Torres has been voted the World's Most Admired Wine Brand for 2014.

Drinks International has teamed up with show organiser Messe Düsseldorf to publish an extensive preview magazine of ProWein 2014, the German wine and spirits show that is now in its 20th year.

The International Beer Challenge 2014 is now open for entries and a dedicated website has been launched to celebrate excellence in brewing.

Altia, the Nordic and Baltic wine and spirits company, has announced the appointment of 44-year-old Pekka Tennilä, who has been poached from Carlsberg.

Martini and Williams have today announced a multi-year partnership to create the new Formula One team Williams Martini Racing.

UK spirits specialist Mangrove has split from parent company Coe Vintners to create an independent firm, it has emerged.

Scandinavians are now drinking more Italian wine then wine from any other country, according to Wine Intelligence.

Diageo has announced two new variants to its The Singleton of Dufftown single malt Scotch whisky range.

AB InBev is launching a new rum flavoured premium beer brand in the UK.

Diageo Global Travel and Middle East (GTME) and the World Duty Free Group have opened an “exclusive concept store” in the departures concourse of London Heathrow Terminal 4, for Johnnie Walker Explorers’ Selection, a major global marketing initiative that GTME says represents one of Diageo’s most significant investments in travel retail.

Moët Hennessy is rolling out its Chandon sparkling wine concept to the UK from May.

The inaugural AfrAsia Bank Cape Wine Auction 2014 (AfrABCWA), regarded by the organisers as possibly the most extraordinary international wine event ever seen in South Africa, will set a local philanthropic precedent.

Wirtz Beverage Group, a distributor of wine, spirits and beer brands, has been named exclusive national broker for Diageo beer, wine, spirits and RTD brands in Canada.

Diageo has released details and images of Mortlach, the“reborn” single malt that is dubbed “the beast of Dufftown” and which will be launched this summer.