Harpers Wine and Spirit

Harpers Wine and Spirit Trade Review, known as Harpers, is a UK-based resource for the wine and spirits market. Established in 1878, it boasts a fully subscribed readership. It is widely followed by various sectors in the beverage industry, including manufacturers, distributors, restaurants, hotels, pubs, and retail shops.

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67 Pall Mall confirms China expansion

4 days ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomeNews By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 24 June, 2025The global expansion of private members’ wine club 67 Pall Mall is set to continue with the signing of a lease for its first venue in Mainland China.
Q&A: Asieh Hagh Shenas, researcher, wine lover and old vine champion

4 days ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomePeople & Opinion By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 24 June, 2025Iranian-born Asieh Hagh Shenas is yet to qualify as a winemaker, but nonetheless is already a rising star in the wine world, as Andrew Catchpole discovers. What are you currently up to and how did you arrive in France? I’m near Angers in the Loire.
English Wine Week returns with packed 2025 campaign

1 week ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomeNews By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 20 June, 2025The annual English Wine Week celebration of homegrown still and sparkling wine is back from 21-29 June with its busiest roster of consumer-facing events to date. Running under the tagline ‘create new traditions’, this collection of cellar door and related events is designed to encourage people to “make the switch and drink English wine”, highlighting the now 1,000+ vineyards in the UK.
Sommelier Wine Awards 2025 results

1 week ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomeNews By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 18 June, 2025The results are in for this year’s Sommelier Wine Awards (SWA) competition with 2025’s crop of entries throwing up a healthy tally of medals, pointing to both the quality and diversity of wines available to the UK on-trade. And once again, in terms of overall wines entered and medals won, the major European producing countries lead the pack.
Maison Ruinart’s Frédéric Panaïotis passes away

1 week ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomeNews By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 17 June, 2025Maison Ruinart’s cellar master Frédéric Panaïotis passed away on 15 June, aged just 60. A widely known and highly respected figure in the world of Champagne, Frédéric joined Ruinart in 2007 as cellar master. He subsequently steered the winemaking and blending with a mix of vision and humility, leaving his impression on both the wines and the very many members of the wine trade to whom he offered his time and welcome insights along the way.
Californian wine shows sustainability is good for business and planet

1 week ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomeAnalysis & Insights By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 17 June, 2025California doesn’t do things by halves. Having recently leapfrogged Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world, this Pacific state is indisputably at the cutting edge of technology and innovation.
WineFi shows the future of wine investment is now

1 week ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomeAnalysis & Insights By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 16 June, 2025Callum Woodcock (pictured, left) has just come out of what he describes as fundraising mode, when he, colleague Ollie Thorpe (pictured, right) and I meet to talk about their year-old start-up. Access to this article is restricted. You need to have a valid subscription to access this content. If you already have a subscription please log in.
All aboard as new crew take the plunge at GWS

2 weeks ago | harpers.co.uk | Andrew Catchpole

HomeNews By Andrew CatchpolePublished: 13 June, 2025Global Wine Solutions (GWS), the superyacht and luxury sector wine provider, has further strengthened its senior sales team with two new appointments. The first of the pair, Argentine-born Agustín Amura (pictured, above), brings a blend of superyacht experience born of being a dive instructor, coupled with WSET qualifications and experience working in New Zealand’s vineyards.
Fine-wine trading’s storage pitfalls

2 weeks ago | harpers.co.uk | Chris Losh

HomeAnalysis & Insights By Chris LoshPublished: 13 June, 2025Storage is the shock absorber of the wine trade: necessary but hidden, the unglamorous element that you don’t think about until it starts to go wrong. Access to this article is restricted. You need to have a valid subscription to access this content. If you already have a subscription please log in. Subscribe Subscribe today for unrestricted access to ALL content and receive all email newsletters.
Vernaccia: Fifty shades of Grigio?

2 weeks ago | harpers.co.uk | Jason Millar

HomePeople & Opinion By Jason MillarPublished: 12 June, 2025Wine expert & consultant Jason Millar reports back from an optimistic visit to a recent Vernaccia tasting, finding potential in this oft dismissed Italian white variety When I told my colleagues I was heading off to Regina Ribelle, the relatively new solo tasting for Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the responses were largely along the lines of: why bother?