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German wine harvest hits 15-year low

Rheinhessen alone is down 23% thanks partly to autumn rains

IRREGULAR THOUGHTS

Cold callers make David Perry hot under the collar

SCAMMERS TARGET WINE RETAILERS

CNP payment option leaves retailers vulnerable

PROFILE: CRUSHED & CURED, SOUTHSEA

George Bovill’s pivot from pure retail to hybrid has paid off

Cape Winemakers Guild Auction raises record £746,000

Around 18% of rare wines on offer were bought by UK bidders

English wine pioneer Peter Hall dies

Charismatic Breaky Bottom owner was a self-proclaimed hermit

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Bright Ideas: Bottle Engraving

A £10 extra is adding value at Saxty’s in Hereford

Andrew Byrne calls time

Retirement beckons after more than 50 years with D Byrne & Co

South Africa round table

Our panel of indies discuss the state of play for Cape wines

A new pearl for Covent Garden

Team behind The Oystermen opens Bedford Street Wines

A wine country on the up

Let’s count the reasons for Portugal’s popularity

Albertine bids farewell, for now

Iconic London shop closes after 44 years

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What’s the best way to rank a region’s producers?

The Hackney Empire

The London borough is home to a new branch of Provisions

Free deliveries rock independents

Wine Society drops shipping charges on orders

Spain’s most dynamic region?

Navarra is fertile ground for UK independents

Cost increases take their toll

Indies warn that consumers will face rising drinks prices

Positive vibes from the Cape

South Africa’s wine industry is in ruder health than many expected

A bit of Moldova in the Midlands

Cristine and Constantin Paunoiu have a single-country focus

Bright Ideas: Blind Dates for Wine

Paola Tich gives a little love to some leftover Christmas bottles

A new indie in Newport

Sara Hobday was originally only selling wine online

A little shop with big ideas

Deborah Mcglynn-Hale opens for business near Felixstowe

Natural born retailer

Meet Tony Resta, the Italian-born owner of London’s Yield N16 and Yield N1 stores

BLANKbottle: 12 wines, 12 stories

Pieter Walser talks us through a dozen of his curious creations