Diageo's new chief executive Ivan Menezes, has announced a series of changes to his executive management committee

Diageo has launched J&B Urban Honey, a new whisky-based drink, which the company says has been designed to open up the category to a new generation of men and women.

Michael Cox’s wife Lynne and twin brother David and his family have confirmed that everyone attending Michael’s memorial service at Southwark Cathedral on Thursday 10 April 10 at 3.30 pm is welcome to join them for a glass of wine in the Great Halls at Vinopolis afterwards. 

The decision whether to overhaul the definition of Tennessee whiskey, which follows a legislative quarrel between Diageo and Brown-Forman, has been delayed until the summer.

Sparkling wine specialist Tom Stevenson has said his new tasting event will become “the Oscars” of the Champagne and sparkling wine category when medals are awarded in September 2014.

Diageo has been named Distiller of the Year 2014 by Whisky Magazine.

Rapid economic development, expanding populations and rising wages will make Africa the fastest growing continent for beer, according to Rabobank.

Baron Philippe de Rothschild has appointed Stevens Garnier UK off-trade distributor for its Mouton Cadet and wines from Bordeaux and the Languedoc.

Some new faces have appeared on the Jalisco horizon but is Tequila Town big enough for all of them? Hamish Smith takes a wander over yonder

From their traditional role in the cocktail firmament, liqueurs are now being used to make spirits more accessible to the younger generation, says Patience Gould

Vermouth is an aromatised, fortified wine and some would claim it was the ‘first wine’. Yet to many, especially consumers, it is an unknown quantity. Christian Davis investigates

In our new series, Cihan Anadologlu, head bartender at Schumann’s Bar (number 23 in the World’s 50 Best Bars), gives the lowdown on the Munich scene

The flags of war are unfurled and hoisted, and the powerhouses of the spirits industry have readied their infantry. The battle of Flavoured Scotch can now begin.