Apart from the goodwill generated, tourism is a silent sales pitch for a distillery and winery’s end product. Also, if there are good family facilities, you can be talking to the next generation of potential customers. Drinks International’s Drinks Tourism Challenge seeks to highlight and reward excellence. The following category winners give examples of excellence and, hopefully, provide food for thought to any company contemplating…
_______________________________________________ IF YOU WERE LOOKING to invent a drink for today’s consumers, fortified wines such as port and sherry would probably be thrown out at the preliminary stage of NPD. They’re made with hard-to-harvest, obscure grape varieties, which are made even more alcoholic by fortifying with grape spirit. Then there is the high-cost, long-term ageing. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that…
Global head of World Class, Emily Wheldon, said: “We are hugely proud to be bringing the World Class Bartender of the Year Global Finals to Scotland, the home of so many of Diageo’s much-loved spirits. Glasgow will be an exciting hub for festivities, and the perfect backdrop for the world’s best bartenders to show off their incredible talent.” More than 10,000 bartenders from all over…
Klinger announced his retirement as head of the AWMB last week at the board’s supervisory board meeting. The 62-year-old said: “You have to know when the time has come. As the longest-serving head of Austrian Wine Marketing, I am proud of what we have achieved together and I wish to thank all those who work with me on behalf of Austrian wine: my wonderful team,…
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Curle, pictured left with McCroskie, joined the business in 1986 through Edrington’s subsidiary Lang Brothers, becoming group operations director in 1997 before succeeding Sir Ian Good as chief executive in 2004. He has been chairman of the North British Distillery since 2002, is a former chairman of the Scotch Whisky Association, and is an advisor to the UK Board of Trade. Edrington chairman Crawford Gillies…
These changes will be effective from January 1. The Spanish-German alliance creates the world’s leading sparkling wine group, allowing Henkell and Freixenet to access new markets and distribution channels. Freixenet is the leading international sparkling wine brand with strong market positions and sales in 140 countries. The Henkell Group has a wide portfolio of sparkling wines, with market leading positions in many countries, including Mionetto…
Created by famous London wine merchants, Berry Bros & Rudd and launched in 1923, Cutty Sark with its yellow label, is one of the most recognisable scotch whiskies in the world. Edrington’s association with Cutty Sark stretches back over nine decades to the 1930s. The completion of the transfer to La Martiniquaise-Bardinet is expected within a month. La Martiniquaise-Bardinet president Jean-Pierre Cayard said: “This acquisition…
These changes will be effective from January 1. The Spanish-German alliance creates the world’s leading sparkling wine group, allowing Henkell and Freixenet to access new markets and distribution channels. Freixenet is the leading international sparkling wine brand with strong market positions and sales in 140 countries. The Henkell Group has a wide portfolio of sparkling wines, with market leading positions in many countries, including Mionetto…
__________________________________________ ABE SALT TAKES A size 44 shoe (10, in old money). Why do I need to know that? You may well ask. Well, simply because this 39-year-old is stepping into the very large shoes of Villa Maria’s founder, Sir George Fistonich. He’s the new chief executive. Further to that, he’s not even a Kiwi. Salt’s from Australia – Geelong in…
