The move to new halls will allow fresh ideas and innovation in the wine sector, according to the Prowein organisers.

Bombay Sapphire won Best Visitor Centre at the inaugural Drinks International Distillery Experience Awards.  

This year the World Whisk(e)y charts aren’t dominated by the usual suspects.

The 2015 Vinexpo is a turning point. It is the second generation, so says the new CEO, Guillaume Deglise.

That a brand as small as Ocho can be the top selling tequila in any bar, let alone 11 of our 100 surveyed bars, is quite something.

Glenmorangie has launched the sixth release in its Private Edition Collection, a single malt made from ‘rare’ Maris Otter barley. 

Jameson has unveiled its fifth annual limited edition bottle to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. 

Charles Tanqueray would be proud – Diageo has done a fine job with his gin.

José Madrazo, a driving force in Rioja and co-founder of the Conino winery, has died.

Jameson has unveiled its annual series of packaging innovations, Good Workers, Great Whiskey. 

Johnnie Walker was the top selling scotch in a quarter of the 100 bars we polled in this year’s Brands Report.

Bacardi has announced the appointment of Dmitry “Dima” Ivanov, as Bacardi chief marketing officer and president of Bacardi Global Brands. 

We might as well call the brandy category the cognac category. 

The Cotswolds Distillery has announced it will launch its flagship Dry Gin in the US after securing a deal with MHW ltd. 

Distillers in Tennessee are whipping up a storm as they continue to debate the definition of their whiskey. Dominic Roskrow reports

When it comes to brandy South Africa does not get much of a look in. Yet its best are up there with the world’s greatest.  Christian Davis reports

Adventurous flavours are on the cards for sugar syrups in 2015, as Lucy Britner reports

Gregory Dal Piaz, editor of Snooth.com, discusses where your next great wine will come from

Panos Sarantopoulos, chief executive of Rémy Cointreau’s liqueurs and spirits division, is on a mission to get the iconic orange liqueur behind every bar. Christian Davis meets him

Brazil’s cachaça is carving out an identity for itself ahead of the 2016 Olympics, as Richard Woodard reports

Jaq Bayles finds that port may at last have found some ways to make itself attractive to a younger generation. And even the most traditional producers are at peace with it

Sandy Hyslop, Chivas Brothers’ master blender, is hands on. He’s not one for travelling long haul most of the year. Christian Davis tracks him down to where he is happiest.

Hamish Smith investigastes the resurgence of an old spirit

Despite facing a litany of challenges, the travel retail business is upbeat, as the TFWA World Exhibition proved. Joe Bates reports

It may not have the raciest of images, but sweet wine is undergoing quiet change. Jamie Goode reports

Flavoured spirits drinks are being released at a pace. But are they blurring the rules over whisky production, and are they just a passing fad? Dominic Roskrow reports

Hamish Smith meets the latest generation of the world’s most famous triple sec family

Patience Gould sees in the new year with a Sunset Boulevardier – and celebrates the latest from Chivas Regal

Patience Gould assesses what’s going on as things shake up in the tequila and Irish whiskey categories

Or does it just need to be pumped up, asks Ian Harris – CEO of WSET

Bar Shira, owner/ operator Imperial Craft cocktail bar, talks about Tel Aviv

The first in a series of new articles, here we take a peek at the next cocktails to make a stir in the bar world.