Italy forever?
Published: 23 July, 2008
Last week, the debate over how best to promote Italian wines in the UK took a giant step forward.
Read more...Georgia targets UK
Published: 23 July, 2008
This week, just two months after Russia imposed an outright ban on the importation of wines from neighbouring Georgia, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Zurab Nogaideli, was in London promoting his country's wines at a trade and press tasting held at Vinopolis.
The Interview: Michael Andrews, Train manager, The Royal Scotsman
Published: 23 July, 2008
Where did you first learn about wine?
My first job was at a fine Relais & Chateaux hotel in the West Country called Hunstrete House. It was owned by John and Thea Dupays, who also started the Bath Priory. We had hanging larders for game and served the best local produce. One of the things John loved most was wine, and at the time Hunstrete House had one of the ten best wine lists in the UK. It was a good grounding.
forthcoming events
Published: 23 July, 2008
8 May-19 June
Sotheby's - Regional Wine Course Spring Term - 34 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA. Contact Sotheby's Wine Department on 020 7293 6423.
Harpers debate: Thinking outside the box
Published: 23 July, 2008
MOTION
This House believes that what's on the outside of the bottle is more important than what's inside.'
THE PANEL
Chairman:
Christian Davis, editor, Harpers
Proposers:
Keith Lay, marketing director, Ehrmanns;
Kevin Shaw, Stranger & Stranger
Opposers:
Robin Kinahan MW, director, HwCg;
Nick Room, buyer, Waitrose
Statistician/independent witness:
Lulie Halstead, Wine Intelligence
Nielsen confirms wine sales fall
Published: 23 July, 2008
Market analyst AC Nielsen has confirmed that off-trade wine sales have struggled since the turn of the year and have recently started to fall.
New vintage sparkler from Jacob's Creek
Published: 23 July, 2008
Jacob's Creek's chief winemaker Phil Laffer has revealed that the company's first vintage sparkling wine will be released in the UK by the end of the year.
Brewers merge wine arms
Published: 23 July, 2008
Cockburn & Campbell, the wine and spirits subsidiary of London brewer Young's, and Havelock Wines, owned by Bedford brewer Charles Wells, are to merge as part of the creation of a new company to produce the two brewers' beers.
Read more...Harrods ber alles
Published: 23 July, 2008
Harrods is promoting German wines for the first time in its history. With the World Cup just days away, one-third of the London store's wine shelf space will be devoted to German wine.
Perelada at one with nature
Published: 23 July, 2008
Spanish producer Castillo Perelada has announced details of a new 18 million winery.
Tempranillo namesakes identified as separate clones
Published: 23 July, 2008
After years of research, Spanish winemakers in Rioja and Ribera del Duero have claimed that Tempranillo, and all of its namesakes, such as Tinto Fino, Tinto de Toro and Tinta del Pais, are, in fact, different clones with their own flavour profiles.
Rishworth chairs NWWSA
Published: 23 July, 2008
Bob Rishworth, managing director of Chali Richards, the wine division of Halewood International, has been appointed chairman of the North West Wine and Spirit Association - a position he will hold for two years.
Read more...End of the high life?
Published: 23 July, 2008
Alcohol, as it is elsewhere in the world, is a very hot topic here. Everybody's acutely aware that there's more of it in Australian red wines these days than there used to be.
Read more...Generationext
Published: 23 July, 2008
Twenty-five German producers (all with winemakers under 35 years old) from various regions will showcase their wines - mainly Riesling, but also other regional grape varieties - at this event.
Read more...Hitting new heights
Published: 23 July, 2008
Israel is a New World' wine producer in one of the oldest wine regions on earth. In this country no bigger than Wales, there is a curious combination of the new, old and ancient worlds of winemaking.
Read more...US comes top - again
Published: 23 July, 2008
The much-publicised 1976 Judgement of Paris' re-enactment - held simultaneously in London and Napa - once again came out heavily in favour of California's finest, which won the top five places, and generated widespread press coverage on both sides of the Atlantic.
Fair visitor numbers flat
Published: 23 July, 2008
Visitor numbers at the 2006 LIWSF were around 300 down on 2005, at 18,811 over the three days.
Phillips leaves Foster's
Published: 23 July, 2008
John Phillips, the managing director of FGL Wine Estates EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), has left the company for personal reasons. He is being replaced by Peter Jackson, who moves up from commercial director for Continental Europe on 1 June.
Taste-in launched
Published: 23 July, 2008
A new bespoke' wine tasting service utilising the services of Anthony Rose, Andrew Jefford, Oz Clarke, Robert Joseph, Steven Spurrier, Michael Broadbent and Charles Metcalfe has been launched by wine writer John Stimpfig and wine consultant Sophie Jump.
Read more...Mallya in for Taittinger
Published: 23 July, 2008
After the final round of binding bids to buy Taittinger were submitted last week, speculation was rife in Reims that the flambouyant Indian entrepreneur Vijay Mallya had become a surprise contender for the sixth-largest producer in Champagne.
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