Diageo has recreated Tanqueray Old Tom Gin for the global on-trade and speciality retailers.

General Colin Powell, 35-year veteran of the US Army, former Secretary of State and chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be the keynote speaker at the Tax Free World Association’s (TFWA) opening conference on Monday October 27.

Diageo has opened a £1.5m archive for its major brands in Menstrie, Scotland. 

Baptiste Loiseau, Rémy Martin’s new cellarmaster, was in London yesterday (June 11) as part of the farewell celebrations for the retiring Pierrette Trichet.

William Grant & Sons has announced the launch of Rare Cask Reserves, a selection of dormant distillery blends from private family stocks.

Rémy Cointreau has announced the appointment of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as CEO. 

Nicci Stringfellow has been appointed brand ambassador for Brown-Forman's Casa Herradura tequila in the UK.

The English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition, the industry's annual national wine awards, has boasted an unprecedented number of medal winners, with vineyards in south east England dominating.

The 2014 New Zealand grape harvest has been completed with high quality grapes picked across the country, according to New Zealand Winegrowers.

UK drinks industry figures gathered for the Benevolent Roof Gardens Party last week to celebrate the end of the London Wine Fair 2014. They raised more than £10,000 for their trade charity.

Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) famous auction, the 34th, netted US$18.7 million this year.

Juan Carlos González has been appointed primer maestro ronero de Cuba.

Brintex, organisers of the London Wine Fair, has hailed the reinvented, relocated trade show a success.

Little Red Door’s Remy Savage became Bombay Sapphire’s Most Imaginative Bartender yesterday, prevailing from a field of international finalists on the gin brand’s home soil, the UK.

Shekhar Grover of Royal Caribbean International has been crowned Diageo Global Travel’s ‘Best Cruise Line Bartender’ at a Diageo Reserve World Class final held last night in Miami.

James Connolly, bar manager at Enrique’s, goes behind the bar scene in Western Australia’s capital

Andrew Loudon of London’s Satan’s Whiskers has won the tenth edition of the Havana Club Grand Prix cocktail competition in Cuba.