Diana Hunter is chief executive of Conviviality Retail, owner of the Bargain Booze network. Last week the firm announced the launch of a new concept - BB's Warehouse - a destination discount off-licence warehouse. Gemma McKenna finds out more.
Tesco is inviting its consumers to join in a wine tasting to help come up with more customer friendly and impartial wine descriptors.
Waitrose is following its supermarket brethren Tesco and Morrisons with a lower profit warning, but the upmarket chain still is expecting profits to rise by 4.5%, albeit down on last year's stellar increase.
Top wine brands have accused new drinks promotions forecasting website Bring A Bottle of having the "potential to misdirect consumers".