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Cellar Trends: Cocktail boom seriously underestimated Published:09 September, 2013

Cellar trends has said the UK's cocktail boom is “seriously underestimated”, even by on-trade data agency CGA Strategy.According to Cellar Trends ...


ProWein fully booked Published:09 September, 2013

The organiser of ProWein has announced that ProWein 2014 is already fully booked, six months before the show.Messe Düsseldorf says the majority ...


UK on-trade withers in summer heatPublished:09 September, 2013

A long, hot summer did nothing to boost the UK on-trade’s fortunes, the sector's volume sales having shrunk 6% in the last 12 weeks, according ...


Camus to distribute Beluga vodka in ChinaPublished:09 September, 2013

Camus Cognac and Synergy Group have linked up to launch Beluga vodka in China.Camus’ subsidiary, Yuan Liu International Trade, will distribute ...


Irish PM opens Irish Distillers’ €100m expansion of MidletonPublished:05 September, 2013

The Irish prime minister or Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, yesterday (September 4) officially opened Irish Distillers’ newly expanded Midleton distillery ...


Travel Retail like Pernod’s “third strongest country”Published:05 September, 2013

Pernod Ricard’s furture leader Alexandre Ricard has told the drinks trade the group's travel retail business is strong enough to be one of its ...


Scotch growth aided by France and SpainPublished:04 September, 2013

Recoveries in the much-maligned markets of France and Spain helped to off-set declines in Asia as global sales of Scotch grew 11% by value and ...


Candelaria's Boucher wins Gin Mare competitionPublished:03 September, 2013

American bartender Amanda Rose Boucher triumphed at the third edition of the Gin Mare Mediterranean Inspirations cocktail competition yesterday.Boucher, ...


Label 5 Scotch packaging refreshedPublished:03 September, 2013

Label 5, which ranked number nine in the world’s best selling Scotch whisky brands last year, has unveiled a new look bottle for its Classic ...


World's best selling Scotch whisky: Johnnie WalkerPublished:03 September, 2013

Diageo's Johnnie Walker was the world's best selling scotch whisky in 2012, with 18.9 million 9-litre case sales, a 5% increase on 2011.According ...


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