The Specialist Importers Trade Tasting starts today (Monday) with the London event, at Battersea Arts Centre. The tasting, which is open to independent buyers and…
The Specialist Importers Trade Tasting starts today (Monday) with the London event, at Battersea Arts Centre. The tasting, which is open to independent buyers and…
Drinks writer and sommelier Bert Blaize has joined forces with a classic car showroom to open a new wine shop and deli in London’s Highgate. Blaize, who wrote Which Wine When, has teamed up with Hexagon Classics, a vintage car specialist, to launch Bottles ‘N’ Jars. The two-storey venue will host a wine shop and it will also offer wine, coffee and small plates on…
When the on-trade giant Bibendum Wine saw its sales come to an abrupt halt in March this year, the company naturally turned itsattention to its specialist retail business, Walker & Wodehouse, but it required a huge effort to refocus the business in a short time. Michael Saunders, chair of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association and chief executive at Bibendum Wine, says: “The on-trade part…
Beermoth opened in February 2013 to fill a gap in the market for a specialist craft beer shop to sit alongside the growing numbers of beer-focused on-trade outlets. In December 2015 the team opened the on-trade Café Beermoth, five minutes from the store. Co-founder Scott Davis talks to DRN: Why did you decide the time was right to start the business? We set up Beermoth because…
The Beer Boutique has announced it has gone into voluntary liquidation and it will be closing all of its three stores with immediate effect. A statement from the company said: “On this very sad day, we would like to thank all of our valued customers for your support of the business over the past seven years.” Beer Boutique has two London stores and one in…
Scotch Whisky specialist Douglas Laing & Co has released its Year of the Pig Limited Edition bottlings in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The XOP Single Cask of a Sherry matured Craigellachie 1995 Vintage and two Old Particular Single Casks – a Bunnahabhain 2007 and a Glengoyne 2007 – have been unveiled to mark the Lunar New Year, the most celebrated of Chinese traditions.
The Specialist Importers Trade Tasting (SITT) will be visiting Leeds for the first time, following the success of this event in London, Bristol and Manchester. The event was created with the aim of bringing together handcrafted wines from around the world, leading UK specialist importers and independent buyers from the off and on-trade. This year the SITT Autumn event will take place in London on…
Craft and specialist beer distributor James Clay is to distribute the UK’s first-ever Trappist beer. Tynt Meadow is produced at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire and is brewed with English barley and hops, using an English strain of yeast. The beer is twice fermented, with the first fermentation taking place in the tank and the second in the bottle. The beer…
