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The Scottish distillers’ full range of whiskies, including Loch Lomond, Glen Scotia, and Littlemill, will now be available throughout China. Colin Matthews, chief executive of the Loch Lomond Group, spoke to China Daily: “We’re very excited about our new partnership with COFCO across the fast-growing Chinese market. “COFCO is a very ambitious, energetic and innovative organization with a great team and exciting plans for the…

AB InBev announced in April that it would begin exporting eight different African beer brands from the continent and import Corona, Budweiser and Stella Artois. AB InBev said in a recent finance report: “The business is well-positioned to grow our global brands, with Stella Artois and Corona already present in the market and plans to launch Budweiser later in the year. “Our South African business…

The new distillery in Scotland has already produced vodka and gin for the initial launch but will expand its range to produce whisky and other spirits in the future. Doug Bairner, managing director of LoneWolf said: “Our new purpose-built facility takes craft distillation to new levels. The huge amount of copper contact that our stills and columns give to our spirit delivers unparalleled quality. “To…

Trinidad 2007 and Jamaica 2005 are both 46%ABV while Panama 2004 is 40% and all three are available Europe only. Jamaica 2005 is distilled at Worthy Park which was reeopened in 2005 and the rum is produced using molasses and double distilled using a Forsyth’s pot still. Trinidad 2007 is produced with a local yeast strain fermented for 48 hours and distilled between 80% and…

Barker has held previous commercial director positions at Birds Eye Foods, General Mills, Fosters Group’s Wine Estates and Southcorp Wines, both in the United Kingdom and Australia. Barker said: “I am delighted to be joining William Grant & Sons UK – one of the leading premium spirits companies in the world – at such an exciting time in the business’s history.” Rita Greenwood, managing director,…

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario carried out a quality assurance investigation on the Bacardi-owned brand, which discovered the gin contained 77% alcohol instead of the 40% printed on the label. The LCBO said: “This product is not safe for consumption.  Consuming a product with an alcohol content of 77% could cause serious illness. “Customers and licensees should return the recalled product to any LCBO…

Brand owner, Spirit of Harrogate Limited, will support the Lions by providing Slingsby gin and vodka across all official events before and during the tour in June and July. Marcus Black co-founder and joint managing director at Spirit of Harrogate, said: “We are truly honored to be able to support the team on their 2017 tour to New Zealand.“ The British & Irish Lions is…

There will be seven new brands exhibiting at the show bringing the total to 317 and the exhibition space at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre has increased by 5% to 10,300m squared. TFWA president Erik Juul-Mortensen, said: “We are delighted that the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference is continuing to go from strength to strength, and our exhibitor numbers suggest we…

Taittinger acquired the Domaine Evremond vineyard in Chilham, Kent in 2015 and has begun planting the first of 20 hectares of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier vines and will double in size over the next three years. Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, president of Taittinger, said: “We have been very impressed by the quality of English sparkling wine being produced, and we believe the combination of chalk…

According to data by E-Mart, South Korea’s largest retailer, the proportion of beer sales to all alcoholic beverages was 55% in April this year. Research made by Korea Joongang Daily suggests this dramatic percentage ‘reflects changes in society where more consumers are opting to enjoy light drinks with their families’ instead of ‘binge drinking with colleagues’. 35% of the Korean population live alone and…