Highland Park adds new whisky to its Cask Strength series
Published: 01 September, 2022
Single malt distillery Highland Park, based in Orkney, Scotland, has added a new whisky to its Cask Strength series, designed to challenge whisky drinking norms.
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Pernod Ricard sales surpass €10m for FY22
Published: 01 September, 2022
Pernod Ricard has released their FY22 Results, showing that sales grew organically by 17% in 2022, totalling €10.7m, with sales growing by double digits across each of their regions and spirit categories.
“This is the perfect award for Mexico”: Hanky Panky’s Walter Meyenberg on winning the 2022 Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award
Published: 31 August, 2022
Mexico City’s Hanky Panky has been named as the winner of the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022.
Published: 31 August, 2022
Ukiyo Japanese Spirits launches in New Zealand
Published: 26 August, 2022
Japanese spirits brand Ukiyo has launched its Blossom Gin, Yuzu Gin, and Rice Vodka in New Zealand after agreeing a distribution deal.
Diageo marks completion of Four Corners of Scotland investment with Caol Ila Distillery
Published: 25 August, 2022
Diageo has unveiled the new visitor experience at its Caol Ila Distillery on the Isle of Islay, following a multi-million pound transformation.
White Peak auctions inaugural whisky for local charities
Published: 25 August, 2022
White Peak Distillery from Derbyshire, UK, is offering the last opportunity to own a bottle of its sell-out inaugural release of Wire Works Whisky via auction site Whisky Auctioneer.
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Alex Harrison: bottling craft
Published: 30 August, 2022
Young Spirits was founded in 2019 as a small batch bottling site for craft whisky and rum producers. In three years, the business has gone from strength to strength, tripling its revenue and growing from two to 42 employees.
Selim Bocti: the new age of fine wine
Published: 25 August, 2022
VintageCellar is a member-only fine wine investment app that launched in the UK in July. Drinks International caught up with chief executive and founder Selim Bocti to talk about his mission to bring fine wine investment into the 21st century.
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Streaming platform The Avenue launches online bartending competition
Published: 01 September, 2022
Streaming platform The Avenue has launched the online cocktail competition Battle of the Bottle taking place this October and with a top prize of $10,000.
Swift to open third site in London
Published: 26 August, 2022
The team behind London cocktail bars Swift Soho and Swift Shoreditch have announced the opening of a third site in South London this October.