Published: 17 February, 2017
On the international stage, the big news this week has been dominated by an increasingly maddening number of acronyms and portmanteaus - CETA, Brexit, TTIP - as the top echelon of global businesses and governments on both sides of the Atlantic make decisions which will impact the immediate future of the trade.
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Published: 17 February, 2017
The event which aims to inspire the next generation of female winemakers and celebrate the diversity of Australian wine is coming to the UK this year - a first for the event which, until now, has always been held on home turf.
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Published: 17 February, 2017
In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have put together a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.
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Published: 16 February, 2017
In the wake of the Brexit vote and the subsequent slump of the pound, the only upside was that the UK's exports seemed poised to become more attractive to oversees buyers.
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Published: 16 February, 2017
Industry leaders have welcomed the ratification of the controversial CETA trade deal, which will eliminate almost all import tariffs on wines, spirits travelling from the EU to Canada.
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Published: 15 February, 2017
US wine exports - 90% from California - reached a record $1.62 billion in winery revenues in 2016, driven by the global reach of premumisation.
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Published: 15 February, 2017
Heineken has found itself on the sharp end of currency depreciation and global financial headwinds.
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Published: 15 February, 2017
Pulling its marketing in-house and tackling fraud via a major change to its bottling practices were the two major announcements to be implemented by the French spirits giant in the coming weeks.
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Published: 15 February, 2017
SITT, the Specialist Importers Trade Tasting, which aims to give a platform to independent merchants and specialist importers is returning to the UK next month - this year as part of Harpers' own event portfolio.
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Published: 15 February, 2017
US wine exports - 90% from California - reached a record $1.62 billion in winery revenues in 2016, driven by the global reach of premumisation.
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Published: 14 February, 2017
It's Valentine's Day, which means consumers will be spurring on the nation's love of sparkling wine by heading to fizz shelves today.
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Published: 14 February, 2017
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is on its way to exceeding its 2016 full-year profit, having reached 75% of last year's full-year profit after tax while only half way through the year.
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Published: 13 February, 2017
Sky-high sales of Prosecco helped Dry January to get off to a damp start in 2017.
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Published: 13 February, 2017
Many will have fond memories of Davy's wine bars, which throughout the 1970s and 1980s was at the forefront of the emerging wine bar craze
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Published: 13 February, 2017
Aldi is moving up in the world.
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Published: 13 February, 2017
A behind-schedule update to bring business rates in line with property prices could hit pubs and restaurants hard - particularly in town centres and the south east where property prices have sky-rocketed.
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Published: 10 February, 2017
Yesterday, we began looking further into last week's Vinisud 2017, when the saleability of Mediterranean wines as a category was promoted to visitors.
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Published: 09 February, 2017
On-site brewery and restaurant business Brewhouse & Kitchen is an example of a business at the forefront of the craft beer boom.
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Published: 09 February, 2017
Upmarket grocer Waitrose has announced a major re-structure of its stores and management teams in a move to "flexible branch team working".
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Published: 09 February, 2017
As Elizabeth Gabay MW noted elsewhere on Harpers.co.uk this week, wines from the Mediterranean showed enormous diversity at Vinisud 2017.
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