James Hocking, previously wine director at The Vineyard Cellars, has set up a new Californian-focused wine agency that will specialise in “boutique, family-owned wineries” and target “high end independent wine merchants, wine-focused restaurants and private clients”.
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Boosted by a 2018 bumper crop, the Rueda DO wine board is this year renewing its export campaign switching its focus from the region’s predominant Verdejo grape variety to Rueda.
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Raw Wine London has “partnered with some of the UK’s top low-intervention organic, biodynamic and natural wine importers” for its new ‘Speakers Corner’ tasting and talks area.
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C&C Wines has welcomed Peter McCombie MW to its fold as a part-time portfolio ambassador.
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Food compatibility and top-quality wines have made Austria a secret weapon for sommeliers wanting to impress their guests. Jo Gilbert looks at which varieties, regions and styles head their lists.
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Domaines Paul Mas has added Domaine Les Verrières, in the Grés de Montpellier appellation, to its portfolio of estates.
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M Restaurants has introduced a new fixed £10 ‘starting wage’ and has called on the hospitality industry to follow suit.
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There has been a shift at the top of the UK’s hotly contested wine rankings, with the combined sales of South American heavyweights Chile and Argentina overtaking Italy, the UK’s second most quaffed region, in terms of value.
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Education and tourism were the key factors behind Portugal’s double-digit value growth in the UK last year, according to Sonia Vieira, marketing director of ViniPortugal.
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Treasury Wine Estate (TWE) has brought its Embrazen brand to the UK as part of its strategy to attract 18-35-year-olds to the wine category.
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Berkmann Wine Cellars has appointed Emma Dawson MW as senior wine buyer.
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Bibendum Wine has been appointed sole wine supplier for Cubitt House as the London-based group looks to expand.
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The launch of a new trading platform for the drinks trade promises to disrupt existing business models. Jo Gilbert investigates
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Billy Bell Birse-Stewart has stepped down as managing director of Wine Importers.
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London-based online natural wines importer and retailer, Pure Wines, has taken on more than 20 new wines from France, Spain and Italy, which it said, highlighted the growing thirst for natural wines in Britain.
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Tasmania’s vineyard area has grown by 25% over the past two growing seasons, with plans for another 15% increase in the pipeline, as both local and mainland Australian producers invest in the island’s viticultural scene.
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Wines from Spain has said 59 “leading importers and exporters” will present their Spanish wine portfolios to the UK trade and press at its annual tasting at London’s Sky Garden on 7 March.
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Barlow & Co. founder Abi Barlow talks Andrew Catchpole through the creative thinking between wine and design
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Wine Paris has outlined its ambitions for next year’s event as this year’s exhibition “exceeded expectations and set benchmark as a key event in wine buying calendar”.
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Broadland Wineries has appointed Charles Cutteridge in order to “drive imported wine sales and to develop new wine brands for the business”.
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