26-Feb-2010 By Robyn Lewis
The Fair Trade Spirits Company has added a liqueur made from goji berries to its Fair brand. Berries for the new Fair Goji liqueur are grown in the...
Halewood gets further into spirits
24-Feb-2010
Halewood International is looking to entrench its position in the spirits category with the launch of four major new brands. The company said it...
Diageo: sitting tight
22-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Everyone and his or her dog appreciates the extent of the current global slowdown. With the exception of China, whose economy seems to have closed...
'Diageo steers drinkers towards supermarkets instead of the pub'
22-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
Diageo, the world's biggest spirits maker, is focusing its marketing efforts on wooing British drinkers to spend their money in supermarkets rather...
19-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pernod Ricard UK has launched a national advertising campaign encouraging parents to better educate their children about alcohol.
19-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Ex-England footballer Teddy Sheringham and BBC's The Real Hustle's Jessica-Jane Clement will be guests at the Redtooth National Poker final in March....
18-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
French spirits producer Pernod Ricard saw net profit from recurring operations drop 5% as it was hit by unfavourable exchange rates.
Pernod Ricard reports drop in profits
18-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard has reported a five per cent drop in first half net profits, as the market remained "difficult" in Western Europe. The...
18-Feb-2010 By Robyn Lewis
The man behind Tyrrells Crisps has added two new products to his potato vodka and fruit liqueur range and is preparing a big push for the business...
16-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Hook Norton's First Light ale (4.3% abv) will be back in pubs from March to welcome the start of spring.
Diageo to comply with labelling guidelines by December 2012
15-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
Diageo announced today it will complete the re-labelling of all its drinks brands by December 2012 to comply with current government guidelines. The...
'Bottles of wine, beer and spirits must carry health warnings about safe drinking'
15-Feb-2010 By James Wilmore
Bottles of wine, beer and spirits would have to carry health warnings about alcohol and safe drinking under government plans - Daily Telegraph X...
12-Feb-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Hammer & Son has launched a gin with geranium extracts has joined the premium London Dry Gin stable.
11-Feb-2010 By Sonya Hook
InterContinental Brands can continue to use the name Vodkat, despite losing a legal battle with Diageo last month over the brand name.
Diageo boss rejects idea of minimum pricing for alcohol
11-Feb-2010 By Hamish Champ
Paul Walsh, chief executive of drinks giant Diageo, today labelled proposals to introduce a minimum price for a unit of alcohol as "clumsy". Speaking...
11-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
Diageo bosses have hit out against minimum pricing of alcohol as a "pretty blunt instrument" for dealing with excessive drinking. The Scottish...
11-Feb-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Recipes, business tips and music CDs form part of the revamped Guinness kits for this year's St Patrick's Day celebrations. Brand owner Diageo has...
11-Feb-2010 By Ewan Turney
A strong performance by Guinness and a successful Christmas campaign on spirits saw Diageo volumes grow 6% in Great Britain for the six months to 31...
05-Feb-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Adventurous sambuca fans can now tickle their tastebuds with a hot and spicy flavour. Producer Hi-Spirits has added a chilli variant to its Antica...
04-Feb-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Glenfiddich has released a 30-year-old variant to sit alongside the producer's recent 40 and 50-year-old whisky launches. Bottles of the 30-Year-Old...
27-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
InterContinental Brands' (ICB) Zamaretto, is set to sponsor the new series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl on ITV2 from 28 January.
26-Jan-2010 By Robyn Lewis
Bacardi Brown-Forman is encouraging licensees to brighten up February by holding a Mardi Gras event.
Vodka given protected status in High Court
20-Jan-2010
Vodka has joined the ranks of champagne, whisky and sherry as a name protected by the courts. Diageo, the multinational drinks company whose products...
'Scots drink equivalent to 46 bottles of vodka a year'
17-Jan-2010
Scots drink 25 per cent more alcohol than people living in England and Wales and the booze gap is widening, according to new research. The findings...
04-Jan-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Karlsson's Gold Vodka (70cl/40% abv) is now available to the on trade via drinks importer Fluid Brands and its distributors — Coe Vintners,...
New €2.9m Irish whiskey distillery to open
21-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
The owners of Irish brewer and pub chain Porterhouse Group are spending €2.9m (approximately £2.58m) to create the Dingle Whiskey Distillery.
Bompas & Parr flood building with punch
14-Dec-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Food architects Bompas and Parr have been at it again. After the success of their walk-in gin and tonic in May, last week saw the pair flood palatial...
Scottish Diageo staff win improved redundancy package
10-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Diageo workers in Scotland are claiming a victory - of sorts - after successfully lobbying the drinks giant to improve terms of redundancy packages...
Smirnoff ad cleared by ASA
09-Dec-2009 By Lesley Foottit
A Smirnoff Vodka TV advert has been cleared of being irresponsible by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
04-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
An event at a Pitcher and Piano (P&P) bar featuring the strapline "stay beautiful with Martini" has fallen foul of advertising rules.
03-Dec-2009 By Ewan Turney
Special treatment for duty on spirits should end in order to fund a reduction in beer duty, the CAMRA has told the Chancellor.
Sell More, Save More 3 Spirits: Boosting their spirits
03-Dec-2009
Great drinks, a welcoming atmosphere and fantastic customer service are three of the keys to running a successful pub - and it's vital that licensees...
30-Nov-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Following coffee, chocolate, bananas and wine, a vodka made from quinoa is the latest product to break into the Fairtrade market. Fair Vodka is...
'SABMiller passes Diageo as No 1 drinks company'
20-Nov-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
SABMiller surpassed Diageo as the largest UK drinks company by market value for the first time yesterday as it share price rose 3.4 per cent to...
19-Nov-2009 By Sonya Hook
A new campaign for Jose Cuervo plays on the different facial expressions people have after drinking a shot of tequila. Tequila Face from Diageo...
Spirits Pub of the Year 2009: The Hide Bar, Bermondsey Street, London
18-Nov-2009
The Hide Bar is a free-of-tie bar that prides itself on offering an eclectic array of drinks, many of which are rarely seen elsewhere, and it is this...
17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Pernod Ricard UK has launching a new, UK-specific campaign for Malibu — the experiential Malibu Mish Mash.
Olmeca Tequila to launch in UK
17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Olmeca Tequila is to launch its new premium 100% blue agave tequila Olmeca Altos into the UK. The drink, which is a combination between Mexican...
16-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Maxxium UK is to launch a 3D advertisement for Courvoisier — it will air between 16-22 November 2009 as part of Channel 4's "3D Week".
10-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
The WSTA is urging the Treasury to cut duty rates on wine and spirits when it restores VAT to 17.5% at the end of the year.
Diageo boss to discuss plant closures with union reps
09-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Diageo chief executive Paul Walsh is set to meet union officials at the company's Kilmarnock bottling plant this morning to outline reasons for the...
06-Nov-2009 By Sonya Hook
A wild strawberry frappé liqueur brand is ready to hit the pub trade — Bad Angel is a blend of wild strawberry flavours.
29-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Bacardi Brown-Forman (BB-F) is taking Southern Comfort back to its New Orleans roots with its biggest ever Christmas campaign.
26-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Diageo Great Britain and Britvic have launched long mixed drink menus for the on-trade for the Christmas season. Diageo will continue to roll out...
23-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
The first English single malt whisky for 100 years will be released at the end of November by St George's Distillery.
23-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Worm your way into your regulars' hearts this Christmas with a new offer from Hi-Spirits — its giving away free bottles of worms.
'100 per cent' English cocktail created
23-Oct-2009
A new 100 per cent English cocktail has been created by a Town Crier in Herefordshire. The 'Turberfield Royale' was created by Ledbury Town Crier...
Jameson whiskey hits the movies
22-Oct-2009
Jameson whiskey is ramping up its presence in front of consumers with a major advertising campaign running until the end of the year. Taking the...
20-Oct-2009 By Ewan Turney
Strike action at Diageo sites in Kilmarnock, Port Dundass and Shieldhall moved a step closer as a ballot of workers opened. Last month, Diageo...
£3m spend on Jameson
20-Oct-2009 By Sonya Hook
Pernod Ricard UK has pledged to invest more in its Jameson whiskey brand next year than it has in any previous year. The company plans to spend £3m...
