“We’re seeing a lot of interest in lighter style reds, which isn’t just for Australia,” explains Laura Jewell MW, regional general manager at trade organisation…
“We’re seeing a lot of interest in lighter style reds, which isn’t just for Australia,” explains Laura Jewell MW, regional general manager at trade organisation…
Awin Barratt Siegel has launched a new volcanic wine Le Tracteur Vert, from the Côtes d’Auvergne region of France. Aimed at independent retailers this 100% Gamay wine is grown on the ash, lava and basalt deposits of the volcanic Puy mountain chain. To help promote Le Tracteur Vert, ABS along with producers Desprat Saint Verny is launching a UK wide promotion for this new line.
Awin Barratt Siegel (ABS) Wine Agencies has released an own label wine from the Yakima Valley in Washington State. Cascadia Syrah is the first of two forays into Washington State for ABS as it also plans to add a new agency – Kevin White Winery –from the region in March. Cascadia takes its name from the Cascade Mountain range, which runs from the north of…
Retailers can taste 533 wines from 73 different producers at the ABS portfolio tasting in London on Wednesday, September 11. It tales place takes place at One Great George Street in Westminster from 10.30am to 6pm and it brings all of the agency’s growers together under one roof. Thirteen different countries will be represented and 43 growers have flown in especially for the event. A…
Awin Barratt Siegel Wine Agencies (ABS) has announced it will hold its annual portfolio tasting on September 11 this year. The tasting will take place between 10.30 and 18.00 at One Great George Street in Westminster, London, SW1P 3AA; a light lunch will be available between 12pm and 2pm. ABS represents a number of wine producers from both Old and…
The London Wine Fair has joined forces with The Wine Gang to launch an “Extreme Tasting Challenge” at this year’s show. The competition aims to test the wine industry’s best and brightest palates and discover who has the trade’s top nose. There is a £1,000 cash price for the overall winner, who will be announced at The Fair by The Wine Gang, a group of…
Independent retailers are bullish about their chances of flourishing after the news that Majestic is retreating from bricks-and-mortar drinks retailing. It said store closures are inevitable as it turns its focus more towards e-commerce, and finer detail on this new strategy will be announced in June. Jayesh Patel, owner of Westholme Stores in Oxfordshire, said: “If Majestic and Oddbins disappear from the high…
