Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Bacchus to back The Drinks Trust

Published: 05 August, 2020

Wine trade runners from around the world are being encouraged to take part in a 50K Bacchus Sunrise Relay to raise money for The Drinks Trust on 6 September.

Affordable tiers of English still wines ‘crucial’, says Oz Clarke

Published: 29 June, 2020

Affordable tiers of still whites and red blends will be essential in supporting the rise of English sparkling wines both at home and on export markets.

Run Bacchus racks up £6,500 and counting for The Benevolent

Published: 12 September, 2019

Thirty members of the trade are celebrating a winning fundraising effort for the UK’s drinks charity.

Denbies releases traditional method sparkling Bacchus wine

Published: 06 June, 2019

Denbies Wine Estate has released a sparkling Bacchus made using the traditional method, which it claims to be the first of its kind to be produced in this way in the UK.

Denbies winery investment to create new jobs

Published: 08 April, 2019

Denbies Wine Estate will increase its winery workforce by a third this year to handle an increase in production.

English Sparkling: Spotlight on potential

Published: 19 May, 2017

Jo Gilbert looks at what the future may hold for English sparkling wines at home and abroad

How do we maintain quality as English sparkling grows?

Published: 19 May, 2017

The biggest recent headline for English sparkling wine (ESW) so far in 2017 has been the prediction that one million vines are going to be planted between the start and the end of the year.