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Bordeaux Wine Month returns in September

Indies have until July 8 to sign up and claim £250 per store

Apply now for Rioja Camp 2026

Five-day immersive experience is aimed at experienced wine professionals

Armit boosts Burgundy selection

Family-owned Domaine Capuano-Ferreri is based in Santenay

Flint adds 11 Cape producers to portfolio

Strategic agreement with Dreyfus Ashby focuses on London on-trade

Still Davy’s after all these years

The London merchant has changed course in the past. Might it do so again?

Champagne Deutz joins MMD portfolio

Grande marque has been represented by GBUK since 2013

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Calling California wine importers

Our panel of independents wants to taste the best wines from the golden state

In it for the long haul

Nigel Huddleston meets Stuart Rothwell of The Vineyard at Ramsbottom, Lancs

The British are rumming

There’s been a surge interest in UK-produced rums, says Nigel Huddleston

Drinks marketer opens Islington shop

Must & Lees is half bottle shop, half events space

Should you worry about supermarkets?

David Williams reports back from the multiple grocers’ tastings

Rising Stars: Michael Huband

It seems that the teaching profession’s loss has been Amathus’s gain

Sisters expand range with second site

The Wine Club in Rainhill reaps the rewards of expansion

Bright Ideas: Pairing wine and chocolate

Corney & Barrow tackles one of the toughest matches head on

We just can’t get the staff

Indies blame Brexit for shrinking pool of talent and recruitment woes

The indie now arriving at Brighton station

Seven Cellars has opened a second branch, aimed at rail travellers

French Connections 2021

Highlights from this year’s tasting of wines looking for independent UK importers

Tribute to Ellis head wine buyer

Matthew Cooper had been with the company for nearly 25 years before his untimely death

Sunak’s duty plans explained

Trade welcomes duty harmonisation and business rate cut, but fears sliding duty scale

The most popular woman in Sandwich

Everyone in the Kent town seems to make friends with Sarah Dodd of Hercules Wines

Kiwi Sauvignon is running low

A short harvest and shipping delays mean consumers might have to switch to other white…

Idris joins the independent trade

Luther star Idris Elba has opened a Kings Cross wine shop with David Farber

A sad farewell to Bow Lane

Landlord inflexibility means a treasured Planet of the Grapes branch is gone

Vineyards moves to bigger premises

Sherborne indie Vineyards has plans for a wine lounge in its bigger store