Reported sales growth was +21% with favourable foreign exchange impact, mostly from USD and CNY appreciation versus EUR. Alexandre Ricard, chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard said: “FY22 was a record year in many respects. Our Sales broke the symbolic milestone of €10 billion with our fastest growth rate in over 30 years, delivering a record €3 billion profit from recurring operations at a record…

Launching as a permanent addition to the Highland Park range and created using the traditional ‘straight from the cask’ method, Highland Park Cask Strength Release No.3 doesn’t use water added after maturation. Highland Park master whisky maker, Gordon Motion, said: “With Cask Strength, you are at a great place to start exploring the taste that best suits your palate by adding water, ice or your…

Johnstone brings nineteen years of industry experience to the role in the UK and most recently in Tasmania, as he returns to Scotland to take on the role. Commenting on his new role, Johnstone said: “It is a privilege to be master blender for The Famous Grouse and to be part of the team that are the current custodians of this brand. This beloved Scotch…

After its successful launch in February 2022, White Peak has partnered with Whisky Auctioneer to auction the first 12 individually-numbered bottles of Wire Works Whisky, Derbyshire’s first ever single malt. Joe Wilson, head curator and spirits specialist at Whisky Auctioneer, said: “We are sure that these bottles will generate a lot of excitement from our global audience of whisky lovers, offering the opportunity…

Four years in the making, the visitor experience is the seventh of Diageo’s whisky brand homes to be reimagined as part of the company’s £185 million investment in whisky tourism, also completing the transformation of its four distilleries, Glenkinchie, Cardhu, Caol Ila and Clynelish. Barbara Smith, managing director of Diageo’s Scotland Brand Homes, said: “Caol Ila is the last of our reimagined brand…

The agreement is with a medium-term route to total ownership, and to obtain exclusive global distribution rights, as Campari Group agree to pay US$15 million in the first stage of the path to total ownership, for the 15% interest in the brand. Bob Kunze-Concewitz, CEO of Campari Group, said: “With bourbon whiskey serving as one of our global priority brand pillars, Howler Head…

The Naughty Dog partnership marks the next step in Chivas Brothers’ The Digital Spirits Project ambition to open up the scotch whisky category to a new generation of whisky fans by collaborating with artists of film, TV and gaming to create new products. Kevin Balmforth, blending manager at Chivas Brothers Limited said: “Die-hard fans can now experience The Last of Us Part II…

Typically used in cocktails, white rum is a spirit that uses its versatility to keep growing in the global drinks market. According to the latest data from IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, white rum volume declined 9% globally in 2020, but was up more than 4% in 2021. Furthermore, the IWSR forecasts that global white rum volume will grow by about 1% CAGR 2021-2026. But…

The 2019/2020 European winter was a scorcher. In fact, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, it was the single warmest European winter since records began in 1850 and 3.4°C above the 1981-2020 norm.  This spelled trouble for Germany’s few remaining eiswein producers and, for the first time in history, the 2019 eiswein harvest failed nationwide as temperatures simply refused to drop to…

Raffaele joins Edrington UK and its growing advocacy team that welcomed a new ‘Head of Advocacy’ earlier in the year, coming from The Berkeley Hotel where he was Bars Manager for The Blue Bar and The Berkeley Bar & Terrace. “My love and passion for Japanese culture and the Japanese approach to bartending was first ignited at the Asian-inspired establishments I worked at,…