English rye whisky specialist The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) has announced that Diageo has made a minority investment in the company through independent drinks accelerator…
English rye whisky specialist The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) has announced that Diageo has made a minority investment in the company through independent drinks accelerator…
Aldi is set to shake up the wine category with a new craft wine range, designed to attract millennials by using cues normally associated with craft beer or artisan spirits. The retailer’s four-strong craft wine range, which was created in partnership with Origin Wines, includes Craft & Origin Organic White and Organic Red Wine 2016 (at £2.99 for a 50cl bottle) and No Monkey Business…
Morgenrot is launching two “unique craft beers” from Rioja’s Cervecera Artesana. The beers will bolster the beer importer’s Spanish portfolio, which has already enjoyed success with its artisan Andalusian beer Alhambra. The new beers include Palax, described as a high-class, bottle-conditioned artisan lager; and Ceriux Rubia, a one-of-a-kind, double-fermented craft ale, which is known as ‘the beer with a touch of wine’. Morgenrot’s commercial director…
The Real Wine Fair has been branded the most successful in its five-year history with a 25% increase in visitor numbers compared to 2015. The fair, which took place earlier this month, hosted 163 artisan growers from 16 countries around the world who gathered together to showcase more than 700 organic, biodynamic and natural wines to consumers, trade and members of the press at London’s…
Aldi is moving into independents’ territory with a growing focus on smaller drinks suppliers and is planning to sell wine online from early next year. The chain is sourcing a Christmas beer from independent Midlands brewer Sadler’s is working with craft distillers on its festive spirits range and growing its Lot Series of small parcels of wine. Dan Hobson, UK buying director for…
Craft is the buzzword of our times. From Kirsty Allsop crocheting cushion covers on Channel 4 to artisan bakers and the thriving small-batch gin market, consumers are looking for all things handmade and homespun. Craft beer has been one of the biggest success stories in the drinks trade in recent years, and craft cider looks all set to follow. OLN’s Cider Report poll of the…
The number of UK wineries has risen to a 20-year high after 46 budding vignerons registered with HMRC in the past year. In the 2012/13 financial year, 31 new producers applied to HMRC to open wineries – not vineyards – and this rose 48% to 46 in 2013/14, bringing the total to 135, a figure unseen since the early 1990s. Roy Maugham, head of tax…
Batemans B Bock beat hundreds of new beers brewed across the UK to win a listing at Sainsbury’s after it was named winner of the retailer’s Great British Beer Hunt 2013. Winners of the regional heats, from Devon to the Orkney Islands, gathered at London’s Oxo Tower to hear the results. Thwaites in Lancashire has created a microbrewery within its brewery to whip up experimental…
