When I first moved to London, I kept a list of restaurants and bars that I wanted to try. In the decade that followed…
When I first moved to London, I kept a list of restaurants and bars that I wanted to try. In the decade that followed…
Brits put an extra £2.1 billion worth of lager, wine, spirits in their supermarket trollies this year, according to the latest Nielsen data. The fastest growing grocery category of 2020 was lager, up £791.9 million to be worth £4.4 billion and the lager brand which recorded the most growth throughout the year was Stella Artois, as consumers sought out multi-packs of well-known brands for at-home…
The average UK household throws away £355.68 worth of food each year, which adds up to a shocking £9.7 billion annually across the country. This research, carried out in 2019 by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and supported by a study from savings site Vouchercodes.co.uk, also shows that 65% of UK adults admit to buying too much food and a lot ends up being thrown…
The organisation said the economic importance of the UK’s fine wine industry is not understood or appreciated by the UK government. The fine wine industry is worth £5billion globally, with a third of the world’s fine wine trade in the UK. The WSTA said: “EU-originating products account for the overwhelming majority of sales. £650million-worth of wine exports makes the UK a global hub for wine,…
The gin bubble has not burst and growth in the category is in fact growing at an even greater pace, according to the latest WSTA data. Its latest market report shows that domestically more than 76 million bottles of gin were sold in the last 12 months (to March 2019), worth £2.3 billion. If exports of gin are also included then the total value of…
In my last column, I asked whether wine has enough cultural and historical value to survive the increasingly prevalent anti-alcohol sentiment in Britain, which is precisely the kind of #bantz that explains why I always end up standing by myself at parties. So this time, rather than worrying about the problems wine faces, let’s celebrate those values – the inherent, unique and remarkable qualities that…
A retail analyst has delivered a scathing assessment of the failings that contributed to Conviviality’s impending descent into administration. The Bargain Booze and Wine Rack owner has crumbled over the past couple of weeks after a shocking string of financial mishaps and calamities. Shares that were trading at 426p a few months ago are now worth “little to nil” and buyers are being sought for…
Gerard Michaluk’s war on the “village idiots” of Ayrshire rages on after vandals caused £1,000 worth of damage to the site where he is building the Arran Brewery’s sake brewery. Michaluk is aiming to bring 30 jobs to the region by creating Scotland’s first sake brewery in Dreghorn, but says the site has suffered more than £60,000 worth of damage after a prolonged campaign of…
