High-end booze is a booming business; the luxury spirits market is forecast to grow to £525 million by 2020. Hoping to tap into a burgeoning population of alcohol snobs, Clos19 is an online marketplace specialising in luxury beverages and exclusively curated experiences.

Wine – traditionally found in a bottle – has found a new partner in the can. Although the canned wine movement dates back as early as 2004, when Sofia Coppola launched the ‘Sofia Mini’, it never quite picked up. Now the fastest growing segment in the US, is canned wine finally gaining popularity?

ITV’s new series The Wine Show promises to ‘revolutionise’ the way wine is discovered and enjoyed. Boasting a combination of expert and novice presenters, who offer advice in a decidedly un-snobby tone, can it convince the 30 million Brits who regularly drink wine to tune in?

There’s speculation over where the UK’s alcohol industry is headed in today’s healthy, hard-working culture. With pubs closing and wine societies viewed as snobbish, Naked Wines is catering to a new breed of drinker, allowing them to order merlots and chardonnays to their door via a text.