Waitrose has revealed that its top selling three spirits are now all gin - knocking out Pimm's from the top three - as the gin boom continues to gain ground.
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Chilean wine brand Cono Sur is continuing to make huge gains in the UK market thanks to its official partnership with the Tour de France.
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It might seem like an obvious point that sommeliers and those working in the on-trade need to be able to help customers get the most out a wine list.
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Members club the Wine Society is seeing strong demand for Spanish wines thanks to a revolution in winemaking pushed by a new generation of vine aficionados.
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Champagne de Castelnau is heading in a new ultra modern direction for its centenary with the launch of its first prestige cuvée.
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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 and analysis stories for the drinks trade.
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Tesco has confirmed it will be offloading Giraffe and the Turkish arm of its operations for an undisclosed sum.
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Walker & Wodehouse is teaming up with Primrose Bakery to throw a street party to mark the Queen's 90th.
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The sale of Southern Comfort and Tuaca has bolstered a 2% drop in net sales for Jack Daniels owner Brown-Forman.
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Tesco is expected to offload Giraffe and the Turkish arm of its operations in a move to concentrate on its core grocery business.
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Premium brand 1724 Tonic Water has found a new UK distributor as it aims to gain ground in the growing premium tonic market.
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The world's first M?ori-owned wine company has its sights set on breaking into the UK market with a 500-year plan to promote its wines and preserve the land.
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An Uco Valley winery is picking up the pieces of some of the worst weather in decades as sales of its "trendy" malbec plummet.
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Profits are up in the US even though volume is down as consumers trade up at the lower end of the market.
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Glenmorangie is launching a new initiative called Old Fashioned Week to promote its Extra Matured Range ahead of this year's British Open Golf Championship.
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Majestic Wine is jumping behind the global partnership between Chandon sparkling Argentinian wine and the McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team with a month-long promotion to promote wine and British racing in-store.
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New Zealand Winegrowers is offering three sommeliers from the UK and Ireland the chance to take part in an invite-only sommelier scholarship event in New Zealand.
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Leading drinks producer Diageo has dropped its previous objective of obtaining 50% of its revenues from emerging markets by 2015 due to flagging growth in key emerging markets.
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Armit Wines' La Rioja Alta is known for its 890 and 904 wines - key years in the founding of the original winery. Harpers.co.uk caught up with the winery's fifth-generation president to find out what the Rioja label means to his business.
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As one of the primary regions in the world's third largest wine producing country, the Rioja label carries a huge amount of weight in the on and off-trade worldwide - and especially in the UK, where its easy-to-drink reputation has made it a stalwart on British supermarkets shelves.
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