Sommeliers Choice Awards 2023 Winners

The London Wine Fair has teamed up with wine data capture company Bottlebooks – a digital tool for the global wine industry that it believes will have a “profound effect” on the wine trade.

Fine wine’s strong start to the year has been confirmed after the Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index rose over 1% in January.

The “extraordinarily elegant” 2013 vintage of Sassicaia from Tenuta San Guido has been released.

Californian producers are showing “broad participation” in the sustainable wine making programme run by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, according to its latest report.

A “transformational year” for British drinks distributor and retailer Conviviality has seen its H1 revenue rise by 38% to £252 million.

categories performing ahead of the distilled spirits average growth included Tequila, with another exceptional year of 9.4 percent sales growth, and Cognac, with sales growth of 16.2 percent.

Malibu Pineapple Upside Down Cake (21% ABV) will be nationally available in 750ml and 1L sizes and will retail for a suggested retail price of $14.99/750ml.

This year’s Real Wine Fair will be the biggest yet with more than 160 producers having signed up for the event – one-third more than have attended before.

Covent Garden restaurant The 10 Cases is to launch a free wine delivery service that will see bottles couriered on an electronic bike to central London addresses.

Pol Roger UK has signed an exclusive agreement with esteemed Brunello estate Biondi Sandi making the company the sole distributor of its wines in the UK.