Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm has announced a £5 million investment in production infrastructure, as well as its onsite visitor experience. As part of the…
Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm has announced a £5 million investment in production infrastructure, as well as its onsite visitor experience. As part of the…
The average price of a bottle of wine has risen by 5.2% since Brits voted to leave the European Union in June 2016. Before the referendum the average price for a bottle of wine in the off-trade was £5.40, but that has now reached £5.68 (Nielsen). Some members of the trade will be pleased to see the average price rising as they have long been…
Black Tower has launched a new limited edition bottle design for the winter period. The festive sleeve, which is available from now until next spring, will appear on bottles of its Fruity White. The bottle (rrp: £5.50), features a design of ski goggles and woolly hats, to create a fun, eye-catching new look. The producer said the variant is the most successful wine in the…
Tesco plans to trial a pre-mixed case of wines from its Finest range in 280 stores, following the success of these wines over Christmas. The Tesco wine team has put together a case of South African wines to encourage customers to explore within the Finest range. The four-bottle case contains Finest Stellenbosch Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (rrp £5.50), Finest South African Chenin Blanc 2015 (rrp £5.50),…
Lidl has bolstered its wine shelves with 57 SKUs including English and Hungarian ranges as part of an in-store promotion called Wine Cellar. It hopes the wines will cater to shoppers looking to try something new, “offering interesting alternatives to classic French or Italian styles”. The promotion will run while the limited-edition stocks last and includes Château Dereszla Tokaji Furmint (£5.99), Sir-Irsai (£5.99) and Polgár…
The Australian wine category will nosedive in a brave new retail world obsessed with everyday low pricing if it does not adapt and improve its average price point, according to Hardys supplier Accolade Wines. Australia has enjoyed strong growth in recent years and is up 3.4{7c69fd72f8e2bab9ee87ef5a2685d86c0107c79a8a610a3574925e3ec9a3ba47} in value to £1.18 billion (Nielsen, year to November 2015), but the average price point has fallen and now…
Wine prices are sliding as multiple grocers take on the discounters in a price war, the latest Nielsen figures have revealed. In the past quarter, just two countries – the US and France – saw the average price for a 75cl bottle grow by 1% in the 12 weeks to June 20, according to Nielsen figures in the WSTA Market Report. South…
Scotch whisky is more important to the UK economy than iron, steel, computing, textiles and shipbuilding, according to a new report. The paper, called The Economic Impact of Scotch Whisky Production in the UK, shows that the industry contributes £5 billion to the UK economy. For every £1 the industry brings in, another 52p is generated across the UK on things like packaging and haulage,…
