For the latest instalment of the 2014 Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the Scotch brands moving through their bars.

Stoli Group (USA) and the LA Gay & Lesbian Center have announced a three-year partnership to fight inequality by investing in the development of LGBT leaders globally.

Diageo’s sales volume declined in each of its global regions during the second half of 2013, while net sales slowed to +1.8%, impacted by downtrading in Asia-Pacific.

The Wellesley hotel in London’s Knightsbridge, claims to have bought the world’s oldest Cognac.

Vinexpo Bordeaux “should be the Cannes Film Festival of the drinks world”, according to the wine show’s CEO Guillaume Deglise.

For the fifth instalment of the 2014 Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the liqueurs and bitters brands moving through their bars.

For the fourth instalment of the Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the Tequila brands moving through their bars.

For the third installation of the Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the rum brands moving through their bars.

China, including Hong Kong, is now the largest market for red wine, according to a survey commissioned by Vinexpo the Bordeaux-based exhibition company.

Diageo has added to its US tequila portfolio with the acquisition of 100% blue agave tequila Peligroso from the Californian Peligroso Spirits Company.

Diageo’s latest super-premium tequila acquisition does not mean the group will not head downstream to a volume brand, says Jeremy Cunnington, senior drinks analyst at Euromonitor International.

Gavin D Smith reports on the rapid expansion of Speyside’s distilleries

Hamish Smith on the 2014 World Cup and whether it will be the making of cachaça