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German wine harvest hits 15-year low

Rheinhessen alone is down 23% thanks partly to autumn rains
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IRREGULAR THOUGHTS

Cold callers make David Perry hot under the collar
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SCAMMERS TARGET WINE RETAILERS

CNP payment option leaves retailers vulnerable
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PROFILE: CRUSHED & CURED, SOUTHSEA

George Bovill’s pivot from pure retail to hybrid has paid off
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Cape Winemakers Guild Auction raises record £746,000

Around 18% of rare wines on offer were bought by UK bidders
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English wine pioneer Peter Hall dies

Charismatic Breaky Bottom owner was a self-proclaimed hermit
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Merchant profile: Chesters

The Abergavenny indie is all anout good wine, vinyl and a big dog
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No such thing as everyday wine

It’s a term we should probably avoid using, argues David Williams
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Q&A: Diana Thompson

The Wine Events Scotland founder on Sting, dressage and Oz Clarke
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Merchant profile: Iron & Rose

Robin Nugent’s wines share his ethical approach to life
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Is wine inflation coming down?

Shipping costs and FX pressures are finally easing
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Wolf Wine to rise from the ashes

Bath premises was destroyed by fire in April
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David Perry: plastic isn’t my bag

We switched to paper carriers when plastic got embarrassing
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WM Top 100: Highly Commended wines

Wines from China and Armenia are among the “best of the rest”
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Our Top 100 winners for 2023

Winning wines emerged from a field of more than 1,000 entries
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WM Top 100: Trophy winners 2023

Meet the category champions from this year’s competition
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Profile: The Surrey Wine Cellar

The Chobham indie is focused on a retail revival after online boom
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Delayed DRS must exclude glass

Scottish government urged to avoid more chaos next March
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Brexit puts brakes on indie imports

Reader survey shows fewer wines are arriving direct from producers
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Profile: People’s Wine, Dalston

Oranges are not the only wines in this trendy Hackney enclave
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Noble Fine Liquor bids fond farewell

Hackney indie has closed after a decade of trading
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The PGI wines of Central Greece

There’s lots to discover in this diverse and unique wine region
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Win a trip of a lifetime to Argentina

You could be flying to Mendoza and Patagonia with Bodegas Argento and Otronia
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Indies are defiant despite challenges

Wine Merchant reader survey shows indies are mostly upbeat
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Issue 151 of The Wine Merchant is here. What's i Issue 151 of The Wine Merchant is here. 

What's inside? Nasty scammers, majestic hawks, repurposed wine bottles, guilt pangs, bleeding cocoa nibs, Sting (the singer), stings (from bees), 10,000 wine louts, people who lie about chocolate, hedonistic vermouth, Torres v Walkers, hairdresser puns, Lennon and McCartney in the northern Rhône, sesquiterpene rotundone, Leicester City and a small cheese sandwich. 

See if you can spot them all!
So sorry to hear of the passing of Peter Hall, pio So sorry to hear of the passing of Peter Hall, pioneer of English sparkling wine, self-proclaimed hermit and a wonderful raconteur who was generous with his time. Anyone with a bottle of Breaky Bottom in their collection will be toasting the memory this week of a lovely man.

Report on the Wine Merchant website, where you can also read the Q&A we did with Peter in 2022. It was the best article we ran that year – and perhaps in any year. RIP.
We used to be the only wine magazine in the world We used to be the only wine magazine in the world to publish album reviews. Now we're the only one with a psychotherapy column.

Plus: a horrible quiz, a stupid cartoon, in-store opera, people covered in treacle, the black hole of wine retailing, disappointing Belgian cuisine, and David Perry's plums.

Open your copy now while it's still got that strangely intoxicating aroma.
The 149th edition of The Wine Merchant is out ther The 149th edition of The Wine Merchant is out there in the wild. A huge milestone. We enjoyed putting it together for you and yesterday we celebrated its publication by tasting so much vermouth that parts of our mouths are jammed into unfamiliar positions and we’re talking in Dutch accents. Other than that, all good thanks 🤜
Loads of new openings, relocations and expansions Loads of new openings, relocations and expansions to read about in the latest edition of The Wine Merchant. But no closures. 

As Kate Goodman of Reserve Wines tells us in her interview, it's "probably as hard as it's ever been" for indies to keep going. But that's exactly what they're doing – and store numbers continue to rise.
We're delighted to confirm that your repeat prescr We're delighted to confirm that your repeat prescription for The Wine Merchant magazine is ready. If we haven't delivered it to your door, visit the website and follow the links to the digital version. 

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