The Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR) has marked the second anniversary of its bottle weight accord (BWA) by publishing the world's first comprehensive study into sparkling wine bottle lightweighting, in addition to welcoming two new major supporters.
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This week two very different drinks companies have announced support for The Drinks Trust, with both VCL Vintners and Canned Wine Group supporting the trade charity.
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The not-for-profit membership body for the gin industry, The Gin Guild, has appointed two new directors – Sophie Best and Andrew Parsons (both pictured) – to its board.
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The release of The 2025 Golden Vines Report today (24 November) has flagged a modestly optimistic outlook for both Fine Wine and Rare Spirits through the coming year.
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Curious Vines has opened the applications for its annual education awards, continuing its mission to empower women+ people in the wine industry.
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Inter Rhône, the professional association for the Rhône Valley, has released an update on the 2025 vintage.
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Hallgarten & Novum Wines MD Andrew Bewes is to step down from his role at the end of March 2026.
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The St Andrews-based Eden Mill Distillery has been acquired from administration, saving the jobs of all 42 staff.
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At Lucky Cat restaurant at 22 Bishopsgate, Perrier-Jouët chef de cave, Séverine Frerson (pictured), guided Harpers through a tasting which demonstrated how Champagne viticulture could adapt to our ever-changing climate.
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Mention Calvados to a twenty-something in the UK, and there’s a vanishing slim chance that they will have heard of the spirit, let alone tried it. It’s a category whose image is more one of a past era, when the sight of elderly French workmen chugging down a tot with their Gauloises represented a romantic notion of France.
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Davy’s Wine Merchants & Wine Bars has announced the appointment of respected wine judge, buyer and communicator Luma Monteiro as its new head of marketing.
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Kir-Yianni, the family-run Greek winemaking estate, has acquired Domaine Sigalas, the Santorini winery, from a company owned by Greek shipowner Thanassis Martinos.
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At the 2025 Vineyard & Winery Show in Kent, Penn Croft Vineyards was announced as the first vineyard in England to receive the Certified Regenerative credential from A Greener World (AGW), a nonprofit certifer.
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New figures from The Insolvency Service show that company failures in the hospitality sector were essentially unchanged in September 2025 – and only slightly higher year-on-year – as operators await next week's Budget.
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New data from CultX, the digital fine wine marketplace, shows that tech-savvy 20-39-year-olds are rethinking how they drink, buy and invest, tending to explore new regions and make more deliberate, high-value choices.
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More than half of UK hospitality businesses are anticipating further layoffs and/or price rises if the upcoming Budget fails to deliver urgent support, according to a new joint survey.
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The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has appointed Caroline Thompson-Hill (pictured), head of BWS at Marks & Spencer, as the new chair of the executive board.
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Condor Wines, the specialist South American importer has launched a New Zealand wine range – Flight of the Condor – in celebration of its fifteenth anniversary next year.
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Vagabond Wines has launched a new direct to consumer (DTC) platform, aimed at bringing its self-pour model “into homes across the UK”.
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According to the seventh annual Bacardi Cocktail Trends Report, Gen Z is driving cocktail culture in the UK.
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