Fever-Tree records 39% revenue growth
Published: 24 January, 2019
Fever-Tree has released its trading update for the year ended 31 December 2018, with full year revenue expected to be reach £236m, up 39% on 2017.
Top Stories
England overtakes Scottish distillery numbers
Published: 24 January, 2019
New HMRC figures have revealed that England has more distilleries registered than Scotland for the first time in history.
Tito's expands duty free in Ireland
Published: 24 January, 2019
Tito’s Handmade Vodka is now available at Dublin and Cork airports, thanks to its expanding partnership with Aer Rianta International (ARI).
Drinks Tourism Challenge 2019: Awards
Published: 21 January, 2019
Visitor centres are shop windows for drinks companies. They are an important opportunity to show o facilities, inform and educate guests and, if successful, they can be a significant profit centre.
Gerard Basset dies
Published: 21 January, 2019
Well known master sommelier and master of wine, Gerard Basset died last week of oesophagael cancer after a two-year battle.
Analysis
Cape 2018: Crossroads
Published: 24 January, 2019
The good news – the crisis over drought seems to have receded after recent rains. the bad news – vines are being grubbed up as farmers are finding grape-producing unprofitable and switching to other crops. Christian Davis reports from the event
Chianti: Reviving a classic
Published: 24 January, 2019
Some of the shine may have come off Chianti since its 1980s heyday, but producers are showing they're determined to put it back on the map, finds Chris Wilson
Brandy: Point of difference
Published: 24 January, 2019
The quality of Spanish brandy is every bit as good as cognac and armagnac, but how does it come out of the French shadow? Christian Davis ruminates
Profile: Speyside born and aged
Published: 24 January, 2019
Chivas bros’ master distiller Alan Winchester received the International Spirits Challenge prestigious lifetime achievement award in 2018. Christian Davis meets him
Bar news
Ireland's first alcohol free bar to open
Published: 23 January, 2019
Ireland's first permanent alcohol-free bar The Virgin Mary, will open in Dublin this February.