Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Casillero de Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon overtakes Wolf Blass in off-trade

Published: 01 April, 2015

Casillero del Diablo Reserva had grabbed the top spot for cabernet sauvignon in the UK market.

Free Run Wines adds first Aussie winery to portfolio

Published: 31 March, 2015

Free Run Wines is adding its first Australian wine producer, Morambro Creek to its portfolio from next month

Concha y Toro's new research centre set to benefit wine industry throughout Chile

Published: 26 March, 2015

Concha y Toro hopes its new multi million pound research and innovation centre it has built in the heart of Chile's wine growing country will help the whole Chilean wine industry better understand what is possible from the country's wine producers.

CyT joins Chile's fledgling DOC organisation

Published: 25 March, 2015

Concha y Toro, one of Chile's largest international brands, had joined Vigno, a society of small winemakers dedicated to promoting Carignan producers in the Maule Valley.

Fine Wines Direct wins Chilean brand contract as it steps up its operations

Published: 24 March, 2015

Fine Wines Direct UK has won a new contract to represent Chilean brand Viña Casa Tamaya SA in the UK.

ProWein 2015: Huge potential to build super brands around the world says Concha y Toro

Published: 19 March, 2015

Building strong brands in the key £8 to £10 price sector has become increasingly the key battleground for the truly global wine producers operating in the main markets around the world, according to Thomas Domeyko, Concha y Toro's export director for Europe, USA and Africa.

Chile's Cono Sur extends Tour de France partnership

Published: 18 February, 2015

Concha y Toro's Cono Sur brand has signed up as official wine of the cycling race the Tour de France for the next three years.

'Painful moment' for Argentina's wine exporters, says Rabobank

Published: 17 February, 2015

Argentina's wine exporters are having a "painful moment" as fast-rising inflation rates make it unprofitable to ship goods, says Rabobank.

Sales up 5% at Spanish wine giant Bodegas Torres

Published: 16 February, 2015

Spanish wine giant Bodegas Torres, which also produces wines in Chile and California, has seen its sales grow 5% to €240 million in 2014.

Why Eduardo Chadwick - and friends - are feeling on top of the world

Published: 29 January, 2015

Here's a novel way to celebrate receiving the highest ever score for a Chilean wine - match the accomplishment by climbing to the top of your country's highest mountain.

Concha y Toro beefs up push across six core wine brands

Published: 29 January, 2015

Concha y Toro UK is planning a renewed push across six of its core wine brands for 2015, as well as aiming to boost convenience sales.

Chilean wine brand Casillero del Diablo teams up with Sky Movies

Published: 06 January, 2015

Chilean wine brand Casillero del Diablo is partnering with Sky Movies for the broadcaster's largest ever multi-channel sponsorship deal, which will get underway in March.

Caliterra's Rodrigo Zamorano on making wines that change people's perceptions of Chile

Published: 12 December, 2014

Chilean winery Errazuriz, established over 130 years ago, has owned Caliterra since 2004. Helen Arnold talks to its chief winemaker, Rodrigo Zamorano, about his new Edicion Limitada range, and the changing face of Chilean wine.

Chile and South Africa bulk wine markets face 'stormy weather'

Published: 27 November, 2014

Chile and South Africa's bulk wine suppliers are facing "stormy weather", according to experts, given there is still a lot of wine from last year's harvest.

My Choice: Mario Pablo Silva of Chile's Casa Silva

Published: 26 November, 2014

Mario Pablo managing director of Chile's Casa Silva shares his likes for wines and spirits and why an Oxford pub is his favourite bar in the world.

Treasury loses Jon Rosenthal to Concha y Toro

Published: 05 November, 2014

Concha y Toro UK has hired Jon Rosenthal from Treasury Wine Estates to take on the newly-created role of sales director.

Five independent merchants win Wines of Chile promotion

Published: 05 November, 2014

Five independent wine merchants from across the country have won a buying trip to Chile for their "innovative and quirky" promotions around Chilean wine.

Chile's Casillero del Diablo enters UK's Top 10 wine brands for first time

Published: 28 October, 2014

Chilean wine giant Concha y Toro's Casillero del Diablo has entered the UK's Top 10 wine brand for the first time as sales have grown 35% year on year.

Waitrose predicts healthy future for South American and lighter style wines and spirits

Published: 24 October, 2014

South American wines and more left field grape varieties like an Austrian Grüner Veltliner or a Spanish Albarino are going to become far more trendy in the months ahead, according to the new Waitrose Food and Drink Report 2014.

Bulk wine market sluggish as 2014 harvest ends, says Ciatti

Published: 14 October, 2014

As the 2014 harvest draws to a close, the bulk wine market remains sluggish, with plentiful stocks available in most markets, says the latest report from Ciatti.