Published: 20 January, 2021
The scrapping of lab tests for EU wine heading to the UK will save the wine industry tens of millions of pounds a year. However, the new trade deal between the EU and UK has thrown up new questions around how much cross border trade in 2021 is likely to cost, with EU wine travelling via GB to Northern Ireland and other parts of the EU now entering a no man’s land where it temporarily belongs to neither region.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
Majestic Wine has appointed Mark Capon to the newly created role of director of subscriptions.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
The Prosecco DOC Consortium has reported 2.8% volume growth for 2020 compared to the certified volumes recorded the previous year.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) has reported a 23% leap in off-trade value sales of New Zealand wine in the UK.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) has, in partnership with Harpers, launched a specialised retail promotion in support of independent retailers.
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Published: 19 January, 2021
Have you ever used the ‘F word’ during a meeting with your biggest client? I have. Several times and, to make it worse, several times during the same meeting. The client was Jon Woodriffe, now of Origin Wines, but then Sainsbury’s buyer for French wines.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
South African wine exports to the UK, its leading export market, surged last year with both value and volume sales up.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
After a tumultuous and challenging 2020 and more to come in 2021, Harpers wrapped up last year by partnering with Bordeaux Wines for a webinar examining Current Consumer Trends in the UK.
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Published: 18 January, 2021
Bancroft Wines has expanded its Spanish portfolio with Bodegas Frontonio.
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Published: 14 January, 2021
Four things I’m excited about in 2021…
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Published: 14 January, 2021
As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, France faced a drought so bad that water restrictions were put in place. Nowhere was the lack of water felt more keenly than in Burgundy, where irrigation is illegal.
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Published: 13 January, 2021
Foods and Wines from Spain has announced the winners of last year’s Eat Spain Drink Spain 2020 campaign.
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Published: 13 January, 2021
Mark White, the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), has launched the annual survey with a call to wine and spirit suppliers to tell him if retailers are treating them “fairly and lawfully”.
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Published: 13 January, 2021
Majestic Wine has been recognised with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, as one the Best Places to Work in 2020.
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Published: 12 January, 2021
Fine wine and spirits merchant Bordeaux Index has recorded over $125m in total sales in 2020.
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Published: 12 January, 2021
Bar 44 Group’s co-owner and self-confessed sherry nut Owen Morgan talks Andrew Catchpole through launching Manzanilla 44 with Bodegas Barón and generally advancing the cause.
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Published: 11 January, 2021
The European Union (EU) has given Consorzio Tutela Vini della Maremma Toscana the green light to use a bivarietal (wines that blend two grape varietals) label, marking a first for a Tuscany PDO wine.
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Published: 11 January, 2021
A critical mass of smaller, sustainability-focused players is helping the wine and spirits industries reach new levels of innovation and accountability, writes Jo Gilbert
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Published: 07 January, 2021
Vagabond Wines has appointed Matthew Fleming, formerly of Be At One and Stonegate Pub Company, as its new MD.
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Published: 07 January, 2021
Enotria & Coe has unveiled the details of its premium WSET course launching this month.
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