Beam Global Spirits & Wine and Maxxium Global Travel Retail (MGTR) staged a Jim Beam bourbon face painting promotion at two German airports last month, which was timed to coincide with the UEFA Euro 2008 football championships. The promotion ran at Gebr Heinemann’s shops at Frank-furt and Munich airports and involved in-store promoters tempting travellers to have their faces painted with their respective national flags.
Gebr Heinemann, duty-free liquor retailer at Copenhagen Kastrup airport, hopes to change costly tax regulations relating to bottle labelling. Under the existing rules, Heinemann has to sell liquor products in differently-label-led bottles to passengers who are travelling within or outside the European Union. Travellers bound for destinations within the EU are charged duty-paid prices, while customers travelling outside the EU can buy at duty-free prices.
Virgin Atlantic has chosen Croatian vodka Akvinta to be its pouring vodka at its flagship Clubhouse at London Heathrow airport. To celebrate the high-profile listing, Akvinta is running a competition with Clubhouse staff to create a new cocktail called Stoic Virgin, which will be served exclusively to Virgin passengers. Pavel Ryabov, chief executive of Akvinta brand owner Adriatic Distillers, said the Virgin clubhouse listing…
In effect, this means that a traveller taking a flight from Aberdeen airport, for example, and then transferring at London Heathrow before flying on to New York JFK, can purchase duty-free items at both UK airports. However, under the new proposal, transfer travellers will no longer be allowed to purchase duty-free items at their originating airport, as their "immediate destination" will be understood to be…
Ireland’s duty-free liquor in-dustry has narrowly escaped the costly repercussions of new government legislation aimed at curbing alcohol consumption among the country’s under-age drinkers. The proposed Liquor/Public Order Act 2008 re-quires that retailers locate their wine and spirit offer separately from other product categories by means of a “solid wall or some other similar barrier”. If space limitations make this unfeasible, then liquor can only…
Brand owner Pernod Ricard Produced in Speyside, Scotland Size 70cl Price E255 (duty-free) Abv 48.9 Markets travel retail, France Contact [http://www.pernodricard.com] Bottled from a single cask, there are only 96 individually numbered bottles available of this limited edition single malt whisky. They are on sale exclusively in Aelia stores in Paris (Charles de Gaulle) and Nice airports in France, Aberlour’s number one domestic…
Brand owner Cooley Distillery Produced in Ireland Sizes 70cl and 75cl Price £50, E80, US$99 Abv 40 Markets worldwide and travel retail Contact jack@cooleywhiskey.com Cooley, the independent Irish whiskey distillery, has released a 15 Year Old small batch (just 5,000 bottles) of Greenore. It claims to be the world’s oldest bottling of Irish grain whiskey to be released. Single grain whiskeys are rare, as most…
Brand Owner: Tomatin Distillery Produced in Scotland Size 70cl Price £150, E200, US$285 Abv 46 Markets worldwide Contact [http://www.hmwsa.com] This limited edition blend of single malt and grain whiskies was bottled in October 2007 to commemorate the 150-year anniversary of the distillery founded by John and William Hardie. Described as “sweet and mellow with a hint of citrus” The Antiquary 1977 is a blend…
Brand owner Guy Anderson Wines Produced in Italy Size 75cl Price £6.99, E10, US$15 Abv 13.5 Markets worldwide, starting in the UK Contact [http://www.guyandersonwines.co.uk] This new Italian range from Guy Anderson Wines (GAW) has been launched through Waitrose in the UK. GAW hopes to encourage consumers to look beyond the ubiquitous big names from Europe’s great wine producing countries and enjoy some of Italy’s more…
Brand owner Constellation Brands Produced in South Africa Size 75cl Price £6, E6-9 Can$13.50 Abv 13-14.5 Markets worldwide Trade contact: +44 1275 890 294 Constellation has relaunched the Fish Hoek single grape varietal range of premium South African wines. The brand came as part of the deal whereby the world’s largest wine company bought Bruce Jack’s business, including his well-known Flagstone wine. Launched…
