The Red Lion & Sun, in London’s leafy suburb of Highgate, has a wine list both adventurous and accessible, driven by licensee Heath Ball and his team’s dedication to providing the best possible offer for their customers.
With the premium drinks category now worth more to the on-trade than ever before, here’s how you can take stock of your offer and navigate the busy waters of products on offer, Michelle Perrett reports
Wine can be a daunting thing for bar staff if you don’t drink the stuff. When a customer asks for a full-bodied red or a fruity white, there is often panic in the eyes of the bar staff. We’ve found three companies that offer introductory wine training...
A ‘messianic’ approach to making drinks separates modern brewers and winemakers from their more traditional counterparts, according to the leading English wine producer.
Pubs are not hitting the mark when it comes to meeting consumers’ wine needs, but could easily boost sales by making simple changes to their offer, according to Crown Cellars’ first on-trade wine report.
Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) has partnered with South African Winery Gabb Family Vineyards to develop a range of wines for the menus of its Toby Carvery and Harvester pub chains.
Do you know your Chapelle-Chambertin from your Corton-Charlemagne? Daniel Woolfson sits down for a tipple with the gastropub operator whose passion for wine is propelling trade to new heights
Crown Cellars makes 135 wines exclusive to on-trade in its 2016-17 wines and spirits portfolio, after seeing double-digit volume growth in the past 12 months.
Pushing premium wines and spirits can help the on-trade grow sales by more than £2.5bn over the next five years, according to data released by Pernod Ricard UK.
Food and drink sales in pub groups declined by 2.7% in April when compared with the same period last year, which is in contrast with an increase in sales of 2.5% in restaurants.
Childhood sweets have entered the wine suppliers' arsenal of tactics used to entice younger drinkers, following Kingsland Drinks reveal of its sweet-flavoured beverages at the London Wine Fair last week.
Gallons of wine were no doubt drank at the London Wine Fair this year, with exhibitors from across the globe poised to showcase their products to the on-trade. If you couldn't make it, though, we've put together a short picture gallery to show...
Wine will flow in the capital today (3 May) as the London Wine Fair opens its doors to the trade, but what should operators look out for at the largest trade drinks show in the UK? Nicholas Robinson explores ahead of the event.
While the rest of the UK was reverberating to the news of Chancellor George Osbourne’s decision to impose a levy on sugary soft drinks in last month’s Budget, the wine industry was again getting used to another year of being the alcohol industry’s forgotten...
Carlsberg-owned Crown Cellars – the brewer's UK wine and spirits division – has launched a range of on-trade exclusive wines aimed at attracting younger, quirkier customers and to compete with craft ale.
Prosecco, English whites and light reds are three types of wine that operators should consider when putting together the perfect summer wine list, according to advice from a leading expert.
British wine producer Chapel Down has raised more than £1.7m for its new Curious Drinks brewery through crowdfunding, smashing its original target of £1m.
Sake will be exhibited at the London Wine Fair (LWF) for the first time later this year, reflecting the growing importance of the category in the capital, according to event organisers.
More alcohol-free and lower-strength beers, wines and ciders are needed to help tackle the ‘ticking time bomb’ of alcohol-related health problems, according to the Local Government Association (LGA.)
Britain's alcohol industry will be safer and stronger if the UK votes to stay in the European Union (EU), Prime Minister David Cameron has promised ahead of the referendum later this year.
Around 2.5 million people drink more than the new weekly recommend units of alcohol in a single day according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.
A new event dedicated to the bar and pub sector will run alongside this year's Restaurant Show at Olympia bringing together the best suppliers in the business with top operators that are transforming the UK’s on-trade.
Chapel Down has been named in the London Stock Exchange's 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain, the first wine producer to be named in the report's three-year history.
Pernod Ricard UK has seen a 53% spike in value share (MAT) across its Champagne brands over the past 12 months (Nielsen Scantrack Jan ‘16), the drinks brand has revealed.
The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has called for the Government to back British distilleries and vineyards with a 2% alcohol duty cut in the March Budget, a move they claim will support the growing demand for wine and spirits in the on-trade.
Pernod Ricard UK has urged the on-trade to maximise the growing popularity of branded wines after research by CGA suggested many pubs and bars are missing out on sales.
A Bolton licensee is displaying how many units of alcohol are in drinks on the wall of his pub following the Government's overhaul of the recommended drinking guidelines.
As wine continues to rise in popularity both in the on-trade and home markets, what does 2016 have in store? Crown Cellars wine vendors share their predictions for the year ahead.
Champagne Taittinger is to become the first champagne house to invest in English sparkling wine as it announced the launch of Domaine Evremond vineyard.
The news one of the world’s largest winemakers, Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), is to provide calorific information across its portfolio of bottled wine has further fuelled the debate over the availability of dietary information in the drink sector.
Affluent young families aged between 25 and 45 make up a 12% share of the UK’s on-trade wine market and almost half of those (47%) would choose wine as their first choice of alcoholic drink over spirits, beer or cider, according to new research from Bibendum...
The International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) has announced their 2016 President as Matteo Bruno Lunelli, C.E.O. of Ferrari Winery and the Lunelli Group.
From cafes serving beer through to niche outlets where standard pubs don't answer the need, The Publican's Morning Advertiser looks at differing business models - the threats as well as the lessons.
As wine begins to attract a younger, ‘cooler’ audience, the dynamic duo behind Noble Rot talk about the philosophy behind their new wine bar venture and how to encourage people to engage with what’s in their glass, Ben Winstanley reports.
If you think you take advantage of drinks trends but you’re still not selling bubbly by the glass, it’s a bit like saying you’re really interested in music but you don’t see the point in going to a gig.
A controversial wine ad that showed a strategically placed wine glass alongside the slogan ‘Taste the Bush’ has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for being ‘degrading and offensive.’
The WSET Level 3 Award in Wines spanned six weeks of my life. Every Thursday for six weeks, that is.The course is ideal for anyone who has already passed the Level 2 and has an understanding of wine that goes beyond mere competence and, instead, works...
Autumn is well and truly on us, Christmas is fast approaching and the need to plan ahead for something warm and comforting to pull punters in to pubs needs to be addressed. Well fear not, says Nigel Huddleston, you need look no further than mulled wine...
Stephen Harris, the chef patron and Shepherd Neame tenant of Top 50 Gastropubs winner, the Sportsman, is lending his culinary expertise to upcoming London wine bar and restaurant, Noble Rot.
Wine doesn’t have to be overlooked during National Curry Week (NCW), according to International Wine Challenge boss Peter McCombie, who has revealed his top tips for pairing wine with curry.
