With Halloween on the horizon, Drinks Retailing rounds up the latest industry activity Following a lucrative Halloween season last year, Brothers Cider is highlighting its Toffee Apple variant once again. Nicola Randall, head of marketing at Brothers, said: “Our Toffee Apple flavour benefits from ever-increasing levels of marketing support each October and seasonal volumes have grown significantly as a result. Halloween presents both…

Laurent and Catherine Delaunay, founders and owners of Badet Clément, have unveiled a new name for their business – Delaunay Vins & Domaines. At the same time, they announced that their daughter Jeanne, the sixth generation of Delaunay winemakers from Burgundy, will work alongside them as the company’s third family winemaker. She will head up their Languedoc brand, Abbotts & Delaunay. The family regained the…

The latest beer review by Jeff Evans GIESINGER MÜNCHNER HELL, 4.8%  Now 15 years old, Giesinger is an upstart in Munich brewing. Its development and expansion from a garage operation to a €20 million site has been financed largely through crowdfunding and now it stands as a serious rival to the long-established six other local breweries. What’s made this growth possible (apart from money) in…

Three quarters of women working in the wine trade have said that sexism is still a major issue within the industry, according to new research from Curious Vines. In the Curious Vines Women in Wine report – based on the findings from a first-of-its-kind survey conducted in collaboration with Proof Insights – 78% of the 726 women surveyed said that sexism and gender…

Beer and cider sales have risen by 8.8% in the four weeks ending October 7, according to the latest data from NIQ.  Overall, the entire BWS sector experienced a 2.2% rise in sales during the four weeks, compared to the same time period in 2022, and beer and cider saw the highest level of growth. Within the beer category, stout saw particularly strong…

Brighton’s only dedicated low/no-alcohol shop and bar, Tørstigbar, opened in November 2022. As the hybrid retailer approaches its one year anniversary, owners Emmi Edwards and Luke Cousins discuss adaptogenic drinks, educating consumers and a new opening We get a real mix of people coming into Tørstigbar. I’d say around 70-75% of our customer base don’t drink, but then the remainder are people who are…

Nearly half of consumers who shop at independent wine retailers cited “supporting small businesses” as their predominant reason for going to indie stores, according to new research from Hallgarten & Novum Wines. Conducted in collaboration with insights agency Kam, Hallgarten & Novum surveyed 1,185 people that had shopped at independent wine retailers during the past year to discover more about consumer shopping habits.