As Majestic looks to expand its physical presence in the UK, the retailer is promising a year’s worth of wine to customers who help it locate new sites. According to Majestic, visits to physical stores are “consistently surpassing pre-pandemic levels” despite consumer concerns over the cost of living crisis. Click and collect orders have also “grown 400% compared to 2019”, with customers…

Champagne Mandois has joined the North South Wines portfolio as the importer looks to partner with “sustainably led producers”.  The Pierry-based winery is run by Claude Mandois, who began to adopt “natural viticulture” practices in 2000. Now, 32.7 out of Champagne Mandois’ 37 hectares of vineyard are certified as “organic”, as North South Wines expands its selection of more sustainable drinks.   Murielle Bianco, sales…

From shortages and harvest hopes to low alcohol, FTAs and new grape varieties, these are the New World wine trends for 2022 What does 2022 hold for New World wines? NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA  In the US, one of the biggest issues going into next year will be the ongoing supply of White Zinfandel, believes Kevin Wilson, buying controller at Kingsland…

Chilean winery, MontGras is launching three new wine ranges in the UK – MontGras Organic, Day One and DeVine Reserva – which will be distributed by North South Wines. With renowned winemaker Adolfo Hurtado at the helm, these new lines have been introduced to make the brand more relevant to today’s consumer and to support MontGras’ commitment to sustainability. With modern, eye-catching labels, Hurtado has…

Aber Falls Distillery in Abergwyngregyn, Wales, has today launched its first 100% Welsh single malt whisky. The ‘Inaugural Release’, consisting of 2,000 bottles, is quintessentially Welsh; milled and distilled in North Wales using 100% Welsh malted barley and rock-filtered water from the Aber Falls waterfall. It’s also aged in the Distillery’s local Welsh warehouses, before being bottled on site at the Distillery. The single malt…

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…

North South Wines is adding Noughty to its portfolio, to add to its growing collection of alcohol-free drinks. Noughty is a vegan alcohol-free sparkling Chardonnay, which claims to have almost half the sugar content of traditional alcohol-free sparkling wines. It also has just 14 calories per 10cl glass. The dealcoholised wine is produced with 100% organic Chardonnay grapes from southern Spain. Kim Wilson, managing director…