Holyrood Distillery launches new gin created with ‘whisky in mind’
Published: 23 September, 2021
Edinburgh’s Holyrood Distillery has created a new stripped-back gin, Height of Arrows.
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Innis & Gunn declares 'robust' 2020 performance
Published: 22 September, 2021
Brewer Innis & Gunn has announced a robust performance for the financial year ending December 2020.
Tidal Rum launches crowdfunding campaign
Published: 22 September, 2021
Tidal Rum aims to raise at least £150,000 after launching an equity crowdfunding campaign on the Seedrs platform.
Bushmills unveils The Causeway Collection 2021
Published: 21 September, 2021
Irish whiskey producer Bushmills has unveiled a collection of 12 rare single malts aged in a variety of casks.
Pernod Ricard to acquire The Whisky Exchange
Published: 21 September, 2021
Pernod Ricard has announced the acquisition of online retailer The Whisky Exchange for an undisclosed fee.
Cape Wine to return in October 2022
Published: 21 September, 2021
Popular trade show Cape Wine will return to Cape Town from October 5-7, 2022.
DoorDash launches alcohol delivery service in the US, Canada and Australia
Published: 21 September, 2021
DoorDash is taking on Uber and Instacart by launching an alcohol delivery service in the United States, Canada and Australia.
Canada on-trade sales exceed pre-pandemic levels
Published: 21 September, 2021
On-trade sales in Canada have climbed 4% higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from CGA.
Glenmorangie launches floral limited-edition packaging
Published: 20 September, 2021
Glenmorangie has launched limited-edition packaging for its 18 Years Old variant to celebrate its partnership with botanical sculptor Azuma Makoto.
Analysis
Canned wine hits new heights
Published: 23 September, 2021
It’s fair to say that the perception of canned wine among consumers has historically been less than favourable, perceived as the choice of hen parties, train-drinkers, and people with “it’s wine o’clock” fridge magnets. In recent years though, canned wine has matured and now some very good products are available in the format.
The continued rise of RTDs
Published: 23 September, 2021
The RTD category proved remarkably resilient when the Covid-19 pandemic brought the global drinks industry to its knees last year. It was already on a tear, and its growth simply accelerated after strict lockdown measures forced billions of people to stay at home.
Jean-Etienne Gourgues: Who is the new chief of Chivas?
Published: 23 September, 2021
Jean-Etienne Gourgues landed one of the top jobs in the Scotch whisky industry when he took over as chairman and chief executive of Chivas Brothers this summer.
Comment
Bar food's blurred lines
Published: 20 September, 2021
Once upon a time pubs and bars were somewhere you went with the sole purpose of getting pissed and there wasn’t a knife and fork in sight, just a packet of dry roasted nuts.
Bar news
Two Schmucks and Limantour swap shifts
Published: 21 September, 2021
Mexico City’s Licorería Limantour swapped bar teams with Barcelona’s Two Schmucks to host guest shifts in their respected venues.
Paul Hsu: Heading Shenzhen's bar scene
Published: 20 September, 2021
The sheer scale of China’s population and geography is almost incomprehensible to the western world and second-tier city Shenzhen, located in the south east, is being bookmarked as a potential future giant of the bar trade.