Vine Articles

Balfour Winery, a producer of award-winning English wines, has recently appointed Adam Williams as chief operations officer and Jack Merrylees from Majestic Wine as it’s new marketing & PR director, as the company prepares to double production to one million bottles a year.

English wine producer Chapel Down has launched a limited-edition sparkling wine to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, with all profits from sales to benefit the Royal British Legion.

WineGB, the industry body representing wine growers and producers in Britain, has signed a further three-year partnership with rural insurer NFU Mutual.

In a new Business Sustainability Challenge, Growing Kent & Medway (GKM) is making £900,000 available for innovative horticultural, plant-based food and drink businesses with ideas to enhance sustainability in the sector.

Wines of Great Britain (WineGB) has announced the resignation of its CEO Simon Thorpe MW, who has served the organisation for over two years and will now be returning to his roots as an importer and distributor.

Dr Belinda Kemp has joined the crop research organisation NIAB to lead the vine and wine research at its East Malling site in Kent.

Latest statistics from CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) show that 21 pubs a week are closing for business in the UK and face an uncertain future, with customers tightening their belts and energy bills set to hit new highs from 1st April.

New legislative framework enabling the use of precision breeding technologies such as gene editing was granted Royal Assent yesterday (23rd March) and is set to accelerate the development of higher-yielding, more nutritious and climate-resilient crops in England.

In response to ongoing increases in dry goods, packing and supply chain costs and extreme glass shortages experienced by the wine sector, an international panel of producers, suppliers and buyers discussed new ways of working together on a zoom session hosted by The Buyer and the Wine & Spirit Trade Association.

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual has launched a £5,000 sustainability-focused bursary for wine industry students. The bursary will be awarded to a student at Plumpton College pursuing their final research project on a sustainability issue facing British vineyards.

An eco-friendly weed-killing system which uses electricity instead of harmful chemicals to treat orchards and vineyards is set to go to market after support from Coventry University.

Gwinllan Conwy in North Wales is the first vineyard to use sheep fleeces as mulch under vines, with owner Colin Bennett reporting a multitude of benefits so far, such as improved soil health, weed and pest suppression, and fuller-bodied wines.