Eleven Argentinian wineries looking for UK distribution have been shortlisted in a competition to gain listings with independent and multiple retailers in the UK on and off-trade.
Read more...Judging for the Wines from Spain Awards is now complete, with 110 winning wines chosen and 19 selected as 'champions' for their outstanding examples.
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If you thought Aldi's wines were all cheap and cheerful, you might be surprised to find grand cru Champagne, a grand cru classé Margaux, 30 year old Tawny Port and a multi, medal-winning Tokaji in its Christmas Special range.
Berry Bros & Rudd now has six Masters of Wine on its staff, following the news that its marketing manager Catriona Felstead MW, has gained the qualification.
Read more...Morrisons is to launch its first dedicated online transactional website for wine this autumn as part of a wider shake up of its overall ecommerce offer.
Morrisons wine development manager Arabella Woodrow MW has left the supermarket following a restructure.
Read more...WineStars, the initiative launched at the LIWF that helped unrepresented producers showcase their wines in front of a panel of judges, is to return to the Wines of Argentina Annual Trade Tasting.
Read more...Waitrose has appointed Ken Mackay MW to the role of Champagne and sparkling wine buying manager.
Read more...Norwich is seeing the return of the independent wine merchant, as Harper Wells becomes the second to open in the past three months.
Read more...Norwich is seeing the return of the independent wine merchant, with Harper Wells as the second to open in the last three months.
Read more...The Co-operative's long-standing wine development manager Paul Bastard is to leave the business on Friday, August 17.
Read more...A Morrisons' wine buyer is set to open a new upmarket wine bar in Leeds later this week, alongside her technology entrepreneur business partner.
Read more...Waitrose is to become the first supermarket to stock Chinese and Brazilian wine in the UK.
Read more...E&J Gallo's Barefoot label has fooled MWs who think "big equals bad" after winning three trophies and five 5-star awards in the blindly judged competition What Food, What Wine?
Read more...Naked Wines has opened a winery in California and is offering winemakers the opportunity to crush their own grapes.
Read more...Oddbins has called on small businesses to find creative ways to circumvent the "legal straitjacket" surrounding the Olympics, and has developed its own off-the-wall marketing push.
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When La Revue de Vin de Fance, the esteemed French wine magazine, gave Foncalieu one of its coveted annual awards in Paris in January, the wine world sat up and took note. Les Vignobles Foncalieu, to give them their full name, was crowned French co-operative of the year, following in the footsteps of La Chablisienne in Chablis and Embres et Castelmaure in Corbieres. Twenty years after its formation as a union of co-operatives, the Languedoc-centred Foncalieu had won a most notable accolade.
Bibendum has appointed Waitrose's wine buying manager Andrew Shaw as its new head of buying.
Read more...United Wineries has promoted Nathan Last to sales director with the aim of consolidating its position as the largest supplier of branded Spanish wines in the UK and driving growth in its Italian brands.
Read more...Some high-profile members of the trade have hit back against supermarkets' cut-price wine deals, which they brand "cynical and misleading".
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