It is a tumultuous time to be a smaller tequila producer. External forces are a mixture of positive market growth and negative trade tensions, including rising supply costs (agave, in 2018, was up 571% since 2016), fuel shortages engendered by pipeline pirates and fraying civil structure in the main production area of Jalisco. Against this background ‘adaptation’ is the keyword for the smaller producer.
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As the first half of 2019 draws to a close, Harpers asked key trade figures to highlight the current challenges, ongoing trends and opportunities
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Concha y Toro is celebrating a burst of successful trading in Russia and Eastern Europe via its distribution partner, Roust – with hints of further expansion in the near future.
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The Alchemist has reported a 17.3% leap in turnover to £41m in the year to 31 March 2019, up from £34.5m in 2018.
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Enotria & Coe has hit 25% growth in turnover over the last twelve months, the company revealed today.
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Penfolds has today announced the launch of its 2019 Collection.
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Maison Louis Jadot has opened its first tasting room outside Burgundy.
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Jim Barry Wines has won the 2020 Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year award.
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As the first half of 2019 draws to a close, Harpers asked key trade figures to highlight the current challenges, ongoing trends and opportunities
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Diageo has acquired a “significant majority shareholding” in Seedlip, the no-alcohol brand.
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Emma Norbiato of Calabria Family Wines is among the finalists for the 2019 Gourmet Traveller Wine Winemaker of the Year Award.
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The value of the total gin category has hit £3bn suggesting that the gin bubble has yet to burst.
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Suffolk gin brand Fishers is to launch in a new bottle size with redesigned branding.
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California brand Böen has become the first wine to add near-field communications (NFC) technology to its bottles.
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As the first half of 2019 draws to a close, Harpers asked key trade figures to highlight the current challenges, ongoing trends and opportunities
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The US has again topped the list as the most attractive wine market in the world, though the sustained volume growth of the past decade has largely subsided, according to Wine Intelligence’s Global Compass 2019 report.
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Stellar year-on-year sales growth has driven Concha y Toro’s Trivento brand into the UK off-trade top 20 for the first time, according to data from Nielsen.
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Fine wine investment business Cult Wines has appointed Julie Delaporte as its South-East Asia business development manager.
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The crackdown on counterfeit whisky has a new ally: an artificial ‘tongue’ developed by scientists from the University of Glasgow.
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Nearly 80,000 jobs in the US drinks sector could go if the US government targets wine and spirits in its tariff dispute with the EU, the industry has warned.
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