Brand owner Romain Bouchard Produced in France Size 75cl Price €17.95, £15.99 -£17.99, US$38 A bv 12.5 Markets UK, US, Denmark, France and Holland Contact export@pascalbouchard.com This is said to be a new wine with a new style, packaging and target audience from Pascal Bouchard’s eldest son, Romain. The 32 -year -old took over the 3.37 h a domain, having rejoined the company in…

The liquor category performed better than any other product sector in European duty-free and travel-retail outlets over the first nine months of 2007 . According to figures published by industry analyst Generation Group, on behalf of the European Travel Retail Council (ETRC) , total liquor sales rose by 12.2 per cent more than the same period the year before – nearly twice as fast…

Turkish duty-free operator ATÜ is predicting it will increase liquor and wine sales by over a third in 2008 at Istanbul’s Atatürk airport. In December last year AT Ü opened what it claimed was Europe’s largest duty-free airport shop at Atatürk. Totalling a massive 2,500 sq m with 540 sq m of this space allocated to wine and spirits ; a smaller 700 sq m…

Asia Pacific Breweries has opened its first themed airport bar in the centre of Singapore Changi’s new Terminal 3. Operated by HMSHost, the 1,600 sq ft Tiger Champions Bar is targeted at sport fans. Customers are able to view a wide range of sport publications and memorabilia in the quieter Tiger Den area, which has been fitted with sofas and lounge seats. Others will be…

Delta Airlines has enlisted the services of Master Sommelier and TV host Andrea Robinson to overhaul its in-flight wine programme. Robinson’s first selection of wines will debut onboard the airline’s Business Elite class this month with standard international and domestic first and standard classes following later in the year. The wines have been chosen to match a new five-course in-flight food service created by acclaimed…

In-flight retail sales onboard My Travel Airways Scandin­avia topped a record-breaking US$100 million last year with spirits and wine retaining its position as the charter airline’s most important category. The sector took a commanding 40 per cent share of the airline’s in-flight retail turnover as Swedish and Norwegian passengers took advantage of the airline’s long-standing pre-order service in greater numbers than before. Wine and spirit…

Brand owner Angus Dundee Distillers Produced in Scotland Size 70cl Price £199, €275 Abv 40 Markets Selected international markets and travel retail Contact dbaldwin@angusdundee.co.uk Tomintoul Distillery has released a 1976 vintage single malt whisky, the oldest expression ever bottled by the distillery. The previous oldest bottling is the award-winning Tomintoul 27 Year Old. This limited-edition vintage of just 3,000 bottles is supplied in cases of…