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In the mix
22 Jun 2006
Once, whisky was such a simple affair. If you wanted a Scotch you went out and bought one. And it was a blend. ...
View issue Harpers, 23 June 2006
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Whisky: in with the on-trade
22 Jun 2006
Whisky has always tended to have a rather polarising effect; people either love it or hate it – there are very few who think it’s just okay. ...
View issue Harpers, 23 June 2006
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Elysian fields?
22 Jun 2006
Look at the 12-month period from March 2005 to March 2006, and the number of nine-litre cases sold in the UK fell by nearly half a million to 8.23 million – a drop of more than 5%. Within these statistics, bottled...
View issue Harpers, 23 June 2006
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Dan Jago: Tesco's finest
16 Jun 2006
There are three things Dan Jago is keen to talk about these days: Tesco, Tesco and Tesco. Just a month after settling in at the company’s Cheshunt offices – with the last week spent working in store, ‘stacking shelves to learn...
View issue 16 June 2006
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Jackson heights
08 Jun 2006
There must be some Alan Sugar-type management byword that nice men (or women) don’t make it to the top. At the risk of sounding like a Martyn Lewis acolyte (he was the BBC News presenter who complained that there were not...
View issue Harpers 9 June 2006
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Profit or what?
08 Jun 2006
Sounds simple enough. You’re a wine producer, you want to break into the UK market and you’re heartily fed up with the big, bad multiple retailer. He hogs all the margin while you practically have to mortgage your winery and sell...
View issue Harpers 9 June 2006
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Watch fizz space
08 Jun 2006
When faced with the juggernaut that is Champagne – complete with the biggest marketing budgets in the wine world, ultra-slick PR teams and profit margins that would make most producers dance naked through their vineyards – it is easy to forget...
View issue Harpers 9 June 2006
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Super Italians
08 Jun 2006
Tuscan promise from Richards Walford The highlight from the Richards Walford table will be the latest releases from Monte Bernardi, Panzano-in-Chianti in Tuscany. The estate was taken over two years ago by brother and sister team, Michael and Jennifer Schmelzer. Jennifer...
View issue Harpers 9 June 2006
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End of the high life?
01 Jun 2006
Alcohol, as it is elsewhere in the world, is a very hot topic here. Everybody’s acutely aware that there’s more of it in Australian red wines these days than there used to be. ...
View issue Harpers 2nd June 2006
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Italy forever?
01 Jun 2006
Last week, the debate over how best to promote Italian wines in the UK took a giant step forward. ...
View issue Harpers 2nd June 2006
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