The 2023 Drinks Retailing Awards celebrated a range of dynamic supermarkets, convenience chains and regional stores, all of which are championing drinks and helping…
The 2023 Drinks Retailing Awards celebrated a range of dynamic supermarkets, convenience chains and regional stores, all of which are championing drinks and helping…
In the latest glimpse at Majestic Wine’s 2020 range review for the Autumn months, DRN caught up with Beth Pearce MW to find out more about the new additions from Regional France. The most important element of this part of the review is that it is no longer just about Southern France, according to Pearce. Majestic’s Regional French range now encompasses more of the breadth…
Prosecco producers have failed to create strong individual brands and may lose market share to rival regions, according to wine industry consultant Mike Paul. Paul, who was discussing the challenges involved in developing strong regional identities at the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium, hailed Prosecco’s success so far. He called it “one of the great success stories of the decade”. But he warned: “When you…
Australian winemaker De Bortoli is to launch a new wine range into the UK in January aimed at the impulse market, the multiples and specialist wine merchants. The Palette Series is a range of single-varietal wines from cool climate vineyards that has been created in response to growing consumer demand for wines with provenance. At launch it will comprise a the Fresh Reign Pinot Grigio…
Camra said it is “very concerned” at the news that Blackburn brewer Thwaites has been taken over by Marston’s. Marston’s snapped up the Thwaites’ main beer business in a £25.1 million deal today, adding it to a portfolio that includes Ringwood in Hampshire, Wychwood in Oxfordshire, Jennings in Cumbria and Banks’s in the West Midlands. Tom Stainer, Camra’s head of communications, said: “The Campaign for…
Over the past couple of years Banbury-based independent wine merchant and regional wholesaler SH Jones has shocked the trade by buying two established online retailers and the wholesale arm of agency Stevens Garnier. Chairman Richard Jones had been a non-executive director in the business for many years, until his father Michael – who had run the family business until he was well into his 70s…
French supplier Les Grands Chais de France has snapped up the 59ha Château de la Tuilerie estate in the Costières de Nimes. The purchase marks the group’s first venture into this region. It said the estate’s wines are “renowned in France for being excellent examples of local indigenous grape varieties and for expressing the regional terroir”. Tim North, UK director at Les Grands Chais de…
Wine Australia regional director for the UK & Europe Yvonne May has died after an illness of several months. In a statement Andreas Clark, the body’s acting chief executive, said: “It is with deep sadness that we announce that our dearly loved colleague and friend Yvonne May, who has for the last few months been battling illness, passed away over the weekend. “Yvonne was a…
