Global beverage company Molson Coors has announced the closure of Sharp’s Brewery in Cornwall, best known for its production of…
Global beverage company Molson Coors has announced the closure of Sharp’s Brewery in Cornwall, best known for its production of…
Hertfordshire-based wine merchant and producer Tring Winery will be closing on December 10, as independent retailers feel the pressure of rising costs. Opened in February 2020, Tring Winery was shortlisted for the Newcomer of the Year award at the 2022 Drinks Retailing Awards. Co-founder Alex Taylor announced the closure on Twitter this morning, attributing “non-stop increases in bills and materials” to the decision. “The…
Sheffield’s Kelham Island Brewery has been saved from closure by a group of Sheffield business people. Kelham Island, which is described as the oldest independent brewery in the city, was taken over by a joint venture comprising Tramlines festival co-founder and Sheffield venue owner James O’Hara, his brother and financial analyst Tom O’Hara, Simon Webster and Jim Harrison of Thornbridge Brewery, Peter Donohoe, founder of…
Halewood Wines & Spirits is planning to close the site of its headquarters in Huyton, Merseyside. The company said the move was the result of the impact of the Covid-19 crisis and the abolition in April of duty dilution, the mechanism that allowed producers of wine-based and made wine products to bulk up volumes by diluting products after duty had been paid. Halewood has shifted…
One of the UK’s most well-known specialist beer shops has closed. Beer Ritz, in the Headingley district of Leeds, announced the closure on social media yesterday, though mail order continues to be available from their warehouse, via the Beer Ritz website. The business is continuing to take online shopping orders and its parent company, the specialist beer wholesaler Beer Paradise, remains in business.
Morrisons has topped its own-label Soave with an “environmentally friendly closure” that is said to use 64{7c69fd72f8e2bab9ee87ef5a2685d86c0107c79a8a610a3574925e3ec9a3ba47} less aluminium than a traditional screw cap. The Green Leaf closure has been trialled in Italy, Australia and New Zealand and makes its UK debut at Morrisons. The supermarket said the closure can be completely removed from the bottle, making it better for recycling, and will take…
A few months ago I was tasting with an excellent cava producer – and no, that’s not an oxymoron. We were discussing methods for improving quality, which is especially relevant for a category which churns out so much unfresh, unbalanced, boring wine. To my surprise, there was no mention of the usual factors such as clones, yields or dosage. Instead, the conversation centred on the disadvantages of…
Ilminster independent Cornhill Wines has shut its doors after 20 years. Owner Aaron Driver is carrying on the business as an online operation at cornhillwines.co.uk and says he has taken his customers with him. He said: “I sell to all my old customers. It means I stay in contact with them.” Driver, who was a chef before he got into retailing, is also hosting…
