All gold and silver medal winners are available now to view on www.wine-pages.com and will also be listed on www.champagnesparklingwwc.com from August 2. More than 650 entries from 16…
All gold and silver medal winners are available now to view on www.wine-pages.com and will also be listed on www.champagnesparklingwwc.com from August 2. More than 650 entries from 16…
In the US 90% of the wines sold in the Top 50 restaurants last year were sealed by cork, according to the Wine & Spirits Annual survey*. This is an increase of 20% in 10 years. In the same comparison, screw-cap closed wine sales decreased by 39% and those with synthetic stoppers by 70%. Amorim claims these results are reinforced at retail level by Nielsen…
Rabobank analyst Elena Saputo said in its Wine Quarterly Q3: “One of the most important developments in today’s wine market is a shift in the consumer base, in both geographic and in demographic terms. “In non-traditional wine drinking countries, millennials are drinking more wine than any of the previous generations did at their age, while in traditional wine drinking countries, they are drinking less but…
A first for Premiership Rugby, this collaboration starts next month (September) and runs through the 2014-15 season. Trivento is owned by Concha y Toro, South America’s largest wine producer. It claims to be one of the fastest-growing top five Argentine wine brands. It will act as an ‘official supporter’ throughout the year with the opportunity to extend the agreement for an additional two years. The…
New Zealand now sells 18% of all wines sold in this premium price segment, having overtaken Australia and now sits behind France, says New Zealand Winegrowers. The statistics also show New Zealand’s average price per bottle has increased to £7.34 from £6.79 – an 8.1% increase (Nielsen). New Zealand Winegrowers Europe marketing manager, Chris Stroud, said: “New Zealand is now selling almost one in every five…
Reporting to marketing director Helen Munday at HDN, Wilson will be responsible for the company’s internal and external communications, managing all web and social media content, overseeing press activity via the company’s PR agency and working on campaigns. Wilson spent 14 years in journalism, including three years as features editor at mirror.co.uk. Clare Cutler joins HDN from Free Run Wines, where she worked as national…
The wine is sourced from a single walled plot in, what it describes as one of the greatest terroirs in Champagne, from a single grape variety, and a single year. The Krug Clos du Mesnil 2003, the first new vintage of this cuvée since the 2000, is said to reveal the unique expression of the Chardonnay harvested from the Clos du Mesnil terroir in 2003.
Pierre has spent twenty years at the cooperative and will step down at the end of 2014. Campos, who was nominated for the position by president of CV-CNF Véronique Blin, joined the cooperative as commercial director in March 2011. A statement said Campos would bring the “necessary dynamism and management” to support the development of CV-CNF. …
