Going Deutsch
24 Oct 2005 ‘I think UK consumers are absolutely ready for German wines. In fact, they already prefer them – they just don’t know it yet.’ With these bold words, Nicky Forrest of Phipps PR puts the case for a Teutonic revival. Phipps was... View issue Harpers, 21 October
The new dynamic duo
24 Oct 2005 When Warren Adamson was starting as an apprentice in worsted spinning at Feltex Yarns in New Zealand, Fernando Ferré was graduating from the Universidad Católica Argentina with a business administration degree. ... View issue Harpers, 21 October
The retail animal
13 Oct 2005 Alex Anson, it seems, didn’t have your usual boyhood ambition: there were, for him, no dreams of lifting the World Cup, landing on Mars or saving the world; he never saw the appeal of being a fireman or a train driver.... View issue Harpers, 14 October 2005
Golden age
13 Oct 2005 Rewind a few years, and vodka and gin were in the ascendancy in style bars across the country. Cocktails such as the cosmopolitan were de rigueur, and vodka in particular was seen as the base spirit of choice for creative bartenders.... View issue Harpers, 14 October 2005
Out of the shadows
07 Oct 2005 With all the growth in wine production seen in China of late, a key question is whether there are enough local grapes to meet demand. The largest vineyard areas are in Xinjiang province in the west (northern Silk route) and the... View issue Harpers, 7 October 2005
South Africa goes Mega
07 Oct 2005 Wines of South Africa (WOSA) is holding its Mega Tasting, aimed at the pan-European market, on Tuesday 11 October and Wednesday 12 October at Old Billingsgate Market, which looks on to the River Thames. More than 200 producers will be taking... View issue Harpers, 7 October 2005
Hidden dragon
30 Sep 2005 At a recent lunch at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai, six Chinese businessmen ordered five bottles of wine. Malcolm Zacanaro, the executive assistant manager for food and beverage at the hotel, initially thought nothing of it… until he saw the bill, which... View issue Harpers, 30 September 2005
On Trade Special: Late Payments
30 Sep 2005 Before I landed a job reporting on the world of wine for Harpers, one of my tasks in life was to sell wine at a restaurant near the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Soon after opening, it was apparent that... View issue Harpers, 30 September 2005
2005 Vintage
23 Sep 2005 AUSTRALIA Across the continent it appears to have been an extremely good year, with the happy combination of high – indeed, record high – quantity and quality. The chief reason for this success was the absence of extremes: a comparatively mild... View issue Harpers, 23 September 2005
Pocket Picks
23 Sep 2005 Monthly MAT breakdowns of wine sales provide an essential guide to the marketplace, giving retailers and shippers an important snapshot of where the market is heading. But not all data is collected, or made available, on a month-by-month basis; and when... View issue Harpers, 23 September 2005
