Consumers can win a trip for two to Brazil in a new on-pack promotion launched by the nation’s generic body. Each bottle of wine that leaves Brazil for the UK will carry a neck collar or QR code promoting the competition. Consumers will be taken to a microsite where they can win the holiday, T-shirts, footballs and wine coolers as part of…

Welcome! Bienvenidos! Thobela! Using a modern day riff on Joel Grey’s famous song in Cabaret, The Beautiful South held its first, keenly-awaited tasting in London last week. If you’ve not heard of the initiative, it is a genuinely groundbreaking collaboration between three Southern Hemisphere countries: Argentina, Chile and South Africa, two of whom are historic enemies. The two-day event was partly the child of economic…

Wines of Germany is to hold a Riesling Summit in the UK for the first time. The day-long trade event is to take place in Central London on June 27 and will include a panel debate on Germany’s place in the emerging lower-alcohol category, a showcase tasting of modern German Rieslings from some of the country’s young winemakers, a series of masterclasses from top producers…

The heads of leading wine marketing bodies have warned that support for the UK will be significantly reduced amid tough trading conditions and pressure from producers to explore new export markets.  Despite affirming their commitment to the UK, wine generics admitted budgets had been reduced and that the activity they decided to fund was increasingly scrutinised to ensure it delivered value for producers.  Wines from…