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Published: 30 April, 2020
Wine GB has unveiled a new initiative aimed at boosting sales of English and Welsh wines to help producers and growers hit by the lack of cellar door sales and the on-trade closure.
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Published: 17 April, 2020
The #theBIGenglishwinegoodfriday initiative has been hailed an "unmitigated success" by English and Welsh wineries, reaching 13 million consumers.
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Published: 05 April, 2020
Wine Cellar Door, the website set up to help people find visitor-friendly vineyards in the UK, has launched an online wine shop.
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Published: 03 April, 2020
Black Chalk winemaker Jacob Leadley has inadvertently started a support initiative for the English wine industry.
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Published: 01 April, 2020
Chapel Down has said it believes it is “very well placed to weather the crisis and thrive in the aftermath”, but has temporarily closed its beer and cider arm, Curious Brewery.
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Published: 30 March, 2020
Kent-based sparkling-wine producer Gusbourne is to make available a number of limited-release still wines this year.
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Published: 26 March, 2020
Ridgeview has pledged to support Hospitality Action via a new initiative that will see the Sussex winery donate £2 for every bottle of its sparkling wine sold online to the charity.
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Published: 20 March, 2020
Rapidly slowing exports, a pivoting to direct to consumer sales as on-trade sales stall and vineyards on lock down – such is the picture of the UK wine industry today as it grapples with the ongoing disruption from the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
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Published: 09 March, 2020
Nyetimber is looking to help develop the next generation of wine industry leaders via a new placement scheme in conjunction with Plumpton College’s wine division.
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Published: 05 March, 2020
Hattingley Valley is officially broadening its stable of wines beyond sparkling with two new still wines soon to be released as part of a stand-alone range.
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Published: 28 February, 2020
Hambledon Vineyards and Fields, Morris & Verdin (FM&V) have revealed plans to part ways as the English sparkling wine producer seeks to ramp up its UK distribution.
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Published: 18 February, 2020
Several UK wine and spirit SMEs have united to urge the new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak MP, to cut wine and spirit duty by 2% to help boost British business.
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Published: 14 February, 2020
Fox & Fox has announced plans to double its capacity as part of a new strategy to focus expressly on "wine making and marketing".
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Published: 10 February, 2020
Wines from the southern hemisphere will thrive most in post-Brexit Britain, according to the latest Wine Trade Monitor from food-and-drink communications agency Sopexa.
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Published: 07 February, 2020
The head winemaker at Dorset winery Langham Estate has branched out on his own to embark on a sustainable winemaking venture.
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Published: 28 January, 2020
Climate change researchers have pegged Essex and Norfolk as the next major areas to plant as warmer summers extend the area where grapes can be grown productively in the UK.
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Published: 27 January, 2020
WineGB has announced it will exhibit at this year’s London Wine Fair (LWF) as a major generic body for the first time.
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Published: 21 January, 2020
Mannings Heath Golf and Wine Estate has proposed plans to build a winery, tasting room and restaurant on its 500-acre West Sussex site.
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Published: 08 January, 2020
Bolney Wine Estate has won new listings at five prestigious venues.
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Published: 06 January, 2020
Hampshire winery Black Chalk has leased four vineyard sites from Fullerton Estate in the Test Valley.
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