A new premium-focused distributor and brand-building company has been launched by industry veterans Seymour Ferreira (pictured, centre) and Douglas Bratten (pictured, left). Promoting its streamlined ...

The fine wine index dropped in April by the greatest amount since August 2023. The Liv-ex May Market Intelligence Report said the industry standard Fine Wine 100 closed down 1.7%, attributing the ...

The number of breweries in the UK has declined by 136 since the end of March, continuing the downward trend reported in January, when brewery numbers had dropped by 100 since the start of 2024.

Waud Wines has acquired online wine merchant Slurp from Freixenet Copestick, which had owned the retailer since 2017. The acquisition is expected to boost annual sales to approximately £7m for the ...

Bancroft Wines has announced the addition of South African Riebeek Valley Wine Company to its portfolio. The new deal will see the Swartland producer’s RAAR range imported to the UK. The range is ...

Luca Rigotti has been appointed the new president of the DOC Delle Venezie Consortium, which manages Pinot Grigio Delle Triveneto, one of Italy’s most important wine-growing denominations. Rigotti, ...

Familia Torres has recently begun work on a groundbreaking pilot project to concentrate carbon dioxide from wine fermentation in its purest form for reuse at its Pacs del Penedès winery. Access to ...

UK Hospitality has welcomed the news that a UK trade deal agreed with the EU yesterday (Monday) includes cooperation on a youth experience scheme which could see young people able to work and travel ...

In the 50 short years since China’s wine industry swung into serious action, marked by a switch to production of dry reds and the country’s first whites, this fledgling industry has grown ...

The 2025 edition of the London Wine Fair is set to be the most sustainably focused in its long history, led by innovative partnerships and new green initiatives. Among the most significant is a ...

Venus Wine and Spirits Merchants is poised to open a fifth distribution centre one year after the business was acquired by the Booker Group in 2024. According to the group: “The Birmingham site ...

I have been involved in dozens of small enterprises over the last 40 years. A few have grown very successfully from acorns to oak trees, some are healthy saplings still reaching upwards, but most have ...