Amaro Montenegro has named Ruben Sudmeier, head bartender of Cafe Niebla, Spain as winner of the third edition of its Vero Bartender global cocktail competition, which took place on October 26. 

Former Death & Co bartender Shannon Tebay is set to open a new neighbourhood bar and music venue on the site of the now-closed institution The 12 Bar Club on London’s Denmark Street.

Listening to the demands of bartenders, premium mixer brands have become increasingly experimental with their flavour combinations. To reflect this greater variety, the tonic water table of previous reports has been broadened to encompass all mixer brands.

Believe it or not, cachaça is the third most popular spirit in the world. In its homeland of Brazil, there are some 5,000 registered brands, with many more unregistered, and 40,000 distilleries.

No brand has had a more dominant performance over the 13 years of the Brands Report than that of Hennessy.

Louis Roederer has been crowned The World’s Most Admired Champagne Brand for the second year in a row.

Canada’s third largest cannabis company has agreed a $300 million deal to purchase Atlanta-based brewer SweetWater.

The growing Irish Whiskey category gets its first page to itself this year. Hamish Smith explains why

The Glenmorangie Company has announced the global launch of Artein, the third release of the Glenmorangie Private Edition range.

Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte achieved its highest volume sales in 2011, says the brand’s Caroline Defaut.

 The 2011 World’s 50 Best Bars list has been published, in partnership with sponsor Stolichnaya. This year, New York speakeasy PDT (Please Don’t Tell) took the top spot, with London hotel bars The Connaught and the Artesian in second and third place. 

Amaretto brand Disaronno has hosted the final of its first Mixing Star cocktail competition in London.

Diageo is to launch the third batch of its single malt collection whiskies – The Managers’ Choice.