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Jancis Robinson
Friday 9 June 2006
A quick flip through today’s Harpers and Off Licence News reveals the following:
 
  • The value of wine sold through UK supermarkets and convenience stores fell for the first time in over a decade in the first four months of this year. Although no single retailer will corroborate this (every one of them is doing brilliantly apparently), I assume this is the first sign that all these discounts and promotions on wine are actually having a negative effect on total turnover.  Meanwhile, in his first series of interviews, the man with the most powerful job in the drinks trade, Tesco’s...