Once a stalwart of Bordeaux and still the dominant grape of Cahors, these days Malbec seems more at home in Argentina, where it is unequivocally ...

Benbecula Distillery, which is one of Scotland’s newest whisky producers, has acquired a £1.5m investment boost from the British Business Bank’s Investment Fund for Scotland. The deal is the ...

One of the most noteworthy new wines at the Portland Place-hosted event was an own-label (Co-op’s Irresistible range) English Bacchus produced by Kent’s Balfour Winery. An enjoyable expression of the ...

Majestic Wine, the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer, has strengthened its buying team, adding three senior buyers – Phil ...

Muckle Brig Ltd , the Edinburgh-based wine and spirits producer and distributor that operates both the Port of ...

Flint Wines, the London-based fine wine merchant, has announced the expansion of its US portfolio, becoming the exclusive UK distributor of five new wineries. Four of these wineries are under the ...

Pernod Ricard, the wine and spirits giant, has experienced declines across most of its major markets in the first quarter. Overall, Q1 organic net sales were down -7.6%, while reported sales fell ...

A lorry that had travelled from Ukraine transporting 12 pallets of wine on behalf of Ukrainian Wine Company UK was robbed 1am Monday (13/10) at a CCTV-monitored parking area as the shipment awaited ...

Over the past 15 years, Champagne’s premium swagger has been tested to the max. In key global markets – not least the UK – retail and on-trade ...

US spirits exports to the UK fell 29% in the second quarter of 2025, dropping to $26.9m, according to the American Distilled ...

The UK’s largest wine retailer Majestic has announced it is seeking to add 150 new employees, both temporary and permanent, ...

Patrick McGovern was sometimes described as the Indiana Jones of wine, but this always struck me as wide of the mark. It was hard to imagine him ...