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The Conservative party, led by Boris Johnson, has won the 2019 General election by a solid majority and will now be in a position to implement their drinks industry plans.
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A survey commissioned by Drinkaware claims men drink the equivalent of six medium glasses of wine or pints of beer, while women claim the equivalent of four and half glasses of wine on Christmas day.
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Burgundy’s exports hit a €1 billion for the first time in the year to September, while Liv-ex continues to see the fine wine market fall.
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Canned wine in the US is worth US$70m, up 70%, while the UK has increased sales by 125% to £3.6m, but not all smells so sweet, as canned wines can highlight viticultural and winemaking problems.
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Rowan Gormley announced he is stepping down from Naked Wines, after Majestic paid for his takeover and listing of Naked Wines.
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All the main parties have plans that will affect the wine industry, so what are their positions?
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The Sobar has launched in the US. High in protein it claims to reduce the rate of alcohol absorption by 50% compared to eating on an empty stomach.
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Iconic winery Pahlmeyer has been purchased by E&J Gallo as part of its super premium strategy.
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A pop up shop in Castleford town in Yorkshire has been banned from selling mulled wines for the annual Christmas lights festival.
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Recent research from Salford University claims that people who worry about hangovers are more likely to experience worse hangovers.
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Bush fires have broken out in New South Wales with the Hunter Valley and coastal wine regions, the next to experience fire, after the Californian fires last month.
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Spanish Albariño from Rías Baixas DO grew in the UK by 21% in volume and 23.5% in value.
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UK supermarket Waitrose who has been trialling selling wine in a Fill Your Own bottle format has expanded the trial to two more stores after demand outstripped supply.
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Symington Port brand owner machine harvested 45 ha of grapes this summer, a first on Douro's steep terraced vineyards.
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Australian brand McGuigan has launched a number of new Zero alcohol wines that will be sold in the UK.
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With the Northern hemisphere's grapes all but harvested, Spain, Italy and France all saw big drops in grape volumes.
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Sotheby’s, the auction house best known for selling other peoples wines, is offering for sale a range of its own wines sourced from France and the USA.
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Aldi launches popular wine advent calendar for £49.99 for 2019.
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Californian fires get under control but the effects of the fire are yet to be felt in the wine regions.
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Beaujolais’ exports to the UK appear to be bucking a trend with exports up 35% in volume and 19% by value in the first 8 months of 2019.
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Deaths in the UK caused by drink driving dropped by 64% between 2006 and 2016, along with declines in 34 out of 36 countries.
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Wine Scholar Guild has launched a new Spanish wine course, to accompany its French and Italian courses
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As the 2017 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign is about to be delivered it appears that most investors appear to have lost money. But Italy appears to be a country that is becoming more popular with LIV-ex investors.
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Pringles' Prosecco & Peppercorn flavoured snacks were confiscated in Italy this week.
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Welsh minimum pricing for alcohol appears to be going ahead despite evidence showing it makes no difference in Scotland.
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A tasting in London focused on the quality eastern European grape variety Blaufränkisch is coming up on the 28th October.
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Champagne producer Pol Roger whose cellar collapsed in 1900, burying up to to 1.5 million bottles, has this week opened and tried two of the recently recovered bottles.
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This week Spain’s Rioja has unveiled the first official single vineyard Rioja, while Ribera has created a white Ribera del Duero DO.
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Lay & Wheeler, founded in 1854, sells fine wines, En Primeur and wines by subscription and has been sold for £11.3 million.
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Chapel Down, one of the UK's largest winemakers, has seen its loss quadruple from £230,000 to over £1 million.
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New Zealand celebrates the first vines planted in the Bay of Islands by Reverend Samuel Marsden, 200 years ago.
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The Wine & Spirit Education Trust and the Institute of Hospitality are to run the Academy of Food & Wine Service as a joint venture.
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An organised crime gang suspected of exploiting more than 160 vineyard workers in France has been dismantled following police raids, according to Europol.
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Report on minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland appears to have reduced alcohol purchases.
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Rebellious Corpinnat producers have been setting up their own DO with the Penedès DO.
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The Scottish drink drive limit was changed in 2014 and research indicated it made no difference to the accident rate in Scotland.
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Trade war on French wines is ready to take off, as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) says America can impose tariffs for subsidies paid to Airbus.
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UK Government will remove from the public the opportunity to buy car loads of cheap wine in France and replace it with a limit of 5 bottles of slightly cheaper wine.
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The WSET kicked off wine education week with Guinness World Record for the biggest ever sommelier lesson with 330 participating.
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Has cork finally become environmentally sustainable? New research by Amorim shows that its most popular cork has a net carbon sink of about 1.8g per stopper.
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Record temperatures were recorded in Paris, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands as the current heatwave continues to damage vines in France.
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Boris Johnson has stepped up plans for a no deal Brexit, with the wine industry investing £5m into stockpiling.
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The Wine GB Awards recognise the best UK producers and with 254 wines were entered there were 39 Gold medals, 53 Silver medals, 124 Bronze medals awarded and a total of 19 trophies announced.
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All of Amorim’s NDtech corks are tested for cork taint and claim to give a guarantee that there is no detectable amount.
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World wine production has bounced back after a frost hit 2017 vintage with Italy the world's largest producer.
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Four new legal cases are filed to force open US interstate shipments rules after US supreme court ruled outlawing discrimination in wine shipping last month.
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In the survey commissioned by Cono Sur, 36% of British drinkers thought that chilling a red wine was completely wrong.
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International Wine Challenge (IWC) awards were announced this week. Along with a huge range of trophy wines and award-winning businesses, a few of the awards stood out.
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The list is created by the World’s Best Vineyards Academy and ranks Ridgeview as 36th of 50 top vineyards in the world and the only UK entrant.
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Bordeaux and Châteauneuf-du-Pape are changing their grape varieties to help combat climate change.
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