Ferrari Trento announces partnership extension with Formula 1
Published: 30 June, 2022
Ferrari Trento has announced it will be the official toast of Formula 1 until the end of the 2025 season, extending its partnership from three years to five.
Top Stories
Slingsby releases new RTD vodka can
Published: 29 June, 2022
Yorkshire, England, spirit brand Slingsby has expanded its ready-to-drink range with a Slingsby Solo vodka, lime & soda can.
Sazerac Company acquires Lough Gill Distillery
Published: 29 June, 2022
Hazelwood Demesne Limited, owner of the Lough Gill Distillery in Sligo, has announced its acquisition by the Sazerac Company to develop the historical site.
Bar World 100 in association with Perrier names the industry's most influential
Published: 27 June, 2022
Monica Berg has been named the most influential person in the global bar industry in Drinks International’s Bar World 100 2022 in association with Perrier.
Bladnoch Distillery announces limited release whisky expression
Published: 28 June, 2022
Bladnoch Distillery has announced its newest expression, a 30-year-old single malt Scotch whisky with a limited release of 950 bottles.
Analysis
Can sambuca relight its fire?
Published: 29 June, 2022
Flavours, packaging and a concentration on cocktails in the on-trade could be the way to a new audience for the Italian liqueur.
Modernising Calvados
Published: 28 June, 2022
The apple-based spirit’s newest incarnations are at odds with outdated consumer perceptions, but a new breed of producer is working to change this.
Coffee Break
Published: 28 June, 2022
With Patrón discontinuing its popular XO Café, the tequila liqueur category has opened up to other brands – and it’s a popular space, finds Shay Waterworth.
Building Whiskey Bridges
Published: 28 June, 2022
Trade disputes resulting in crippling tariffs have been lifted after four years, but will America and its export countries find a permanent peace?
Argentinian Visionaries
Published: 28 June, 2022
Famously the hero country for Malbec, Argentina has so much more to give when it comes to wine, thanks to the pioneers who are capitalising on the climatic possibilities. Sorrel Moseley-Williams takes a journey through some of the latest trends in this vast and varied land.
Dhavall Gandhi: The whisky scientist
Published: 23 June, 2022
Whisky's rising star Dhavall Gandhi talks to Drinks International about his new consulting venture.
Comment
Staffing crisis could open opportunities
Published: 23 June, 2022
The pandemic has thrown many challenges at bar owners over the past couple of years and the ones that survived the various lockdowns and restrictions deserve a pat on the back. However, while revenues are returning and bars are beginning to recruit once more, we’ve come up against a whole new set of problems, one of which is a global starring crisis.
Bar news
Little Red Door launches new menu for 2022
Published: 30 June, 2022
Parisian bar Little Red Door has launched a new menu for 2022 called Flourish, using directly sourced produce at the core of each cocktail.
Callooh Callaway announces 20-day bar takeover
Published: 29 June, 2022
This summer, bar brand Callooh Callay will be taking over 20 bars across 20 consecutive days in July, the first nationwide bar takeover rally in the UK.
Little Red Door announces takeover at London’s Eve Bar
Published: 29 June, 2022
Parisian bar Little Red Door has announced a takeover at London’s Eve Bar, situated underneath Adam Handling’s Michelin-starred Frog on Thursday 7 July.
Summer pop-up launches at Shangri-La The Shards’ Gǒng bar
Published: 29 June, 2022
Gǒng at Shangri-La The Shard, London, has partnered with Diplomático Rum and Canaïma Gin this summer, two sustainable, smallbatch Latin American spirits brands.
La'Mel Clarke: Throwing shapes
Published: 24 June, 2022
Dancing, writing and making drinks are just some of the artistic elements to Seed Library’s La’Mel Clarke, whose reputation as one of the industry’s up and coming stars is gathering pace. Earlier this year the Londoner was nominated for Emerging Bartender of the Year at the annual Class Bar Awards.