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Established to celebrate and reward success within the wine industry, the annual Decanter Retailer of the Year Award ceremony took place this year at the Connaught hotel in London.
After a challenging 2014, Eastern European winemakers are rejoicing at this year’s harvest, which has proved to be much better than expected.
That’s according to Rabobank’s latest Wine Quarterly report, which has highlighted the vital importance of online platforms for wine sales. In fact, online wine sales are expected to grow by around 12% every year, which is a truly astonishing figure.
The Stobi Winery have taken great care to appoint the best in the business when it comes to selecting their wine makers.
We are thrilled to see our Stobi Vranec and new Vranec Syrah Petit Verdot featured as ‘wine renaissance recommendations’ in the Hampstead & Highgate publication ‘Ham & High’.
Stobi was delighted to attend both Manchester and London SITT events this year. Taking their place at the ERT (Emerging Regions Tasting) zone alongside wineries from Croatia, Hungary, Transylvania and Japan (to name a few) Stobi commented “SITT is really one of the best exhibitions for the presentation of wines from new regions.”
It’s a contentious issue in some circles but one that’s not going away – in fact mandatory calorie labelling on all alcoholic drinks just got one step closer.
Time to Give up the Day Job: Technology is Much Better than Humans at Predicting the Value of Wines
Posted on Mon 21st Sep 2015 at 12:32
As anyone who has even looked into the possibility of collecting wines knows, predicting their future value is something of a dark art.
Darwinian Retail Theory: How Wine Shops are Evolving to Survive
Posted on Mon 21st Sep 2015 at 11:52
The traditional wine shop is dying, killed off by supermarkets whose cut-price offers and ‘stack ‘em high, sell ‘em cheap’ mentality have eroded both their consumer base and to some extent individual’s thirst for exploring the world of wine.
Do You Need to Sign up to the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme?
Posted on Thu 17th Sep 2015 at 14:12
According to HMRC, the public purse loses £1.3 billion a year through alcohol duty fraud, where ‘duty unpaid’ goods are inserted into wholesale and retail supply chains.