Quinta do Pôpa joins the Bancroft portfolio
Published: 04 September, 2025
Quinta do Pôpa is partnering with Bancroft Wines, which will be distributing the Douro estate’s portfolio in the UK.
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Top Cava now 100% organic certified
Published: 04 September, 2025
D.O Cava has announced that beginning with the 2022 harvest, all Guarda Superior Cavas (which includes the Reserva, Gran Reserva, and Paraje Calificado categories) have been produced exclusively with grapes from 100% organic certified vineyards.
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F1 partners with Moët Hennessy-backed 0% sparkling French Bloom
Published: 04 September, 2025
French Bloom has been announced as the official non-alcohol sparkling wine of Formula 1. The move comes as a part of the wider partnership between the famed racing series and LVMH.
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New LWF centrepiece is all-British affair
Published: 03 September, 2025
London Wine Fair (LWF) has announced a fresh initiative for the 2026 edition. Next year will see the introduction of an annual ‘Host Nation’ centrepiece, with the inaugural nation set to be the UK.
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Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé Auction underway
Published: 03 September, 2025
The annual Cape Winemakers Guild Protégé Programme Auction, which began on 21 August, continues apace.
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SITT Autumn confirms 13 new importers
Published: 03 September, 2025
The Specialist Importers Trade Tasting (SITT) has confirmed that 13 new wine and spirit importers will be joining the line up in September for the Autumn 2025 events in London and Manchester.
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Ian Burrell parts company with Equiano Rum
Published: 03 September, 2025
Ian Burrell, co-founder of Equiano Rum and the ‘Global Rum Ambassador’, is no longer involved with the Equiano brand.
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South Africa lands two 100 pointers in Atkin’s latest Special Report
Published: 02 September, 2025
In the 13th edition of his annual South Africa Special Report, Tim Atkin MW has scored two wines 100 points (full marks).
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Vidal-Fleury joins González Byass UK portfolio
Published: 02 September, 2025
Rhône Valley based producer Vidal-Fleury has partnered with distributor González Byass UK.
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V d’Or Awards 2026 applications now open
Published: 01 September, 2025
Applications for the 2026 V d’Or Awards, Vinexposium’s Business Awards, are now open.
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Austria’s 25% organic milestone
Published: 01 September, 2025
A quarter of all of Austria’s Vineyards have been certified organic for the first time.
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Gillian Murray: ‘Looking Back, Forging Ahead’
Published: 01 September, 2025
With one of the final installments of our Summer Q&A series, Gillian Murray, director of commercial procurement wholesale at C&C Group, reflects on the Irish business' performance so far this year as well as anticipating a busy Christmas period for the company.
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Nyetimber sponsors England Rugby
Published: 01 September, 2025
The English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber is now the official sparkling wine of England Rugby.
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Promising Pinot Grigio harvest begins in DOC Delle Venezie
Published: 29 August, 2025
The 2025 Pinot Grigio harvest has begun in Italy's largest DOC, Delle Venezie, and is being hailed as promising for quality, with increased yields.
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Call for hospitality support in the Autumn Budget
Published: 29 August, 2025
Audit, tax and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg has called on the government to provide financial support to the UK’s hospitality and retail sector to help businesses survive higher running costs.
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Tom Platt: ‘Looking Back, Forging Ahead’
Published: 29 August, 2025
Liberty Wines CEO Tom Platt continues our summer Q&A series with a measured take on the challenges to the trade.
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Rhône harvest commences early with 'high-quality vintage' anticipated
Published: 28 August, 2025
The 2025 harvest in the Rhône has commenced, starting 10 days earlier than last year’s grape gathering.
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Pernod Ricard: Sales fall amid tariff and travel retail woes
Published: 28 August, 2025
French drinks giant Pernod Ricard has announced its results for the 2025 financial year. Amid a suite of macroeconomic challenges, the multinational saw an overall -3% drop in organic global sales.
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Nick Gillett: Independent distributors – the need, the importance and the magic
Published: 27 August, 2025
For many spirits producers, getting their products listed on the portfolio of a distributor is the golden goal for growth – and rightly so. The impact of working with a distributor, for many brands, is very real.
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Santa Tresa spearheads revival of indigenous Orisi grape
Published: 27 August, 2025
In July of this year the Sicilian red variety Orisi was recognised by the Gazetta Ufficiale Regione Siciliana as an indigenous grape variety that can be included on a bottle’s label. This status was gained in strong part thanks to the work of Stefano Girelli who has cultivated the grape at his Santa Tresa vineyard in Vittoria in an experimental vineyard (pictured) for the last decade.
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