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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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Jeroboams: the £35m indie

The London merchant approaches its 40th anniversary in buoyant mood

Why go to trade tastings?

Indies gave autumn events a miss. Maybe 2025 will be different

PHOEBE’S AMAZING LUNCHES

Broken equipment? Who you gonna call?

HOWELL & MARSDEN OPENS IN ASHBOURNE

Henfox plans for more sites

PROFILE: SATCHELLS WINES

Max Graham-Wood talks claret, and marketing 1990s style

FOCUS: SOUTH AFRICA

David Williams has the macro-economic, 365th birthday blues

THE BLUE COATS ARE COMING

Damn Yankee has set up shop in London

JUST ADD ACID

Acidification of wine is more common than some think. Why don’t we talk about it?

BONAFIDE WINES, CHRISTCHURCH

Success is a marathon, not a sprint, for Graham Northeast

IRREGULAR THOUGHTS

Why David Perry’s garden is strictly out of bounds

OBITUARY: REMO NARDONE

The much-loved Enotria founder has died aged 89

FLOURISH & PROSPER, YORKSHIRE

Howden’s benevolent dictator

THE LOST THRILL OF BILL’S

Indie expansion can have its limits, says David Williams

Goodbye Weino BIB

Weino BIB in Dalston is under new ownership

SHEFFIELD WINE WEEK

The city’s indies create an event to remember

NEW BOLTON INDIE HAS FOCUS ON CAPE

Natalie Norvall opens her new shop, Norvines

Vinomondo celebrates 15th anniversary

Julie Mills marks a big milestone for the north Wales indie

A TASTE OF PREMIUM CHILE

A panel of independents get tasting with Condor Wines