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Waitrose Announces Price Cuts On More Than 200 Products

Upmarket UK retailer Waitrose & Partners will lower the prices of over 200 daily essentials, including everyday foods like chicken breasts, potatoes, b...

English Sparkling Wine Gets Extra Fizz From Sustainability

With vineyards now dotted across hills in southern England and sustainability concerns growing, local fizz is emerging as the drink of choice.

Spain's Cava Makers Seek Creative Fixes As Drought Threatens Grape Harvests

Vineyards across Catalonia's renowned Penedes cava-producing region are so parched that the roots of 30-year-old vines have died, leaving shrivelled red an...

Champagne Harvest Starts Early In France

Champagne grape pickers have had to start the harvest earlier this year, as climate change forces the makers of the French sparkling wine to rethink how th...

Henkell Freixenet Posts 11% Sales Growth In FY2021

Henkell Freixenet, the sparkling wine, wine, and spirits division of Geschwister Oetker Beteiligungen KG, increased its annual sales by 11% in 2021, to tot...

Italian Sparkling Wine Production Sets New Record

An estimated 900 million bottles of Italian sparkling wine were sold in 2021, with foreign sales up by 20%.

EU Reports First Drop In Sparkling Wine Exports In A Decade

The European Union's exports of sparkling wine to the rest of the world fell in 2020 for the first time in a decade, Eurostat data has revealed.

Italian Wine Sales in Retail Channel Up 9.7% In Value in 9M 2021

Sales of Italian wine and sparkling wine in the modern retail distribution channel grew 9.7% in value and 2% in volume in the first nine months of the year...