Jun 8, 2011
One of the things that you often hear from wine marketers and salespeople is that wines that are available on the high street are very difficult to sell to restaurants. The reason cited is usually that the patrons are not willing to pay the markup that restaurants place on bottles (which can be upwards of 300% at times) if they can compare the price to their local Sainsbury’s, Tesco or Waitrose....
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Wine prices: retail vs restaurant
Feb 28, 2011
Today is the first day of the annual UK Fairtrade Fortnight. These two weeks focus consumers’ attention onto products that are harvested and manufactured by companies complying with the strict (and expensive) regulations of the Fairtrade Foundation and Fairtrade Labeling Organisation. Although this focus is on all Fairtade products (and it seems FT cotton is receiving particular attention this year)...
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Fairtrade Fortnight
Jan 5, 2011
There’s been a lot written and spoken about the economic pressures on the wine industry in the last 18 months. Struggling cellars, discount online wine sales, international investment in South Africa, export challenges and the ‘all-powerful’ supermarket buyers all make for topical column inches. With everything that goes into getting a bottle of wine to a consumer and into their glass,...
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What are ‘better’ wine prices?
