
English wines toast record Christmas sales at Waitrose
Sales of English wines have rocketed this Christmas, Waitrose has revealed.
Read more...Sales of English wines have rocketed this Christmas, Waitrose has revealed.
Read more...Wine sales for Christmas - and for the year - will peak on Monday, December 14, according to sales data from online retailer Laithwaite's Wine.
Read more...Britain's vineyards association, the UKVA, is to appoint a CEO to navigate ways forward for the UK's burgeoning wine industry. UKVA's Chairman, Sam Lindo of Camel Valley, said the move was part of a new "dynamic strategy" involving the overhaul of the association which he said would give greater support and sales help to producers.
Read more...Still wine is the preferred alcoholic drink of the French, being the top choice of 34% of consumers. Spirits and cocktails come next (22%), followed by beer (16%), then Champagne and sparkling wines (15%), according to the latest annual SOWINE/SSI Barometer survey of French attitudes to wine.
Read more...London-based on-trade supplier Flint Wines has added Burgundy's resurrected Domaine Launay-Horiot estate to its portfolio.
Read more...The first shipments of Graham Norton's Own Sauvignon Blanc have already sold out, the wine's producer Invivo Wines reports.
Read more...Champagne Taittinger has bought land in Kent to establish an English vineyard, which will operate under the name Domaine Evremond.
Read more...Leading South African wine brand Kumala is to be the official wine sponsor of Sir Ian Botham's upcoming eight-day charity walk across South Africa.
Read more...Hampshire-based producer of sparkling wine Coates & Seely is moving its distribution to Bibendum PLB Group in January.
Read more...The name "Napa Valley" has been granted a certification mark by the US Patent and Trade Mark Office, the Napa Valley Vintners trade association announced yesterday.
Read more...Sauvignon Blanc will be the most popular wine in the UK this Christmas, according to customer analysis from leading online retailer Laithwaite's.
Read more...Codorníu Cava is launching a major new campaign today to promote its two most recent releases, Codorníu Cuvée Barcelona Brut 1872 and Codorníu Anna Blanc de Blancs.
Read more...Leading fine wine merchant Farr Vintners has bought Jackson Fine Wines for an undisclosed, following the retirement of chief executive, Kit Jackson.
Read more...The Co-op dominates Fairtrade wine sales in the UK, with a 66% market share, a new report on the mark reveals.
Read more...Tim Heath, who has been with Cloudy Bay for 10 years, talks about continuing the legacy of one of New Zealand's most iconic brands as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Read more...Treasury Wine Estates is to provide calorific information across its entire portfolio of bottled wines for the first time.
Read more...Accolade Wines is to spend £500,000 on its newly acquired Anakena Chilean wine brand over the next year.
Read more...Will Malbec and Prosecco continue to attract consumers at a break-neck pace or is that so last year? Angela Mount reports
Read more...Looking back, 2015 was not a bad year for the trade, but it was a challenging one. But what does the future hold? We conducted a survey to find out the general feeling throughout the trade as we approach a new year.
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