The US Navy passes on Champagne for Barefoot Moscato to christen ships.
Moscato is the tipple of choice for chistening ships in the US while in the UK we are using...Whisky!
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Wine News Archive
International Wine Challenge Awards Dinner. The winner is...
The Wine Industry was dressed to the nines on Thursday night as the annual IWC Awards Dinner.
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English Wine Producers and UK Vintners Association combine
English Wine Producers and UK Vintners Association combine to form UK Wine Producers will represent wineries and vineyards of all sizes.
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New shape wine bottle will fit through your letterbox
Garcon the inventor of a flat wine bottle that can be mailed through a letterbox has been granted IP protection in 35 countries.
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China sets new 'Estate Wine' standard to help drive up quality
China has created a new 'Estate Wine' status and granted it to sixteen wineries.
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Mini heatwave in June saves English harvest
After the terrible frost in May that many thought would decimate the 2017 harvest, the mini heatwave in June may have saved the vintage.
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Greyfriars Vineyard open chalk wine cave
Friday 16th June saws the official opening of Greyfriars’ new chalk wine cave on the North Downs in Surrey.
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Retail sales growth slow as price rises following Brexit
Most wine suppliers have already passed on price hikes of 3-5% and more are planned. The rising prices appear to be limiting retail sales.
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Lidl looks to Eastern Europe for Value Wines
Lidl about to launch a range of Hungarian wines, as the search for value continues.
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Weak pound has seen Majestic supply unusual wines but has not helped profits
Majestic profits continue to fall as sales rise despite a move to more entry level wines from unusual regions.
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Rioja and Beaujolais think smaller is better
Rioja launches Single Vineyard wines while Beaujolais eyes up Premier Cru status.
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New Zealand Sauvingnon Blanc will become harder to find in 2018
The New Zealand vintage is down by 9% will hit exports and prices to the UK in late 2017 early 2018.
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London Wine Week sees launch of new urban winery
Renegade Urban Winery launched this week in London.
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Bordeaux 2016 prices are up but volumes are down
Châteaux push prices higher but offer less wine for sale.
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Cape Town wines coming to you soon
South Africa launches a new Cape Town district pulling together 30 wineries from the town.
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The average price of wine in the UK rockets
The UK average price of wine has rocketed to £5.56 a bottle in the last three months.
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UK Wine Awards award top trophy to Coates & Seely
The Supreme Champion was Coates & Seely La Perfide Blanc de Blancs 2009
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Spanish Freixenet goes Italian with new Prosecco Fizz
Spanish Cava producer Freixenet has done an Italian job, by launching its own Prosecco Fizz.
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LWF smaller but more focused
The 2017 London Wine Fair (LWF) is the leading wine fair in the UK.
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Brexit debate raises concern for the hospitality industry
The risk to the UK wine sector looks minimal, but the whisky trade and restaurants are at risk.
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Camel Valley awarded a PDO
After 5 years of hard work, Camel Valley's Darnibole vineyard has been award PDO status.
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Chile harvest smaller and earlier than usual
Chile's small, ripe harvest has been hit by hot weather.
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Krug launches luxury English festival 'Into the Wild'
Into the Wild festival held in Hampshire Greek-revival Manor House.
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London Wine Fair is on next week
The UK's largest wine trade fair kicks off on Monday 22nd May until Wednesday 24th May at London Olympia.
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English Wine Week 2017 will take place Saturday 27th May - Sunday 4th June 2017
English Wine Week is only 2 weeks away with around 90 events taking place all over the UK.
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Bordeaux 2016 En Primeur starts with a hiss and a plop
Price rises in the Bordeaux 2016 vintage slow sales.
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A small Argentine 2017 vintage hit by frost
Argentina has had a small vintage hit by frost at the beginning of the season.
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CRAV are at it again destroying wines people want
French Terrorist attack Spanish wine while police look on.
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Frost wraps its ugly fingers around Northern Europe
Many parts of Northern Europe have been hit by frost, with the devastation as far south as Bordeaux.
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Taittinger Plants in Kent
Taittinger is the first of the big branded champagne houses to plant grapes in the UK.
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China now has the 2nd largest area under vine in the world
China has now the 2nd largest area under vine, one place behind Spain. France is now relegated to 3rd place.
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Burgundy installs hail chemical hailstone shield
Burgundy installs hail chemical hailstone shield that pumps silver iodide into the atmosphere to minimise the size of hailstones.
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A new wine competition “The UK Wine Awards”
The UK Wine Awards is a new wine competition focused on the English and Welsh wines.
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Bordeaux is gearing up to sell the 2016 vintages but where are the wines likely to go?
We take a look at the sales from Bordeaux exports in 2016. To work out where the 2016 vintage Bordeaux wines are likely to go.
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New Zealand Pinot shines in the Drinks Business Pinot Masters
New Zealand Pinot Noir shows a clean set of heels to other Pinot Noir countries as it takes out more Gold and Masters awards than any country.
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A new book claims the flavours in wine are simply a mental trick of the brain
A new book by Gordon Shepherd claims that the sense of flavour does not come from our mouths but from our brains. So the flavour you taste is dependent upon you age, gender, memories and emotions.
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UK’s Ridgeview introduces Non-Vintage fizz
Vintage fizz is always considered better, but it does not always mean so. Ridgeview has taken a huge decision, is it a good one?
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UK Parliament to debate law forcing UK embassies to serve English wine
Currently English and Welsh wines are not often shown at Embassies but is legislation the best idea?
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European wines imports likely to be hurt by Brexit
European wines are protected by tariffs, after Brexit those tariffs are unlikely to be relevant. So how could things change?
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Tesco add top end range to the Tesco Finest Range
Tesco has added 10 new wines to boost the top end of the Tesco Finest range.
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Champagne sales in the UK collapse in 2016
The sales of Champagne in the UK dropped by 14%, what is happening to the market?
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Olly Smith launches a new podcast “A Glass with ...”
Olly Smith has teamed up with Richard Hemming MW to produce a short series of podcasts
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Donald Trump Sued for unfair competition
Competitors to Donald Trump have started to sue the Trump organisation for unfair competition associated with people currying favour with the President of the USA
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ProWein gears up for another massive trade fair in Germany
Prowein, Europe's largest wine and spirits trade fair, starts on the 19th March in Dusseldorf.
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Drinks industry continues to snub nose at calorie labelling for wine.
Drinks industry given another chance to come up with a voluntary code for calorie information after ignoring request from the EU Parliament.
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UK Chancellor taxes small businesses and raises the cost of wine
Small wine businesses hammered by the Chancellor, as he increases tax on them in every way possible.
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The Drinks Business Retailer Awards 2017
The results for the The Drinks Business Retailer Awards 2017 for wine goes to...
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Aldi introduces Organic wine while delivering on promise
Aldi was the first of the discounters to home deliver and now they are introducing organic wine.
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Waitrose trialling electronic shelf talkers for wine
Waitrose is trialling electronic shelf talkers in Cambridge Trumpington.
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Cabernet Franc has been reported to possibly come from Navarra
Cabernet Franc has been reported to possibly come from Navarra rather than France or the Basque Country
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