After awards in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Thailand, the UK & US the @StarWineList of the Year 2025/26 2026 global finals were held in Sweden this week. Here we can reveal what the 10 best wine lists and restaurants in the world are www.the-buyer.net/awards/top-1...
Here's how Sir Ian Botham & Sir Geoff Hurst have teamed up to create an English sparkling wine - the ‘Geoff Hurst Cuvée’ with @BalfourWinery through @BothamWines. Sir Ian explains how it has been made & how it's the first in a new 'Legends Series' of wines www.the-buyer.net/people/produ...
Here's part 2 of @thebuyer11.bsky.social report on the recent Gavi Restaurant Tour of Liverpool where we talk to each of the buyers, wine merchants, importers & educators who took part to get their take on Gavi and its potential in the premium wine market in the UK www.the-buyer.net/debates/the-...
The @VSPTWineGroup has big ambitions to expand its European sales by moving into Ireland & has appointed Kirsten McCann as its new country manager. Here she highlights the biggest opportunities it has for its South American power wine brands in Ireland www.the-buyer.net/people/produ...
Here we talk to Lee Evans, co-founder with his wife, Maria, of @condor_wines, about why and how they have been able to make their mark with South American wines in the UK as they celebrate their 15 year milestone www.the-buyer.net/people/suppl...
Bruce Jack of @brucejackwines argues why the wine industry should not join beers & spirits in race to make 0% products. Instead it should work harder to celebrate wine & what it offers culturally in face of an increasingly hostile anti-alcohol lobby www.the-buyer.net/opinion/bruc...
20 years ago the wine world’s first podcast was born with Chris & Jane Scott's pioneering #UKWineShow .Here Chris explains how its built an audience in 60+ countries & what he thinks it takes to make a successful long-standing podcast www.the-buyer.net/people/how-u....
“I believe the independent wine retail market is becoming more important for the survival of our industry.” Graeme Sutherland founder of #GoodBrothersWine makes a clarion call for indies & says the best will be relevant for customers in-store and online.
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The drinks industry risks being left behind in a world increasingly dominated by AI was the stark conclusion from a debate with AI experts at #LondonWineFair. Erin Smith picks out highlights from the session & what drinks companies need to do to catch up www.the-buyer.net/insight/how-...
Here's a behind the scenes report from a trade dinner hosted by @businessfrance & @TheBuyer11 that gave the chance for Languedoc producers taking part in #LondonWineFair to meet & show their wines to top wine merchants, wine importers and wine buyers www.the-buyer.net/debates/busi...
When it comes to British sporting greats they don’t get much bigger than Sir Ian Botham and Sir Geoff Hurst. True legends in their respective worlds of cricket and football. Which makes them the perfe...
Three restaurants, over 20 wines and over 30 small plates and dishes in just under six hours. That was the task for the buyers, wine merchants, importers and wine educators who got on board The Buyer ...
To reach a 15 year milestone in any business is an achievement worth celebrating. But by doing so you have helped promote and bring the wines of a whole continent to the UK premium wine market is an a...
Whilst winemakers and producers the world over clamour over themselves to find ever more creative and effective ways of spinning or vacuuming alcohol out of wine, there is one winemaker desperately tr...
Go back 20 years and if someone asked you what your favourite podcast was the chances are you probably did not even know what a podcast was. Now they are everywhere and include some of the fastest gro...
“I staunchly believe the UK independent wine retail market is not broken, but is in fact becoming more important and more relevant than ever for the survival of our industry.” In this passionate, pers...
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The drinks industry, for all its charm and tradition, is at risk of being left behind in a business world that is increasingly being dominated by AI and what impact it is having on how companies opera...
International trade shows are a tried and trusted way for producers and buyers to do business. But how far can they really get to know each other over a stand at the show? For the last two years Busi...
