Analysis & Insights - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Tech: Into the metaverse

Published: 20 March, 2024

The first blockchain-backed fine wine retailer to join the metaverse is opening a window into the future of virtual fine wine collecting, writes Jo Gilbert.

Analysis: How new labelling rules will impact wine

Published: 18 March, 2024

Jo Gilbert clears up some of the confusion surrounding importer labels and FBOs, while looking ahead to other labelling changes in the pipeline.

Multiples: Tips on the wine aisle

Published: 15 March, 2024

Waitrose is a cut above the other supermarkets when it comes to wine. James Bayley takes a look at the in-store wine specialists and what they have to offer shoppers perusing the wine aisle.

Insights: The trade’s post-Covid recovery

Published: 13 March, 2024

Following the release of Liberty Wines’ premium on-trade report, James Bayley assesses the state of the trade in the period following the lockdowns.

Analysis: Doing Business in Brexit Britain

Published: 12 March, 2024

Andrew Catchpole convened a panel at Wine Paris to discuss the ins and outs of current trade with the UK.

Analysis: A new dawn for distilleries

Published: 11 March, 2024

The market may be crowded, but a wave of smaller Scotch distilleries are delivering a ‘new golden era’, says Jason Millar.

Upping the ante on food and wine pairings

Published: 06 March, 2024

Mugaritz in San Sebastián is just one top restaurant exploring the relationship between wine lists and food menus via exclusive collaborations with producers, as Jo Gilbert discovers.

A Wapping good retailer

Published: 04 March, 2024

Andrew Catchpole drops in on ‘H’ at east London’s very individual Wapping Wines.

Cork & Closures: Back to cork

Published: 01 March, 2024

As Broadland Drinks re-installs its corking line after a 15-year absence, Jo Gilbert looks at the future for cork as a technically sound, carbon negative option.

In praise of Zweigelt

Published: 28 February, 2024

A campaign to promote Neusiedlersee as Austria’s leading producer of this red wine is starting to pay dividends. James Bayley reports.

How the world opened to Austria

Published: 26 February, 2024

Justin Keay talks to the cutting-edge producers taking Austria away from a somewhat checkered past and into the future.

The lighter side of kiwi wines

Published: 23 February, 2024

Moving past the Sauvignon haze, which accounts for 80% of the country’s production, New Zealand-based writer and winemaker Oliver Styles looks beyond the heavy-hitting whites and reds led by Pinot Noir, to those new and interesting varieties coming up behind.

Tech: Conflicting trends pose strategy issues

Published: 21 February, 2024

Jo Gilbert caught up with leaders in the media strategy and advertising space to find out how alcohol brands can steer a course through a landscape of increasingly extreme and polarised trends.

WSTA’s inflation prediction confirmed

Published: 19 February, 2024

Research shows alcohol duty hikes have negatively affected wine and spirits sales – and contributed to UK inflation rates. James Bayley looks into the figures.