- Home
- News
Published: 11 April, 2014
London Wine Fair has been making some big changes this year including pledging £40,000 to bring in 200 major buyers for the show, with the money being flagged to help the buyers with travel and accommodation costs and a 25% reduction in the space price for exhibitors.
Read more...
|
Published: 11 April, 2014
PaperBoy Wine bottles, which were supplied by GreenBottle who helped manufacture the first paper wine bottles, have entered into a three year agreement with Ecologic Brands, Inc., an American company, to supply the bottles.
Read more...
Published: 11 April, 2014
In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.
Read more...
Published: 11 April, 2014
Scotch whisky exports held steady in 2013 at £4.3 billion, despite a sharp drop off in China, according to figures the Scotch Whisky Association.
Read more...
Published: 10 April, 2014
Merchants have so far sold very little, if any, Bordeaux 2013 wines, as collectors lack any compelling reason to buy.
Read more...
Published: 10 April, 2014
Virgin Wines says strong customer loyalty has encouraged 40,000 of them to join its Wine Bank Scheme, which offers customer 20% discount.
Read more...
Published: 10 April, 2014
The annual Liv-ex en primeur survey found that 78% of merchants expect "significantly less demand" - down by at least a fifth - for 2013 wines compared to their 2012 counterparts.
Read more...
Published: 10 April, 2014
Red Army Vodka, packaged in a gun-shaped bottle, has been ruled "entirely inappropriate" for suggesting a link towards violent and dangerous behaviour.
Read more...
Published: 09 April, 2014
Spain's 27 top single estate wineries, collected under the Grandes Pagos de España banner, have launched a campaign to put their wines on the map internationally.
Read more...
Published: 09 April, 2014
British wine firms should look to the US, where domestic wine consumption is outpacing supply, says trade stalwart James Forbes, who has formed a US-focused company.
Read more...
Published: 09 April, 2014
Bacardi's chief executive Ed Shirley is to retire and will leave the role after just two years and with no successor named.
Read more...
Published: 09 April, 2014
Read more...
Published: 09 April, 2014
Fast-growing malt whisky brand Monkey Shoulder has appointed bartender Grant Neave as its full-time UK brand ambassador.
Read more...
Published: 08 April, 2014
Diageo is launching a new Scotch whisky called Haig Club, in partnership with footballing great David Beckham and music mogul Simon Fuller.
Read more...
Published: 08 April, 2014
Liberty Wines has recruited Jon Worsley as commercial director to boost the company's premium position.
Read more...
Published: 08 April, 2014
A week into his new role as chief executive at Treasury Wine Estates, Michael Clarke has admitted "there is a lot that needs to be fixed."
Read more...
Published: 08 April, 2014
Argentinian wines are surging ahead in the off-trade, with growth of 20% in the last year, as the market "moves up to suit Argentina", says the European director of the country's generic body.
Read more...
Published: 08 April, 2014
Pernod Ricard UK has doubled its consumer marketing spend on New Zealand wine brand Brancott Estate.
Read more...
Published: 07 April, 2014
Supermarket wine price wars are threatening to'dumb down British consumers' attitudes to wine, exclusive research from Harpers Data & Insight team reveals.
Read more...
Published: 07 April, 2014
Wine Australia's European director Yvonne May is taking extended leave from the generic body to receive treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Read more...