Richard Siddle, Harpers' editor, speaks to Chris Scott from the UK Wine Show, on Harpers relaunch in May 2007 and what the future holds for both the magazine and website.
Read more...JF Hillebrand, the wine industry logistics specialist, has introduced a new rail service which can transport more than 350,000 bottles a day.
Read more...Members of the wine industry have admitted more could be done to reduce the environmental impact of heavy weight bottles.
Read more...Visitors to this year's London International Wine Fair (LIWF) will be guided through the event by an online interactive planner.
Read more...Winemaking member states must work together to promote responsible drinking if they are to the tackle the binge drinking culture, Mariann Fischer Boel, EU commissioner for agriculture and rural development, has said.
Read more...Worldwide wine consumption is expected to exceed 26.2 billion litres by 2010.
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Pancho Campo, president of the Wine Academy of Spain and organiser of the series of Climate Change and Wine Conferences, spoke to Harpers TV.
Read more...G'day Folks. When it comes to a tsunami of grapes - there's generally little time to sit around and smell the roses and so finally when the tide subsides it's time to throw nose to glass. Or at least throw something.
Read more...Emma Nichols has left specialist off-licence chain Oddbins, where she was buying and marketing director, to take up the appointment of director of premium wine for wine giant Constellation Europe.
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Alcohol has come under close scrutiny in Chancellor Alistair Darling's first Budget with duty up across the board for wine and spirits.
Read more...G'day Folks. As a practicing fan of biodynamic farming, I'm well aware of the moon's influence on our environment and with the early Easter weekend fast approaching, it's obviously not just here to fulfill my hot cross bun addiction. There's a full moon rising.
This Wednesay (March 19), the Harpers' team will be covering a special panel debate at the France under One Roof Tasting'.
Read more...The first Harpers' podcast, sponsored by New Zealand Winegrowers and produced by the UK Wine Show, gives behind-the-scene insight at this industry tasting.
Read more...Oregon has produced a record crop of grapes for third consecutive year, new figures show.
Read more...A Russian drinks company has launched a vodka product targeted specifically at women.
Read more...Alcohol industry urged to drop price-led promotions in favour of more socially responsible marketing.
Pernod Ricard UK is investing 1.5m in a new-look advertising campaign for Jameson, the UK's number one selling Irish whiskey.
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France's highly prized Champagne appellation will be officially expanded, it was announced last week (Thursday March 14).
Read more...Morrisons has reported like-for-like sales (excluding fuel) up by 4.6% for the year to 3 February, on sales up 6% to 13bn.
And pre-tax profit soared to 612m, up from 369m in 2006-07.
Russian Standard, Russia's number one premium vodka distributed in the UK by First Drinks Brands, returns to the TV screens next Monday (17 March 2008) with a new 2.6m national advertising campaign.
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