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Published: 13 February, 2018
Newcomer Wines has revealed it is to hold its first UK fair to promote Central European wines.
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Published: 13 February, 2018
Wine Intelligence has predicted sparkling wine consumption in China is poised to take off boosted by a wave of more affordable options.
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Published: 13 February, 2018
Rathfinny Estate has announced the highly anticipated launch of its first Sussex sparkling wines will take place at Somerset House in London on April 24th.
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Published: 12 February, 2018
Paused by the recession, the UK market for organic wine is back on track, boosted by millennials and their quest for healthier living, alongside consumers in general paying increasing attention to the origins of both food and drink.
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Published: 12 February, 2018
Wine closures specialist Vinventions has reported ‘considerable’ volume growth, delivering 2.7 billion closures in 2017 compared to 2.5 billion the previous year.
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Published: 09 February, 2018
Yorkshire-based wholesaler HB Clark has boosted its portfolio of own and exclusive label wines with a newly developed global range called Clark’s Crossing Private Bin.
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Published: 09 February, 2018
The official Bordeaux wine body has announced a number of initiatives lined up for the UK for 2018, including an official Bordeaux Wine Month to run in UK independents throughout the month of June.
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Published: 09 February, 2018
“Day Zero” sounds like the title of a dystopian disaster movie, starring Matt Damon or an ageing Bruce Willis perhaps. But what’s happening in South Africa right now has nothing to do with fantasy or fiction. On the contrary, it’s all too real. If you’ve not been reading the news from Cape Town recently, the city is about to run out of water. On January 18, the city’s mayor, Patricia de Lille, said that the “point of no return” had been reached and that, if things continue as they are with little or no rainfall, by April 12 (Day Zero), the taps will be turned off.
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