Richard Lloyd, Accolade Park’s general manager, European operations and supply chain, explains the philosophy of involving people at all levels in decision-making.
British sparkling wine was exported to a record number of countries ahead of New Year’s Eve, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has revealed.
Environment secretary Owen Paterson has urged more UK food firms to harness EU protected name schemes to promote and protect global exports, pledging government support in that process.
After a false start in the three years to 2010, it looks as if wine in pouches could be back for a second ‘bite of the grape’, with retailer Asda and brands Echo Falls and Arniston Bay championing the format.
Chr Hansen has launched a product designed to enable winemakers to manage malolactic fermentation in high-pH, high-alcohol wines without producing biogenic amines such as histamine during fermentation.
If corks continue to bob out of the wine aisle in the face of fierce competition from screwtop bottle closures, it is at least, in part, because of recent innovation and differentiation in metal closure technology – from smoother finishes to tamper evidence.
New Zealand’s wine producers are planning to scale back production over the next eight years to 2019 in an attempt to reduce annual surpluses and restore the premium they have traditionally enjoyed over other countries’ wines.
New bottle designs from Italy are using glass colour and shaping to differentiate wine brands, while closer to home, the environment continues to dominate brand communication in the sector.
Westfalia Separator has supplemented its range of decanters with the CE 205, which has set new standards in terms of decanter technology for wine and...
