It’s well known that Central Otago does bloody good Pinot Noir so I’m not going…
Blog Posts• Central Otago• New Zealand• Pinot Grigio• Pinot Noir• Riesling• Sparkling wine• trends• wine
Do we really need vintages? Most Champagne don’t and they’re doing quite nicely.
This was…
The wine world is descending on Rioja this week for Winefuture, a conference asking: what…
Who’d buy a wine shop? I wouldn’t. Supermarkets now account for eight out of 10…
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Retailers accused of paying ‘lip service’ to the green issue
I’ve just attended a debate, which asked whether the promotion of environment credentials is a…
Blog Posts• European Union• low alcohol• Retail• Sainsbury's• Tesco• trends
‘Leper status’ for low alcohol wines
With increasing consumer demand for lower alcohol wines, the UK wine trade got together to…
Blog Posts• European Union• Languedoc• trends
France should leave ‘industrial’ wines to the New World – Mas
Making big volume wines and trying to compete with the New World at low prices…
Blog Posts• low alcohol• Research• trends
British boozing figures at odds with ‘stealthy’ drinking claims
Following the media’s outcry on rising alcohol levels and drinking by ‘stealth’ last week, the…
Every UK newspaper was filled with scaremongering headlines yesterday about the British drinking too much…