Published: 03 March, 2025
For the UK wine trade, 2024 was the year Central Europe and the Balkans went mainstream. A series of tastings highlighting wines from around the region, from countries within it (notably Hungary and Bulgaria, even tiny Moldova) and regions within countries (Hungary’s Tokaj, Serbia’s Vojvodina) dotted the London events calendar, with high attendance levels showing the scale of interest. Coming up is Furmint February, the annual event highlighting Hungary’s best-known variety; and in early spring, a second pan-CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) tasting.
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Published: 06 January, 2025
Focusing on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania for the EU’s More than Only Food & Drink campaign.
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Published: 06 November, 2024
Kingsland Drinks has secured an exclusive deal with Lidl GB to introduce wines from Ukraine’s Bolgrad Winery to the UK, marking the first Ukrainian wines listed by a British supermarket.
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Published: 27 August, 2024
Cristina Paunoiu is the co-owner of Wine Chateau, a retailer and wholesaler focused on Moldovan wine in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Jo Gilbert spoke to her about an unlikely wine venture.
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Published: 11 October, 2023
According to new research published by Prowein, 45% of businesses in the wine industry have been affected by staff shortages over the last two years.
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Published: 15 August, 2023
The Ancient Thracian Lowlands PGI has launched a three-year campaign aimed at raising the profile of its wines in the UK.
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Published: 20 March, 2023
Women winemakers of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) were at the centre of a first-of-its kind tasting in London this week, which dove into some of the more esoteric parts of Europe’s winemaking map, spanning Moldova, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania and Hungary.
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Published: 21 December, 2022
Fresh from Moravia, David Furer finds a new wave of modernity delivering much promise in an old region.
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While travel has been restricted, many wine drinkers have been on their own journey of exploration enjoying hidden gem wines – whether unusual varieties from popular wine-growing countries or regions, or familiar grapes from unfamiliar places.
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Cramele Recas has secured its first listing with Waitrose.
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Published: 21 April, 2020
Georgian wine exports to the UK surged, albeit from a small platform, in the first quarter of this year boosted by a quartet of new importers.
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Published: 03 April, 2020
Cramele Recas has donated a further three ventilators and medical equipment to hospitals in Timisoara, Romania, to help frontline healthcare workers deliver the best care in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Published: 12 March, 2020
Co-op’s has broadened its portfolio by adding its first wines from Romania and Uruguay.
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Published: 23 September, 2019
Wines of Hungary UK is turning the spotlight on Blaufränkisch at its Blue of the Danube tasting taking place next month.
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Published: 01 April, 2019
After a few difficult vintages in western wine countries, central and eastern Europe are piquing buyers’ interest for well-made international varieties. Countries in these regions are increasingly seen as exciting for wine drinkers, offering an array of high-quality, authentic, local grapes and good-value wines that can offer a new story for retailers and sommeliers.
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Published: 05 March, 2019
The demand for Italian aperitifs is still going strong, after sales of Aperol jumped 56% in the UK last year.
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Published: 13 November, 2018
Poland is setting its sights to become an internationally recognised producer of quality wine, with the number of vineyards doubling over the past four years.
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Published: 18 October, 2018
Pernod Ricard’s first quarter figures revealed strong growth underpinned by China and India the Asian markets.
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Published: 17 April, 2018
Waitrose has reported a surge in the popularity of Romanian wine.
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Published: 16 March, 2018
UK wine importers have sealed new distribution deals to import their first cool climate wines from Slovakia, in moves that highlight the transformation of viticulture in the eastern EU country.
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