Generating more than £1.1 billion in off-trade sales alone in the UK each year, Australia is clearly a category to be reckoned with, continuing to lead its nearest rivals Italy, France and the US by quite some degree. In the on-trade, too, while sitting in a far more modest third position, the country racked up a further £366 million worth of sales in 2016, adding another sizeable dose of Down Under flavour to the British wine scene.
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With two new openings planned this year (God of Mischief willing), Loki’s Phil Innes talks to Andrew Catchpole about business and why the indie scene is on a roll.
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With the mind-bogglingly fast growth of online channels, which in the context of many thousands of years of bartering and selling, is still a very new phenomenon, we scope out the e-specialists claiming to help your products fly online.
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Jascots Wine Merchants has appointed Kent Barker as its new head of business development.
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Simpsons Wine Estate is hoping to build on the growing excitement of English wine with a programme of wine tourism that will see the winery run regular vineyard tours.
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Nicolas Feuillatte has reported a 4% dip in global volume sales driven by the general UK market decline for Champagne.
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New Zealand wine producer Jackson Estate has opened its new state-of-the art Winery.
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Origin Wine is poised to launch its Electric Sky wine brand in the UK in a bid to replicate its success in the US.
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Bancroft Wines has acquired organic wine specialist Mason & Mason Wines for an undisclosed sum.
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Sales of spirits brought more money to the Treasury than beer for the first time ever, according to the latest HMRC figures released this morning.
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Bancroft Wines has secured a deal as the exclusive distributor for Terra Alta producer Herència Altés.
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Crown Cellars, the wine division of Carlsberg UK, has unveiled its 2017/18 wine portfolio, with a focus on Spain and Italy.
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Vindependents, the drinks agency for independents run by independents, is going from strength to strength but the buying group is far from resting on its laurels.
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Over her 13 years with Mendoza producer Bodega Argento, winemaker Silvia Corti has seen a number of major changes take place.
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Coates & Seely has signed a deal as the exclusive English sparkling wine partner of Goodwood Racecourse.
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When we wake up on June 9th we will have a new parliament and a new Government, probably one that will last for the next five years.
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A boom in wine in Mallorca has led the island’s producers to seek new export destinations including Britain. A new wave of multi-million euro investments in new vineyards and spectacular contemporary wineries, largely from outside investors, means there is a whole new generation of wine coming onto the market on the Mediterranean Island.
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English sparkling wine producer Exton Park showcased its half-sized 37.5ml bottles of sparkling wines at this year's London Wine Fair (LWF).
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Bolney Wine Estate and Lyme Bay Winery are both gearing up to tap the popularity of English fizz abroad, with the former set to make its first move into Scandinavia and the latter poised to ‘significantly’ increase its acres as part of a new export strategy.
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Daniel Lambert of Daniel Lambert Wines calls for clarity on the likely levels of trade tariffs after 1 April 2019 and argues that the public should be told
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