Humphrey Bogart’s Real English Gin set for US launch
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” Humphery Bogart as Rick Blaine, Casablanca. Humphrey Bogart’s Real English Gin is launching in the USA next month and...
View Article"Don't spill your wine, Del Boy!"
As we today publish our new exclusive report in to the UK on-trade, we thought it was also a good excuse to brighten up your Friday afternoon with this trip down memory lane and that comedy goal moment...
View ArticleChiefs of the week: South African winemakers who surf
Every year they come to take the challenge. No not the South African wine awards, but the Vintners Surf Classic where some of the country’s best and most respected winemakers come together to ride the...
View ArticleNick Kamen, Levi jeans and those boxer shorts...
News that advertising legend, Sir John Hegarty, is going to be the star turn at this month’s Wine & Spirit Trade Association conference is just the excuse we need to show this classic TV ad.
View ArticleChief of the week: The Dude
This week the Claret Pimpernel raises a White Russian to Jeff Bridges, whose new short film called the ”The White Russian” was released this week by Kahlúa Productions, as a tribute to the drink he...
View ArticleThe Harpers Gang...here to entertain you!
Harpers Team @harperswine Here’s the Harpers team like you have never seen them before.
View ArticleDiageo’s Smirnoff vodka launches £15m campaign
Smirnoff vodka has launched a £15 million marketing campaign – including TV advertising – in order to grow the category and make it more accessible.
View ArticleLidl: what makes it so successful?
The new “Lidl Surprises” tagline is the latest UK brand-positioning success story from the hard discounter. Gemma McKenna looks at how its buying strategies are now expanding its wine offer
View ArticleMorrisons goes head to head against other grocers with new price-matching scheme
Morrison’s announced it is newest strategy in taking on discount grocers Aldi and Lidl for the first time with the introduction of the a new price-matching loyalty card scheme called ‘Match & More.’
View ArticleDavid Beckham officially launches new Haig Club whisky globally
David Beckham officially launched Haig Club Scotch whisky today, which is produced by Diageo in partnership with the world famous footballer and British talent agent Simon Fuller.
View ArticleHere's a right corking video for you...
Here’s a video after our own heart here at Harpers Uncorked. As part of last month’s Wines of the Beautiful South tasting you might have seen a special “cork” wall which doubled up as an actual live...
View ArticleLock Stock's Guy Ritchie links up with David Beckham to make Haig whisky TV...
Guy Ritchie, the UK film director behind Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director and the recent Sherlock Holmes film series, has linked up with David Beckham to make the first TV advert for his new...
View ArticleTescoGate results video: Chief executive Dave Lewis in his own words
Tesco’s chief executive is looking to “re-energise” the company following the “body blow” of its financial scandal, but has so far revealed scant detail of his plans.
View ArticleFrance Summit video: UK trade figures on how to get the most out of French wine
The chance to understand the France wine category better, hear the views of leading UK buyers, distributors and retailers and meet like-minded people in the trade were some of the key reasons given by...
View ArticleFrance Summit video: what French producers and generics think of the UK market
Being able to highlight the steps they are taking to promote French wine in the UK as well as understand more the challenges of the British market were some of the key reasons producers and French...
View Article#LidlSurprises and #AldiFestiveFeast host pop up restaurants in London
It seems the German discounters are not content at ripping up the UK grocery retail sector, they are now having a go at the on-trade too with news that they are moving into the ever popular world of...
View ArticleLidl comes out top of the grocers for the most effective Christmas TV ad
As if Lidl’s 2014 could not get any better, it has now been found to have produced the most effective Christmas television advert, even beating John Lewis’s Monty the penguin in to second place.
View ArticleVIDEO: The stars shined brightly at inaugural Skin Côntact concert for Wine...
The wine industry’s first ever rock band, Skin Côntact, took the wine trade by storm on Monday night on stage at London’s Vinopolis wowing the audience and helping to raise over £10,000 for Wine...
View ArticleJose Cuervo’s Dons of Tequila global bartender competition kicks-off
Last week Jose Cuervo launched its Dons of Tequila competition, which provides the winning bartender the chance to harvest their own agave crop in Mexico and blend their own labelled tequila.
View ArticleAmazon Prime Now to offer one hour delivery on wine and spirits
Amazon yesterday launched one hour delivery in London on select products including several of its beer, wine and spirits offerings with its new Prime Now service.
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