Champagne is no en primeur Bordeaux, warns European Fine Wines

Wine broker and specialist European Fine Wines, is urging consumers not to get carried away with thinking of Champagne as an investment akin the top wines from Bordeaux.

LIWF news: CyT UK creates merchandising team

CyT UK has unveiled plans for a new merchandising team that will be tasked with giving independent off-licences more confidence when displaying and talking about wine.

Sterling bounces back after IMF suggests UK monetary injection

Sterling came under pressure yesterday but recovered in the afternoon as the International Monetary Fund said the UK needs to consider injecting more money into the economy.

LIWF Day 2: your what's on guide

What's on Wednesday May 23?

LIWF: Day Two, Live Blog

The events as they happen on day two of the London International Wine Fair at ExCel.

LIWF: your what's on daily guide

What's on Wednesday May 23?

Commercial wine brands can work in independents

Commercial brands do have a place in independent merchants - but only if the quality stacks up and prices are competitive.

Wine trade must recruit more drinkers

A whopping 8.1 million consumers don't drink wine and it's up to the trade to do something about it.

BRICs to surge by 80% in red wine in next five years

BRIC markets will grow their red wine sales by 80% in the next five years - according to Euromonitor's Spiros Malandrakis.

Treasury Wine Estates launches Beringer Classics to hit premium US wine market in UK

Treasury Wine Estates is launching Beringer Classics in a bid to capture a significant share of the premium £6+ US wine category in the UK.

France tops International Wine Challenge leaderboard

The top three gold medal-winning nations in the 2012 International Wine Challenge are reigning champions France with 120, Australia with 69 and Portugal with 55.

WSTA hosts Canadian LCBO in London

Representatives from one of the world's largest spirits buyers, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, are meeting senior figures from the UK trade in London this week.

Consumers are too busy to think about wine

The wine industry's problem is that it thinks consumers care more about their product than they actually do, according to the head of research firm The Source.

LIWF launch - Morgenrot introduces Crash

Wine and beer importer The Morgenrot Group is rolling out a range of premium wines from the emerging Ribera de Guadiana region of Extremadura in Spain under the label 'Crash'.

Day 1 LIWF: live blog

Don't forget to check our live blog for rolling updates of what's been going on each day at LIWF. You can also follow us on Twitter @harperswine #LIWF.

France tops the leaderboard at the IWC

The top three gold medal-winning nations in the 2012 International Wine Challenge are reigning champions France with 120, Australia with 69 and Portugal with 55.

Sterling drops to two week low

Sterling was fairly range bound yesterday as very little data was released globally - but it weakened to a two week low against the euro.

Wines in the Press, May 18 - 24

The Guardian
Nothing gets the wine world hotter under the collar currently than the subject of natural wine, says Fiona Beckett.

VIDEO: LIWF director on how to get most from fair

If Euro collapses investors will move into wine

If the Eurozone collapses, there will be a move into wine from investors, but it will be short-lived - that's according to the Financial Times' investment columnist John Authers.