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Design inspiration: What can BWS categories learn from each other?

Published:  30 December, 2024

Jo Gilbert tallies up the scores on BWS’ shelf appeal and explores what each category could learn from the other.

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Protecting and promoting EU hidden gems

Published:  20 December, 2024

The More Than Only Food & Drink campaign provided the backdrop for an insightful discussion about the role that PDO and PGI play in defining Europe’s wines.

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Drinks tech takeover in 2024 and 2025

Published:  18 December, 2024

Jo Gilbert rifles back through a year filled with digital breakthroughs in drinks, dominated by the march of AI, while looking forward to what 2025 may bring.

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Multiples: Festive foresight

Published:  16 December, 2024

Ahead of the hoped-for Christmas frenzy, James Bayley asks the Co-op’s Joe Turner what lies in store.

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Insights: Taxing times ahead

Published:  13 December, 2024

With the aim of providing clarity for the trade, James Bayley once again highlights what’s coming down the line.

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Georgian wine turns heads

Published:  11 December, 2024

Georgia’s wines have certainly been turning heads, though with such a multifaceted offer it’s difficult to pin down one clear identity. Ideal, says Andrew Catchpole, for an increasingly wine-adventurous world.

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Elevating baijiu with Melody Wong

Published:  04 December, 2024

Andrew Catchpole speaks to The Peninsula’s director of wine Melody Wong about her high-flying role and the mission to elevate baijiu in the UK.

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Silver linings in the UK wine market

Published:  09 December, 2024

Ahead of the new year, Jerry Lockspeiser seeks out the positive trends amid the challenges facing the UK wine market.

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Liberty report: Indies steal a march on supermarkets

Published:  04 December, 2024

Liberty Wines’ first ever Independent Off-Trade Wine Report paints a cautiously optimistic picture for the future. Jo Gilbert reports

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Sustainability Report: Corp for the Wine Trade

Published:  03 December, 2024

Harpers partnered with North South Wines to invite drinks trade business leaders to explain what it takes to become a B Corp certified company and the benefits delivered. Jaq Bayles reports.

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Sustainability Report: Social responsibility at the cellar door

Published:  29 November, 2024

Andrew Catchpole shares highlights from Harpers’ recent Bibendum-partnered webinar on the human side of sustainability.

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Sustainability Report: The climate lottery

Published:  27 November, 2024

Viticulture, and thus winemaking, stands as a barometer for climate change. But, as James Lawrence reports, not all impacts are equal.

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Sustainability Report: Bottling it on glass

Published:  25 November, 2024

James Lawrence peers into the growing debate surrounding glass bottle usage in an environmentally challenged age.

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From Port wine to table wine

Published:  22 November, 2024

Jo Gilbert embarks on a deep dive into Douro producers’ dual strategies for both table and fortified wines as a way of adapting to market demands and preserving the region’s winemaking heritage.

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Cape's stylistic breadth shines

Published:  20 November, 2024

South African wine is reaching new heights as quality and affordability combine to deliver premium sales. Andrew Catchpole reports.

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Headline Heroes: Vermouth holds it all together

Published:  18 November, 2024

David Kermode looks at the origins of vermouth and discovers a diverse cocktail ingredient as well as a strong standalone player.

From its origins as a medicinal tincture for bilious conditions to bartender favourite, vermouth has come a long way. Aromatic, beguilingly bittersweet and fascinating in its complexity, it is delicious on its own, poured over ice, but it is more widely celebrated for a form of liquid alchemy, bringing together the different components of a cocktail to ensure the completed serve is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Skirting a possible Scotch loch

Published:  15 November, 2024

With demand for higher-end whisky flat or declining in mature markets, producers should be looking to foster new demand. Tom Bruce-Gardyne reports.

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Headline Heroes: Champagne’s sustainability revolution

Published:  13 November, 2024

Maison Perrier-Jouët is among key Champagne houses committed to introducing practices that will help meet climate objectives. James Lawrence reports.

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Tech: Clarify and collaborate

Published:  11 November, 2024

Sustainability has without a doubt become a cornerstone of the modern wine industry. In just a few short years, this unifying topic has seen disparate parts of the supply chain seemingly reach a consensus that the upward march of change must occur in all parts of the sector – and fast. How to achieve this, however, is less clear. 

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Multiples: Staying ahead of the curve

Published:  07 November, 2024

James Bayley takes a look through Waitrose’s ambitious autumn drinks portfolio and finds sustainability front of mind.

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