Aldi is launching the ‘At-Home Bar’ mixed case to continue to tap into the trend for creating bar experiences in the home. The collection of drinks – from fizz to spirits – comes in at under £70. It follows the supermarket’s nationwide search last year for the ‘Best At-Home Bar’, which saw 11,000 entries. The case of drinks includes Saint Germont Premium French Vodka; Haysmith’s…

Beyond Wines has launched a “first for the wine industry” with a new wine launch that focused on the social media savvy 18-35 year-old market. Liquid Diamond has been created by two of the senior team who helped bring the I Heart wine brand to the mainstream consumer. Alex Green and Matt Johnson founded Beyond Wines in 2020 and Liquid Diamond is their first “pillar…

North South Wines is celebrating “an important milestone” having reached £100 million’ worth of sales since the company was created in 2014. Managing director and founder Kim Wilson said: “This is a very important milestone for the company enabling us to be an established player within the UK wine trade. I am hugely proud of what the team has achieved whilst staying a lean and…

An estimated 16 million bottles of Prosecco DOC Rosé are expected to be sold outside of Italy this year, according to the Consorzio Tutela del Prosecco DOC. A total of 12.2 million bottles of Prosecco DOC Rosé have been bottled by 84 wineries in Italy and the forecast is for 20 million bottles by the end of the year, with exports predicted to account for…

Prosecco producer La Gioiosa is aiming to have its Prosecco Rosé on sale in the UK through distributor North South Wines by the end of November. The producer began selling its pink Prosecco in Italy in September. Exports will start next month, with some sales in the UK off-trade and broader distribution expected from 2021. Approval was given to Prosecco producers to…

The founder of Slim Wine has confirmed his company is one of the frontrunners in the race to bring Prosecco DOC Rosé to the UK. The company joins a number of producers who are confident there will be plenty of consumer interest in this category when it fully emerges in the UK. Slim Wine founder, Paul Anthony Gidley, said the company’s latest venture – a rosé…

Freixenet Copestick is launching a Rosé Prosecco under its I Heart label. The new I Heart Prosecco Rosé taps into growth in the I Heart brand, which is growing 11% year-on-year, and also its I Heart Italian Sparkling Rosé, which has recorded 253% year-on-year growth. The launch also pre-empts a boom in Pink Prosecco following a change in the regulations within the Prosecco DOC consortium…