Published: 30 March, 2020
Wine Intelligence has updated its Global Report post-coronavirus (Covid-19), first launched in January, to highlight both the short and long-term effects the pandemic is likely to have on wine consumption.
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Published: 30 March, 2020
Birichino’s flight at the recent Wines of California tasting was a lesson in how to go against the grain, with a focus on native ferments and century-old dry-farmed plantings all made at its Santa Cruz winery.
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Published: 30 March, 2020
Nearly half of all wine-related online searches in the UK are for sparkling wine, according to new research from Italian wine specialists Independent Wine.
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Published: 27 March, 2020
Wine trade bodies, the WSTA and CEEV have jointly urged the British government to maintain regulatory alignment on wine post-Brexit.
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Published: 27 March, 2020
One week into lockdown, and you’ve exhausted all of Netflix ‘recommended for you’ offerings and are missing the world of wine. So why not kill two birds with one stone and stream a film about booze?
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Published: 27 March, 2020
Enduringly popular and commanding a premium, NZ Sauvignon Blanc is nonetheless evolving with an eye on the future. Andrew Catchpole reports
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Published: 26 March, 2020
Argentina is upping its game to become a major player in boutique bulk, as Chris Wilson reports.
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Published: 25 March, 2020
The WSTA has announced it is launching a weekly webinar series on coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on the world of wines and spirits.
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Published: 25 March, 2020
The WSTA, which has relentlessly called on the Chancellor to suspend duty payments, last night said it assumed the payments would be due today (25 March) with no formal response from the Treasury to suggest otherwise.
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Published: 24 March, 2020
Writing an opinion piece about the Covid-19 pandemic and what it might mean for society, or the drinks trade specifically, is surely a fool’s errand. The information changes every few hours. It feels rather like trying to bottle goodwill, or as Adele so beautifully sang, setting fire to the rain.
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Published: 24 March, 2020
The Wine Society has taken the decision to stop taking new orders and also to stop making deliveries with immediate effect.
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Published: 24 March, 2020
Bacardi has pledged $3m to support bars and restaurants around the world debilitated by the coronavirus shutdown.
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Published: 23 March, 2020
An initial 32 drinks companies (all WSTA members) have joined forces to plea for a cash lifeline, calling collectively on the Chancellor to suspend duty.
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Published: 22 March, 2020
Diageo has today launched an information phone line that will be available to support licensed business owners who want to access the commercial measures announced by the government.
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Published: 20 March, 2020
Rapidly slowing exports, a pivoting to direct to consumer sales as on-trade sales stall and vineyards on lock down – such is the picture of the UK wine industry today as it grapples with the ongoing disruption from the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Published: 20 March, 2020
Cambridge-based Chris Wilson gets on his bike for a taste of what it’s like for those at the sharp end of wine retail.
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Published: 20 March, 2020
Lanchester Wines is to launch the UK’s first Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc in a 187ml can.
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Published: 20 March, 2020
London Wine Fair (LWF) has become the latest major wine event to be postponed due to coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Published: 20 March, 2020
Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) has postponed its inaugural Bordeaux Day due to coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Published: 19 March, 2020
Jancis Robinson MW has published a major list of independent wine retailers that are keeping lines of sales and delivery open amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
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