London Wine Fair (LWF) has reported its strongest post-pandemic performance to date, with exhibitor numbers, visitor attendance and floor space all up…
London Wine Fair (LWF) has reported its strongest post-pandemic performance to date, with exhibitor numbers, visitor attendance and floor space all up…
London Wine Fair has announced it will be putting Chardonnay under the microscope for this year’s Icon Tasting, with organisers unveiling ‘The Greatest Chardonnay Showdown’ as this year’s theme. The tasting will take place on the opening day of the fair (18 May) at Kensington Olympia, where once again, competing wines will be pitted against each other in a ‘battle of…
London Wine Fair is set to broaden its drinks remit even further after confirming a new partnership with BrewLDN. The move is set to introduce a dedicated craft beer and cider area to the show for the first time in its 45-year history. The collaboration will see BrewLDN create a 100% trade-focused zone within the 2026 fair, giving artisan brewers and…
London Wine Fair (LWF) has transferred ownership from Hemming Group to Vindustrious, a new company created by LWF event director Hannah Tovey. Vindustrious will be led by Tovey and retain all five members of the LWF team, ensuring continuity in the build-up to the 2026 event. The team includes Kate Stretton, Mara Veith, Holly Boatright-Wilson, Kasie-Ella Dixon and…
London Wine Fair (LWF) has announced a new initiative – Host Nation Focus – which will launch at the 2026 show, showcasing a country or a region as the centrepiece of the event. For the inaugural year, the focus will home in on the best of British drinks, spanning English wines, Scottish spirits, Welsh wine and spirits, Northern Irish spirits, as…
The winners of this year’s Icon Tasting have been announced at the London Wine Fair, with Champagne named the ultimate winner in the Battle of the Bubbles competition. The competition saw Champagne pitted against an array of other global sparkling wines, with 26 wines in total scored by a panel of 16 judges. The wines were tasted in pairs, chosen by Sarah Abbott…
Drinks Retailing’s opening session on the Monday (May 19) of the London Wine Fair brought together leading voices from across the UK wine sector to unpack an increasingly volatile global trade environment and the ongoing disruption of global wine flows. On a panel which included Simon Stannard, director of policy at the WSTA, and Daniel Lambert, MD of Daniel Lambert Wines, tariff turbulence…
London Wine Fair (LWF) has announced the timetable for its 2025 sessions. The organiser said there will be more than 70 industry briefings, masterclasses, seminars and tastings taking place across the three days at Olympia. Sessions will be held in six areas: Centre Stage, Education Zone Theatre, Premium Masterclass Theatre, Walk-Up Tasting Sessions, Signature Serve Theatre and The Tasting Space. Mentzendorff…
