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Diageo to buy 27.4% stake in United Spirits Published:09 November, 2012

Diageo plc, United Breweries (Holdings) Limited and United Spirits Limited have announced agreements under which Diageo would acquire a 27.4% ...

Campari initiates share offer for Lascelles deMercado Published:09 November, 2012

Gruppo Campari has initiated its tender offer for 100% of the issued shares of Lascelles deMercado Co Limited, which owns J Wray & Nephew ...

US court dismisses Colombian lawsuit against Pernod Ricard Published:09 November, 2012

Pernod Ricard has announced that the lawsuit brought against the company, Diageo and Seagram in New York by a number of regional departments ...

Presidential appointments for DiageoPublished:09 November, 2012

Diageo has announced three changes to the executive committee, with immediate effect.Andrew Morgan has been appointed president, New Businesses. ...

Les Vignobles Foncalieu buys Château Haut GléonPublished:08 November, 2012

French cooperative Les Vignobles Foncalieu has acquired Château Haut Gléon in AOC Corbières, Languedoc.Château Haut Gléon majors on wines made ...

Hankey Bannister named ISC Supreme ChampionPublished:06 November, 2012

Hankey Bannister 40 YO was named Supreme Champion spirit at the International Spirits Challenge awards dinner last night (Nov 5).London's Marriott ...

Rémy launches Cointreau NoirPublished:07 November, 2012

Rémy Cointreau is to launch Cointreau Noir in travel retail.The product is a blend of Cointreau orange liqueur and Rémy Martin cognac and it ...

Bacardi announces job movesPublished:05 November, 2012

Bacardi Limited has appointed Dmitry “Dima” Ivanov, 36, to the role of senior global category director of rums.He is responsible for "developing ...

40YO Bunnahabhain casks "discovered"Published:05 November, 2012

Burn Stewart Distilleries claims to have unearthed casks containing 40-year old stocks of its flagship scotch brand Bunnahabhain.The whisky group ...

Australian Vintage puts wine in pintsPublished:05 November, 2012

Australian Vintage has launched Vinni, a wine-based sparkling drink intended to be drunk in a pint glass.Hoping to exploit the UK trend towards ...

Cream liqueursPublished:09 November, 2012

An unfamiliar face has designs on the cream liqueurs crown. Lucy Britner flings the saloon doors open on the sector There’s a new kid in town, ...

American whiskeyPublished:09 November, 2012

American whiskey has been undergoing a quiet revolution. Now the new wave of distillers, led by bourbon’s Kentucky heartland, is set to go global. ...

Diageo gets United Spirits Published:09 November, 2012

India has huge tax tariffs and a labyrinthine bureaucracy. At the moment most Indian whisky drinkers have to raise a second mortgage to get their ...

Cancun airportPublished:09 November, 2012

Going to the airport is a generally depressing experience these days. We only do it because either we have to for work, or we’re off on holiday ...

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