Bacardi Global Travel Retail was named Supreme Champion of the Travel Retail Awards yesterday at TFWA Cannes, after its brands scooped four gongs.Around ...

New travel retail exclusive editions of The Balvenie, Laphroaig, Brugal and Cointreau were unveiled at Cannes yesterday (Tuesday October 23).William ...

Brown-Forman has launched Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select to global travel retail.Unveiled alongside Frank Sinatra Junior at TFWA Cannes yesterday ...

For the first time Asia-Pacific is the largest duty free/travel retail region in the world, having overtaken Europe, says the president of TFWA.Erik ...

Pernod Ricard launched Absolut Exposure last night at an event at TFWA Cannes.The honey, melon and lemongrass-flavoured limited edition replaces ...

Beam has announced the 2013 launch of Courvoisier Le Voyage de Napoleon, an exclusive travel retail range of cognacs.The cognacs are being showcased ...

UK alcohol charity Drinkaware has appointed Elaine Hindal as its new chief executive. She succeeds Chris Sorek, who returned to the US earlier ...

Scotch whisky industry officials are currently visiting Asia to promote scotch. China is a top 20 export market for scotch whisky, estimated ...

SABMiller has announced that chairman and managing director of The South African Breweries (Pty) Limited, Norman Adami, will become the new chairman, ...

Sullivans Cove,Tasmania’s  single malt whisky, has been named ‘Southern Hemisphere Whisky of the Year’ in Jim Murray’s 2013 Whisky Bible.The ...

Chivas Brothers, the scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard, intends to build a new malt whisky distillery and has begun the ...

Maximilian Riedel, the 11th-generation CEO of Riedel Crystal, has won the 125th anniversary Pratt Legend Award, from the Pratt Institute.The ...

Diageo has introduced a limited edition bottle of Bell’s to raise £1 million for Help The Heroes charity.Bell’s is the best-selling blended scotch ...

Bar Convent Berlin attracted 5,700 visitors this year, a 20% increase on 2011.The show, now in its sixth year, attracted bartenders from Germany, ...

Diageo has made a TV programme about its World Class bartender competition.The programme centres around the world final which took place in July ...

Stock Spirits Group has sold orange liqueur brand Gran Gala to its US importer Sazerac Company, for an undisclosed sum.The two companies have ...

Diageo has announced that it has applied for planning permission to double the capacity of Glen Ord, a Highland malt whisky distillery near Inverness.Dr ...

Patrón the ultra-premium tequila will soon be available at Tokyo Narita, and other major airports in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South ...

At this time of year, the books start thudding in. This week I got the third tome from whisky man, Dominic Roskrow. Boy, has Dom been a busy ...