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The Drinks Business 21 January 2021 By Patrick Schmitt The London Wine Fair will take place online this year as coronavirus restrictions have made a virtual show “inevitable”, head of the exhibition Hannah Tovey said this morning. No live event this year as the London Wine Fair goes virtual Admitting that she had been confident at the end of last year that the 2021 show would take place as a live event at its usual mid-May timing, today, Hannah Tovey said that there was “too much uncertainty” for this to be possible. “In December we were very confident that a liv...

The Drinks Business 20 January 2021 By Patrick Schmitt A virtual masterclass on Monday at 3pm UK time will shine a light on the green credentials of southern France’s Pays d’Oc IGP using eight delicious, inexpensive, organic wines – which we’ve previewed below. The Pays d’Oc produces around 67 million certified organic bottles of wine each year, representing 10% of the region’s output The masterclass, which you can register for by clicking here, is the second of three online tutored tastings designed to uncover the key traits of this part of Fran...

The Drinks Business 15 January 2021 By Patrick Schmitt The Brits consumed more Champagne at home this year than pre-pandemic 2019, especially during Christmas, despite restrictions on socialising – so why was this? Nothing to celebrate? That didn’t prevent the Brits from buying more and better Champagne in 2020 It seems counterintuitive that UK consumers should have drunk more of a product so closely tied to good times, but that’s what happened in 2020, with retail sales of Champagne for the entire year surpassing those of 2019 – a time before Covid-19 reached Brit...

The Drinks Business 14 January 2021 By Patrick Schmitt The official retail figures for Christmas-time Champagne sales in the UK have just been released, and it’s official: the Brits drank more during the pandemic, and particularly during a lockdown festive period. Over the four week festive period to week-end 26.12.20, Champagne sales in UK retailers increased by 13% compared to the previous year The results come from data analyst Nielsen and show Champagne moving annual total (MAT) retail sales by volume to the end of 2020 up 3%, while sparkling wine sales have increase...

11 January 2021 By Patrick Schmitt The newly formed All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the night time economy has launched an urgent inquiry into “the devastating impact” of Covid-19 on British nightlife. The NTIA is urging people to take part in the APPG survey to help policymakers understand the importance of the night time economy. Picture credit: NTIA The inquiry is being led by APPG chair, Jeff Smith MP, who worked in the sector for several years in his earlier career, and it comes as the night-time hospitality sector continues to face debilitating constraints ...