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Byline: Dean Best The modern world - the modern business world in particular - hates uncertainty. As I write this, the US presidential race stands upon the edge of a [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland While still a small part of the global alcoholic drinks industry, the market for non-alcoholic alternatives continues to grow - and continues to attract investment from the [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland Diageo has made a new [euro]30m ($32.5m) investment into the production of its non-alcoholic Guinness 0.0 in Ireland. The move is expected to double production capacity for [...]

Byline: Ian Wright The late Alex Salmond certainly wasn't a nice man, but he was arguably a great one. As Scotland's first minister, he saw, as his predecessors had only [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland Spirits heavyweight Pernod Ricard has agreed to offload a clutch of its Nordic brands to Royal Unibrew-owned Hartwall, including Finnish liqueur Minttu. Financial terms of the deal [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland There's no denying that 2024 has been a tricky period for spirits producers in key markets like the US. The likes of Diageo, Pernod Ricard and Brown-Forman [...]

BY CAROL WARD [I.As marketers look to revive a sluggish single malt Scotch category, companies like Diageo are reviving “ghost” distilleries that were previously closed. Diageo has reopened Port Ellen [...]

Byline: Conor Reynolds US trade association the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) is the largest advocate and lobbying group for the US spirits industry, with members ranging [...]

Byline: David Burrows One in four wine and spirits bottles on supermarket shelves could be paper-based rather than glass within a decade, according to UK packaging company Frugalpac. Surges in [...]

BY JONNY MCCORMICK AND DAVID FLEMING Nikka’s Yoichi Distillery is on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, which was chosen because of its similarity to Scotland’s climate. (DISTILLERY: JEREMIE SOUTEYRAT [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu UK-based wine wholesaler Hallgarten & Novum Wines has struck a deal to distribute Domaines Paul Jaboulet AÈ«ne's wines in the UK. Hallgarten & Novum Wines said the [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu Proof Drinks has struck a deal to distribute the Finlandia vodka brand in the UK. The UK-based drinks company has begun its distribution of Finlandia vodka as [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland Pernod Ricard is assessing next steps after its most recent attempt at re-obtaining a liquor sales licence in New Delhi, India, was rejected by local authorities. According [...]

Byline: Jessica Broadbent Beer consumption in the Netherlands continued to fall in the first half of the year as taxation changes inflated prices and poor weather curtailed outdoor drinking occasions, [...]

Byline: Jessica Broadbent The EU has invited representatives of member states to join a wine-policy group to discuss challenges and opportunities for the sector. The European Commission first announced plans [...]

Byline: Fiona Holland German foreign trade finance specialist DF Deutsche Forfait AG (DF Group) has snapped up the insolvent Berlin-based craft beer producer Vagabund Brauerei. The sum of the transaction, [...]

The Editors DoorDash Expands Alcohol Services…. Delivery app DoorDash has expanded its alcohol delivery services, partnering with a mix of new grocery and beverage alcohol chains across the U.S. The [...]

IN THIS ISSUE / Whisky Travel Small-town Tourism THE HEADLINE ATTRACTION For countries across the world, whisky tourism has been a transformative development in the industry — but in small [...]

It is deeply concerning that current UK election manifestos fail to address the crucial role of manufacturing in our economy ('Election: what do the parties promise when it comes to [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu Last week, Diageo revealed it had sold its majority stake in African unit Guinness Nigeria to Singapore-based conglomerate Tolaram. Nigeria became home to the first Guinness brewery [...]

Byline: Eszter Racz New Zealand-based non-alcoholic RTD producer AF Drinks, which has attracted investment from Pernod Ricard, has a target to triple its sales in its current financial year. The [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu Diageo has sold its shareholding in publicly-listed Guinness Nigeria to Singapore-based consumer group Tolaram. Recommended Buyer's Guides * Buyer's Guide Leading Guide to Cloud Computing Companies for [...]

The Editors Gallo Enters Beer Category…..Gallo has made a strategic investment into Montucky Cold Snacks, marking the wine and spirits company’s entry into the beer market. While terms of the [...]

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Things could not be going better for the American whiskey category. It's firing on all cylinders as an ever-diversifying consumer base snaps up all kinds of new styles from producers [...]

Accountability, service, integrity, and performance excellence. These are the values that the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Virginia ABC) strives to uphold in everything that it does. The agency has [...]

Byline: Henry Mathieu The 2024 US Presidential elections are due to be held on 5 November this year, where former President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden are set [...]

Byline: HBI Staff Radico Khaitan Limited ('Radico Khaitan' or the Company), one of the largest IMFL companies in India, proudly announces that Morpheus Brandy has achieved sales of 1 Million [...]

Byline: Conor Reynolds Shares in Remy Cointreau and Pernod Ricard rose this morning as French president Emmanuel Macron signalled a possible resolution to the threat of Chinese tariffs on EU-produced [...]

BY SALLY KRAL Rum faced another challenging year in 2023, with overall sales slipping 4.5% to 21.38 million 9-liter cases, marking its tenth decline in the past 12 years and [...]

In this issue / Distillery Focus Port Ellen The phoenix from the ASHES The iconic and beloved Islay distillery has reopened, with a focus on both the art of whisky [...]

Byline: Jessica Broadbent In China, approximately 24.7% less wine was consumed in 2023 compared to 2022, placing strain on an already diminishing world market. Global wine consumption dropped 2.6% last [...]

Foley Family Wines (FFW), a Sonoma County-based family-owned wine and spirits company, reported it has reported an agency partnership with The Loch Lomond Group (LLG), producer and distributor of multi-award-winning [...]

Byline: Conor Reynolds Diageo's Indian business United Spirits has taken a minority stake in India’s Inspired Hospitality, which owns agave spirit brand Pistola. The 15% share in Pistola is being [...]

The Editors On-Premise News: Ole Smoky Distillery Brings Traction To Brand Tennessee-based Ole Smoky continues to see distillery visitors drive growth for the brand, with the company’s four sites in [...]

Byline: Conor Reynolds Australian wine trade body Riverland Wine has warned the country's vintners can not rely on China and must diversify its exports. It comes as yesterday wine giant [...]