Wine

French Wine And Spirits Exports Shrug Off Weak China To Hit Record In 2018

French wine and spirits exports topped €13 billion ($14.7 billion) for the first time in 2018 even though shipments to China fell sharply as its econo...

Portugal Sets New Wine Export Record

Portuguese wine exports grew 3% in 2018, reaching a high of €806 million and surpassing the record export value from 2017. The Portuguese wine indu...

Wine Duty Increases 'A Painful Blow' To Businesses And Consumers, Says WSTA

The UK-based Wine and Spirit Trade Association has said that wine duty increases, which are to be introduced at midnight tonight, mean that businesses and...

Sparkling Australian Wine Exports Lose Their Fizz As Chinese Economy Slows

Australian wine shipments to China grew at their slowest pace in four years in 2018, industry data showed on Tuesday, in another indication that Sino-US tr...

Berry Bros & Rudd CEO Dan Jago To Step Down

The chief executive of wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd, Dan Jago, has announced that he is stepping down from the business. Jago, who previousl...

Majestic Wine Sees Christmas Sales Up 6.8%

UK wine group Majestic Wine has posted sales growth of 6.8% in the ten-week period to 31 December. Group gross profit growth was 8.2% in the period, des...

UK Consumers Purchased £2.2bn Worth Of Sparkling Wine Last Year

Sales of sparkling wine and champagne reached a record high of £2.2 billion (€2.44 billion) in the UK last year, according to the Wine and Spiri...

Majestic Wine Sees Revenue Up 5.4% In First Half

Majestic Wine, the UK's largest specialist wine retailer, has posted group revenue growth of 5.4% for the first half of its financial year, to £229.1...