As this is my first ever Benevolent column I thought it would be fitting to start with some "Benevolent basics". I'm aware from discussions I've had around the trade that not everyone understands the work that is done by our trade charity. I have heard it suggested that it's "something to do with old people" or "we've heard of it but are not really sure what is does or who it helps".
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Sainsbury's plans to move its BWS pricing towards an everyday value proposition and run fewer promotions.
Read more...Tesco has bolstered its UK wine team following the recent news that Dan Jago and some of his colleagues will take on a more global role. TextTesco has bolstered its UK wine team following the recent news that Dan Jago and some of his colleagues will take on a more global role.
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Hoping to court some new indie customers is Liberty Wines with a quick-fire Q&A round.
Read more...Cornerstone director of winemaking Lucy Clements is leaving the US importer to take on a role at Tesco.
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Nina Caplan on the drinks offer at Hakkasan's City of London Japenese venture
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My room is named after The Glenlivet, and part of a spent cask from the Speyside distillery protrudes. This is The Lamb Inn, 15th-century outpost of the Boisdale group. Ranald Macdonald founded his first whisky and cigar focused bar in Belgravia in 1988. The business expanded to Bishopsgate in 2002, with the opulent, purpose-built Canary Wharf site opening in 2011.
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With online now accounting for 10% of its overall sales, Glynn Davis talks to Richard Weaver, Majestic Wine's e-commerce director, about how it is looking to maximise internet sales even further
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Christopher Delalonde MS brings the classics to Boundary's wine list and pushes quality at an affordable price
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It's all about cheese and wine at this Market Harborough gastropub
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The head of Hedonism Wines tells Elinor Zuke why the London retail operation aspires to be the finest wine shop in the world
Richard Siddle talks to the Hallgarten chief about its recent senior management shake-up and what it means for the future of the business
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Can PLB convince you it's got what it takes to be your ideal match? Simon Brook, head of PLB's specialist division, explains why he's committed to the independent sector.
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Diageo's UK chief Andrew Cowan tells Gemma McKenna why understanding consumers, customer partnerships and driving innovation are all vital to its success
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Dan Bolton talks to Gemma McKenna about Louis Latour Agencies' growing portfolio, what's in store for 2013 and Burgundy's shortest harvest since the 1950s
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Michael Saunders has added his voice to the opposition to minimum unit pricing, even though it wouldn't have an immediate impact on Bibendum.
Read more...Maxxium UK has appointed two trainers to its spirits and cocktails training scheme - Mixxit.
Read more...The wine and spirit trades' charity, The Benevolent, has received a cheque for £9,000 from the master of the Worshipful Company of Vintners following the New Year wine trade lunch at Vintners' Hall in January.
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The dining table at the New Street Wine Shop in the City of London was sufficient to accommodate the small gathering of AWE wine educators to taste with Sebastían Labbé, chief winemaker at Santa Rita Estate's Carmen winery. What was billed as a "Coastal Chile" tasting in the end turned out to be a tasting of select wines from the Carmen stable - coastal and otherwise.
Read more...Ehrmanns is committed to serving the needs of the independent sector and could be just the supplier you're looking for. Find out in this quickfire Q&A round with Mark Motley, director of Ehrmanns Independent Selection.
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