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A ccolade Wines is making its range of wines it has made with Dolly Parton a key part of its messaging this year in Cannes. Speaking at the stand, Jeff Bond, Channel Director, Distributors & GTR at Accolade Wines, said: “Dolly’s wine is our biggest innovation launch but we haven’t got it listed in travel retail yet, because it’s exclusive with Asda right now and they get it for the first three months. Then we’ll roll it out into Q1 next year.” Bond explained: “Dolly Parton kind of has a very broad church – you talk to anyone that has heard of Dolly Parton and they’re 18-year-olds to 80-year-olds. When we launched in the States, we got 3.2 billion impressions in the first round of PR. There’s a Prosecco and a Rosé in Europe and in America, we have a Prosecco and an American Chardonnay. For Australia, we have an Australian sparkling wine.” Bond added: “The Dolly Parton chose everything. So, she went over it all and we did about two years of development with her. She’s chosen the wines. She’s very specific about the style that she wants.” YellowVillageD26 Dolly gets 9-5 display B elgian Chocolatier Rosalie’s Gerry Murray displays its new “Singles” range in the exhibition yesterday. “Snacking is taking a growing share of the luxury chocolate market so with Rosalie’s range – currently in three SKUs – we are able to cater for all ranges desires,” says Murray. Recent Rosalie’s listings include positions in four airports in Korea with the fast- growing Kyung Bok Kung Duty-Free. Meanwhile, Taiwan, Australia, the Middle East continue to be strong markets for the relative newcomer, while new positions in the Caribbean mark the first landfalls into the Americas for the Belgian Chocolatier. Murray is strong on using the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference to push Rosalie’s “loving kindness” mantra: “Our chocolate sourcing, manufacturing and packaging are as sustainable as can be – fundamentally the chocolate beans are sourced through the Cocoa Horizon programme, which improves the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their communities. So, our chocolates really are good for you, and others, because you support cocoa farmers and their families with every bite.” YellowVillageAA17 Rosalie’s brings luxury ethically-sourced chocolate to the singles market Tuesday 1 Oc tobe r 2024 36 T F W A D A I L Y