Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

One alcohol free day a week makes no difference hears Wine Vision debate

Published: 21 November, 2013

Having one alcohol free day per week has no health benefits, according to a leading doctor.

Glasgow launches pilot scheme to encourage drinkers to switch to lower alcohol brands

Published: 11 September, 2013

Scottish drinkers are being urged to swap their usual drink for a lower alcohol version as part of a pilot campaign launched this week by the Scottish Government Alcohol Industry Partnership (SGAIP).

WSTA's Miles Beale urges trade to do more following minimum pricing success

Published: 30 August, 2013

Miles Beale, the chief executive of the Wine & Spirit Trade Asssociation, sets out a series of fresh challenges to the drinks industry on today's Harpers.co.uk following the success of its campaign to prevent the introduction of minimum unit pricing on alcohol.

Miles Beale: WSTA's ceo on challenges facing the trade after minimum unit pricing success

Published: 30 August, 2013

Minimum unit pricing (MUP) has been high on the political agenda over the past 12 months with many column inches dedicated to discussing a policy which has never been implemented anywhere in the world.

Anheuser-Busch to host well-being and responsibility forum

Published: 28 August, 2013

Anheuser-Busch is hosting an InBev Well-Being & Responsibility Forum on September 17, with topics covering well-being and responsibility, road safety and drink-driving prevention, underage-drinking prevention, and excessive-drinking prevention with 200 participants already confirmed.

Alastair Campbell to speak at Alcohol Concern conference

Published: 22 August, 2013

Former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell is to speak at Alcohol Concern's Annual Alcohol Conference in London in November.

Industry welcomes lower underage drinking figures

Published: 26 July, 2013

The drinks industry has largely welcomed the latest round of official figures that show a continued downward trend in the numbers of young people drinking in the UK.

Minimum pricing plans set to be dropped

Published: 15 July, 2013

The Government is to drop its plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol, according to reports.

Diageo launches online responsible drinking campaign

Published: 15 July, 2013

Diageo has launched an online campaign to remind young people that excessive drinking can lead to "shame and embarrassment".

Meet the Mavericks with Wine Intelligence

Published: 25 April, 2013

A punk brewer, a "wine rioter", a luxury obsessive and a roboticist are just some of the mavericks you will be able to meet at a new Wine Intelligence event being held at the London International Wine Fair this month.

Looking back on 2012 for the wine trade: part 3

Published: 20 December, 2012

In the third and final part of our 2012 review, we look at what the main generic bodies have been doing throughout the year - many have implemented changes away from their usual marketing plans; good news in the form of Harpers new awards recognising industry talent and the launch of the London 2013 business show on wine. We also consider a few high-profile departures during the year and look at how wine firms are changing how they operate to cope with declining volumes and squeezed margins.

Alcohol health report: you must all do better

Published: 27 July, 2012

The drinks trade has been left in no doubt it must do more to satisfy its critics at Westminster, as Gemma McKenna reports

Alcohol industry doesn't deserve 'brownie points' for Responsibility Deal, says Health Committee

Published: 26 July, 2012

The drinks industry doesn't deserve "brownie points" for signing up to the Responsibility Deal, says the chair of the Health Select Committee.

MPs to warn drinks trade over lack of action on binge drinking

Published: 26 July, 2012

A report by MPs is set to reveal that the Responsibility Deal has failed to curb the drinks industry's excesses and should face heavier regulation, claims the Sunday Telegraph.

Alcohol producers on track to deliver labelling health pledge

Published: 28 June, 2012

Alcohol producers are on track to provide health information on 80% of alcohol labels on UK shelves by the end of 2013, according to the Portman Group.

Wine and spirits needs business leaders to defend action on responsible drinking

Published: 24 February, 2012

The wine and spirit industry lacks a Tim Martin or Sir Philip Green figure to argue its case in the media, it has been claimed.

Trade needs to up the ante on responsible drinking

Published: 24 February, 2012

The drinks trade is caught in the eye of the storm right now ? as government and the health lobby crank up the pressure on 'binge drinking'. That's why it has become even more important than ever that the trade stands up and shouts about what it's doing to promote responsible drinking.