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Connolly has worked across Pernod Ricard’s portfolio with the bartending community in what she describes as a ‘vibrant, competitive and fast-developing market’. Connolly said: ‘‘Gin has always been one of my favourite spirits and it’s great to see its popularity continuing to grow. As a lover of the Beefeater brand I could not be more fortunate and excited to represent it around the world and…

Loop54, a web-based company which describes itself as a ‘deep learning product search engine’, provides the technology for Winefinder to function efficiently. Robert Henrysson, marketing director of Winefinder, said: “Our core business allows people to, at the click of a button, buy wine from anywhere in the world. “To do this, we need the user experience, and more specifically the searching process,…

There were 2,100 entries for the 17th anniversary of the competition which was judged by 43 industry experts. The double gold medal designation is awarded to the entries that receive gold medal ratings by all members of the judging panel. Raj Nagra, Bombay Sapphire global brand ambassador, said: “Bombay Sapphire really is leading the resurgence of gin, and we are delighted that the ceaseless passion…

The research unveiled that 248.5bn litres of alcohol was consumed in 2016 with Central African nations and Mexico seeing up to 8% growth in volumes while Russia, China and most of South America showed less than -1.1% growth. Spiros Malandrakis, from Euromonitor International, reported: “A basically stagnant top line growth figure is, however, a marked improvement on the bleak performance of the previous year –…

The bar will be located on the rooftop of the Palais des Festivals and has been redesigned by French decorative artist Mathias Kiss, to unveil its cocktail-hour reception called ‘the Sunset Aperitif’. Film industry stars such as Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and director Yorgos Lanthimos will host their media appointments and interviews at the bar before the award ceremony and the entire cast of the 2017 Cannes Film…

The London Wine Fair will run from 22-24 May and the wines have been created as the export arm for a number of Chateaux and Domaines from across the principal French regions. Beginning in 2015 with Domaine des Souchons in Morgon,1752 Signature Vins has grown to include wines from 15 family-owned estates and the wines will be amongst the 10,000 wines on display at the…

The Louisiana brand has carried out full national distribution for the first time and will also launch in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Caribbean throughout 2017. In 2016, Stoli Group US became the company’s national distributor of “America’s Rum”, which was founded in 2011, introduced Bayou Silver and Spiced rums in 2013, Satsuma Rum Liqueur in 2014, and Bayou Select rum in 2015. Bayou Rum…

The recruitment is a reaction to 50% sales growth, an injection of equity investment and a stated objective to double turnover by 2020. Crawford Sinclair, Innis & Gunn’s director of sales, said: “We had an incredibly exciting, and undoubtedly transformational 2016 in the business, and our investment in our sales team is a significant step to build on this momentum in the trade and give…

Visitors will pick out the key tasting notes of each expression from the Glenfiddich cask collection before putting on their virtual reality headsets, which will display a Glenfiddich distillery in Scotland. The technology has been produced by Purple Creative and visitors will be given a virtual tour of the distillery and be able to write 3D tasting notes throughout the experience. Coralie Vial, Glenfiddich…

Entrepreneur and US resident David Liu, who earned his fortune exporting scrap metal to China, has purchased 700 acres of land in Riverside County with the help of Chinese investors. Liu, who spoke to the LA Times, said: “Here, we have 20m people living at least a two-hour drive away. And the quality of the wine is much better than before.” Liu’s company Standard Portfolios…