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Canadian club
18 Nov 2005
Picture something quintessentially Canadian. For many people, that prompt either draws a complete blank or it connotes polar bears, the Inuit (formerly known as Eskimos) and perhaps ice hockey. But vineyards and barrel-lined cellars don’t fit among those frosty symbols. Wine...
View issue Harpers 18 November 2005
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Do you drink sensibly?
11 Nov 2005
Two years ago, in a conference centre in Dublin, the drinks industry gathered to discuss what has become, in the context of governmental concern about the rising incidence of binge drinking, one of the major issues facing the drinks industry today:...
View issue Harpers 11 November
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Complexity or a complex?
11 Nov 2005
The Languedoc’s quality revolution of the past 20 years is one of the true ‘good news’ stories of the French wine industry. From the commercial success of its numerous vins de pays (VdP) varietal wines to the critical success of some...
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Iiiiiiiiiit’s showtime!
11 Nov 2005
Under the stewardship of Tim Etchells – managing director of consumer exhibitions and, for 15 years, the man behind the BBC Good Food Show – The Wine Show London landed on the streets of Islington and seemingly conjured 12,000 visitors with...
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The Russia house
07 Nov 2005
Drinks Industry 2005 23–25 November Crocus Expo Moscow, Russia Organisers: Asti Group Exhibition Company Smolensky Passage, 3 Smolenskaya Square, Moscow, Russia Tel: www.drinksindustry.ru ...
View issue Harpers 4 November
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Death of a salesman
07 Nov 2005
The lifeblood of any industry – especially one where the product is made overseas – is those who sell its products. As a role, sales may not have the glamour of the marketer or the importance of the buyer, but good...
View issue Harpers 4 November
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A vintner’s tail
07 Nov 2005
John Casella is the Pete Waterman of wine. For those familiar with the two, that might sound an unlikely comparison, and certainly the softly spoken family man behind Yellow Tail has next to nothing in common with brash pop impresario Waterman...
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Hanging On
31 Oct 2005
The most exciting grape grown in South Tyrol, at least among its reds, is the Lagrein, a variety found only there and in the adjacent hills of northern Trentino. Scholars differ about the area where the Lagrein grape originated. Some say...
View issue Harpers, 28 October
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Undrinkable, or Unsinkable?
31 Oct 2005
What is it about RTDs that people seem to have such a problem with? It’s been a good 10 years since the Hooch and Two Dogs ‘alcopop’ stigma hit the category, and yet the blame for any alcohol-related problems is still...
View issue Harpers, 28 October
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Selling bee
31 Oct 2005
John Hoskins MW owns the Old Bridge Hotel in Huntingdon, a large, red-brick building on the edge of town. The A14 clatters by noisily at the foot of the garden, but poplars are beginning to cover up the concrete girders, and...
View issue Harpers, 28 October
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