Caterer and Hotelkeeper – 30898
Prized peach
Archer's Peach Schnapps is now available in a 1.5-litre bottle with inverted label, suitable for use in an optic. Archer's is growing in the on-trade at a rate of 26% a year.
Amapola range
C&D Wines is relaunching its own-label Amapola range of DO Penedäs wines, following its success in hotels, restaurants and bars. The wines come in three styles, Blanco Seco, Blanco Semi and Tinto.
The two whites are blends of Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada, the classic Cava grapes. The red is a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Monastrell.
The trade price of the two whites (1993 vintage) is £29.50 a case and the red, a 1991 vintage, is £30.50. Details from 081-650 9095.
jaffelin agent
The Burgundy wine producer, Jaffelin, has appointed Michael Druitt Agencies as its UK agent. Robert Dale, who has built up the distribution over the past nine years through regional agents, will now work for Druitt as Jaffelin's brand manager.
Jaffelin is managed by Bernard Repolt, who also controls the Bouchard Ainé range, also represented in the UK by Druitt.