The City: Enterprise boldly goes by Ron Emler
02 Dec 2005
The £3-billion battle over Spirit Group is still raging, but when Enterprise Inns says it is not interested in the pubs chain, you have to take notice. Effectively, Enterprise has said it is no longer interested in expanding its 8,500-house empire,...

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The year in review
02 Dec 2005
When we look back at the history of Australian wine, how will we remember 2005? As the year of the screwcap? The rosé renaissance? Shiraz/Viognier blends? The year when Australia started to claw back its reputation as a producer of fine,...

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The lions’ share
02 Dec 2005
Somewhere in the backstreets of Glasgow wild beasts are stirring in the undergrowth. A timid pair of lions that were all but invisible on an old Scotch whisky label have suddenly grown dramatically in stature. Picked out in metallic red against...

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So it’s come to this…
02 Dec 2005
So, finally, France looks set to compete in the world of global wine brands. Almost everybody involved in the business of making and selling vin de pays has agreed that there needs to be a new category: Vin de Pays Vignobles...

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Uncorked Make the most of it
01 Dec 2005
A dodgy Chilean peso, a windy rand, gluts in Australia, complete inertia in Argentina and revolting winemakers in southern France. With the possible notable exception of California (see profile on Joe Gallo - Harpers 12th May), it seems that the London...

View issue Harpers 12th May 2006

Focus on-trade:The Analyst
25 Nov 2005
Fed up with stray tartan and bagpipes hanging off the walls of themed Scottish places, City boy Neil Barnes has created a modern Scottish bar in Trafalgar Square. Some might wonder why this entrepreneur with no experience of catering should do...

View issue Harpers 25th November 2005

Focus on-trade: Rounding up
25 Nov 2005
LONDON LUCIANO 77 St James’s Street, SW1A 1PH Marco Pierre White is back in town. The restaurant king and original celebrity chef has launched a new Italian restaurant – named after his eldest son – in the West End. The menu...

View issue Harpers 25th November 2005

Italy schmitaly!
25 Nov 2005
It has been – though the incorrigible natives of that sublime country will be unaware of it – a farcical summer for Italy. I speak narrowly of course, vinously, but as a long-standing season-ticket holder to the Comedy of Life, I...

View issue Harpers 25th November 2005

The City: Britvic gets ready for market
25 Nov 2005
Takeovers and flotations have been a feature of the London stock market this year. The economics are simple. Interests rates are comparatively low and seem set to remain so, but company profitability has been rising. Cash-rich groups are therefore attracted to...

View issue Harpers 25th November 2005

Phil Oxera
18 Nov 2005
In Phil’s not particularly humble opinion, Vini Portugal’s latest run of print ads is a great improvement on its previous attempts to drum up interest in Touriga, Baga and the rest. ...

View issue Harpers 18 November 2005