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Updated graphic shows the true cost of wine

Bibendum’s Vinonomics diagram takes duty rise into account

Duty increase continues “doom loop”

WSTA warns Chancellor’s decision will result in falling sales

Hallgarten boss to step down after 16 years

No successor has yet been named for Andrew Bewes

MERCHANT PROFILE: GOLBORNE WINE & DELI

Graham Holter enjoys some time in a Notting Hill hot spot

The Vineking crashes with £800k debts

Erik Laan’s new company means Reigate branch is still trading

German wine harvest hits 15-year low

Rheinhessen alone is down 23% thanks partly to autumn rains

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Q&A with Jess Hutchinson

Meet the Vindependents boss and occasionally terrified actor

Pubs back Sunak’s wine plans

The UK drinks trade is far from united on duty reform

Rock star winemakers

3,500 years of achieving the impossible on Santorini

Merchant profile: Talking Wines

Staff roles interchange at this Cotswolds business

Caught in the bottleneck

Glass is in short supply, and rising costs are taking their toll

American dream becomes a reality

Online retailer Pacific Wines opens Islington shop

We aren’t we buying Aussie wine?

Winemakers accused of focusing on critics, not consumers

Hybrids braced for consumer squeeze

The cost of living crisis is taking its toll

Connolly’s pins hopes on hybrids

Merchant’s Solihull store is sold to its manager

Hobby becomes a career in Hoxton

Kasia Smith opens Finley’s after a 15-year wait

Indie reaction to slimmed-down LWF

Brintex stands by decision to charge for wine fair tickets

What’s the most underrated grape?

This month’s Champagne Gosset Burning Question

More expensive than petrol

Our Drayman correspondent on why beer prices are soaring

Buyers’ trip to Spain

A masterclass in terroir in Rueda, Rioja and La Mancha

David Williams: Vins sans frontières

Why do we get jumpy about wines from more than one place of origin?

Zero-waste store lands a Kilo blow

Birmingham zero waste supermarket opens a refillable takeaway wine shop

Festival puts new indie in a pickle

School friends open cheese and wine shop in Peebles

How much is Brexit costing the wine trade?

There are differences in opinion in how much pain EU withdrawal is creating