The 500ml medium-dry Longueville House Cider has an ABV of 5% and is priced from €3.99-€4.50. William and Aisling O’Callaghan are behind the craft cider, which is produced at the hotel in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. While the current focus is the home market, the O’Callaghans plan to roll out the brand to international markets. According to William O’Callaghan, no colourings, additives or preservatives…
The world’s leading synthetic closure manufacturer has described Select 100 as its most advanced, co-extruded closure to date. Malcolm Thompson, global vice president of marketing and innovation at Nomacorc, said: “The Select 100 will be a game-changer for winemakers, especially for those who think screw cap or microagglomerated closures are most appropriate for their winemaking style.” Nomacorc claims the technology also prevents the process of…
The new pack, which will be released with a Beefeater 35cl bottle this month and a 70cl bottle from March, will be stocked by Tesco and Waitrose. The design consists of sketches of London landmarks and images of people said to represent contemporary London. It includes images of a man in a bowler hat, a woman with tattoos and a young couple dancing on the…
This month marks the start of the Monin UK Centenary Tour, which will see 12 workshops – hosted by Monin mixologists James Coston and Tony Gergov – and will give bartenders the chance to enter regional heats of the Monin Cocktail Cup, which culminates in the global Paris final in December. James Coston said: “We are inviting all bar managers, bar owners, bartenders, barbacks and…
The three-year deal will see Agassi feature in a global promotional campaign for Jacob’s Creek that will run alongside the brand’s existing sponsorship agreements with the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Pernod Ricard has not disclosed Agassi’s fee for the promotional partnership. Agassi is an eight-time Grand Slam winner who in his recent autobiography controversially admitted to “hating tennis” and having used crystal methamphetamine during his…
“Err… excuse me,” I say gingerly to the blonde at the bar who is furiously busy trying to pacify her whisky-hijacked, increasingly belligerent husband. “I’m looking for Olivia – I’m here about the competition.” “Is this another of your boyfriends?” comes the retort from Mr Belligerent as I’m ushered away to a nearby seat. The bartender tries to steer the conversation away from…
Take scotch. A palate-pounder from Islay represents every bit of the island’s peat-laden landscape, seaweed-scented air and local spring water. So if scotch can have terroir, what of the rest of the spirits gang? How about gin? England is certainly gin country but there’s the small matter of those exotic, patently non-indigenous botanicals that are synonymous with its taste. OK, with multiple ingredients sourced from…
In its first market report, the spirits and champagne supplier also noted the potential in the convenience and ‘gifting’ channels. “There’s a big growth opportunity in convenience,” said John Hyman, sales director of First Drinks. Hyman valued ‘gifting’ at £572m a year in the UK, and said that by offering smaller bottle formats, such as 50cl and 35cl, retailers can make malt whisky,…
As the official beer of golf’s oldest ‘major’ tournament – this year held at Royal St George’s in Sandwich – the ‘golden’ lager was served from the course’s bars, via ‘fast-pour’ dispensers, each capable of delivering 12 pints in 15 seconds. Despite the sales achieved over the four-day event, Petr Dvorak, international brand director for Pilsner Urquell, said beer volume was not the main factor…
The cognac brand, which was re-established in 2008 by Jean-Dominque Andreu and Patrick Giudicelli, will release the 1969, 1970, 1975 and 1988 in September, to the domestic French market, the US, Europe and duty free. The cognac negociant has limited the ’69, ’70, and ’75 to 400 bottles and the ’88 to 800 bottles. Fabien Levieux, marketing and communications manger at A de Fussigny…
