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Management changes at Boutinot

David Sefton succeeds Dennis Whitely as managing director

Four new Aussies for Liberty Wines

Luke Lambert, Patrick Sullivan, A. Rodda and Decades join roster

Thorman Hunt’s first South African agency unveiled

Hasher Family Wines is based in Upper Hemel-en-Aarde

Liberty Wines report outlines challenges for indies

Customers are spending more – but there are fewer of them

Alliance strengthens French portfolio

Champagne Lenoble and Maison Albert Bichot join the range

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Vindependents set up own groupage firm

Member-owned business expects big savings in shipping costs

The right vines in the right places

South American vignerons have a better understanding of their terroir

OenoGroup opens London wine boutique

Fine wine investment group plans second store in New York City

A hundred issues, a thousand thanks

We’ve reached a milestone, but not without help from some special people

Critic’s Choice: DeFine Food & Wine, Sandiway

Matt Walls is wowed by a great wine range and an unbeatable brunch

The data day life of David Dodd

Most decisions at Tivoli Wines in Cheltenham are based on analysis

From the Marne to the Midlands

Champagne native Pierre Hourlier has made a career selling French wines from his base in…

Bright Ideas: Salut, Manchester

Bob McDonald helps customers with everything they wanted to know about wine but were afraid…

New faces at Vino Vero

Jaime and Holly Fernandez take over from Sam and Charlotte Brown in Leigh on Sea

Let’s hear it for the co-operatives

David Williams argues that European wine co-ops are invariably forces for good

Spaced out

Charles Wharton had just relocated Ellis Wharton Wines to a retail park warehouse when lockdown…

English vintage report 2020

English wine producers are taking stock of a 2020 vintage ravaged by May frosts

Container is home for Essex indie

Christine Longden and husband Lee opened The Twisted Cork in Tiptree last month

Renegade of the Rhône

John Gauntley will be missed for his humour and enthusiasm as well as his style…

Online sales beyond lockdown

Web sales will be a fact of life for indies well beyond Covid-19

Act natural

Do organic and natural wines need certificates and badges to impress eco-conscious consumers?

The risks and rewards of reopening my shop

Cat Brandwood of Toscanaccio in Winchester discusses the dliemmas of June 2020

David Williams on the Languedoc

Cheerful varietals have been joined by serious cru wines with a true sense of terroir