We are currently working to make all our recent supplements, available in PDF format.
The selection below comprises the currently available supplements, but we will adding more in the future.
17 May 2006
It came as quite a shock. The UK trade has become used to seeing Chile increasing its market share – not in the astonishing way that Australia did in the 1990s, nor like the current boom from California – but slowly and steadily. Not any more. According to the latest AC Nielsen figures (MAT to 28 February 2006), Chile’s UK off-trade market share has dropped, from 6.6% to 6.4% by volume.
18 Apr 2006
The future of Champagne and its wines may be about as clear as the vins clairs on this cover: not very. But we can all continue to influence it by never touching the stuff – façon Lily Bollinger, of course: except when we’re happy or sad, alone or in company, with or without food, or thirsty.
03 Apr 2006
At a time when oil prices, security costs and retailer demands are hitting record heights, companies in all parts of the supply chain are having to be more efficient than ever. Finding the best route from A to B has never been more important.
13 Jan 2006
New Zealand may still produce only 0.3% of the world’s wine – a percentage that is unlikely to alter radically – but with
NZ$1.5 billion (£584.7 million) sales forecast by 2010, growth looks set to characterise its future as well as its recent past.
20 Dec 2005
We have sought to be impartial, authoritative and above all stimulating and readable, since this important subject affects virtually everyone in the business of selling wine. And we hope to do this again next year and for however long it takes to establish which closures are best for whatever wine you are selling. We don’t have the answers – frankly, nobody really has. But the issues and choices are becoming clearer and easier to understand.
11 Nov 2005
The next decade could well mark a turning point for the Cognac industry. The big players and the generic body have realised that they need to update the image of their beloved spirit. More importantly, the three key markets are in growth again and bartenders are getting switched on to the product. And Cognac is a versatile product – one with great heritage and integrity. We hope that this shines through in the 2005 Harpers Cognac supplement.
05 Oct 2005
There's a reason why Harpers’ 2005 South Africa supplement is resplendent in flowers. It’s nothing to do with the Chelsea Flower Show or the Royal Horticultural Society, it’s all about biodiversity in the Cape.
The South African wine industry is pioneering a project to conserve the Cape Floral Kingdom and, in doing so, it gives Wines of South Africa (WOSA), the country’s generic body, a great consumer marketing campaign giftwrapped on, as it were, a platter.
07 Sep 2005
Despite the drought that has gripped Spanish wine regions in 2005 (with early reports suggesting yields will be down between 15 and 40%, depending on who you listen to) the Iberian nation can wipe the sweat from its brow and look to the future with a renewed sense of optimism.
06 Sep 2005
All the country reports from the Harpers Wine and Spirit Directory 2005, packaged together in one downloadable file.
Please note that as the 42 pages are taken from the Harpers Wine and Spirit Directory 2005, page numbers are not concurrent.
