Maison Ferrand has completed the purchase of UK distributor Identity Drinks. Maison Ferrand, which is based in Cognac and Barbados, took a 60%…
Maison Ferrand has completed the purchase of UK distributor Identity Drinks. Maison Ferrand, which is based in Cognac and Barbados, took a 60%…
A premium range of brandies from China is gearing up for a UK launch. Koya comes from China’s oldest and largest wine and spirits producer, Changyu, and it will be distributed in the UK by Bibendum wine, with sales and marketing overseen by winemaker Lenz Moser and Koya ambassador Frank Klammer MS. There are two products in the range: Koya Brandy VSOP 6 years and…
Japanese whisky producer Nikka has released two single malts finished in apple brandy barrels. The two whiskies – one each from its Miyagikyo and Yoichi distilleries – have been produced to mark the 100 years since founder Masataka Takesturu married Jessie Roberta Cowan – aka Rita – in Glasgow. Apples play a significant part in the early history of Nikka as Takesturu made money from…
Reliquum has launched an apple brandy made with Opal apples grown on the producer’s Essex farm. Each 50cl bottle contains 28kg of apples, which would otherwise have gone to waste. The apple brandy is made by pressing Opal apples to make a cider, then an eau de vie which was put into red wine barrels at the English Spirit Distillery. The first batch is a…
Pear brandy crafted by a group of Carthusian monks at the foothills of the Gorjanci Mountains in Slovenia is available in the UK for the first time. The Charterhouse Monastery in Pleterje is one of just 25 extant Carthusian monasteries throughout the world and has been producing the aperitif for the past 60 years. It is a brother monastery to Grand Chartreuse in France –…
Emporia Brands and Père Magloire Calvados have hailed National Calvados Week as a success and plan to run the promotion again next year. Wine Rack stores boosted calvados sales by 100% or more by promoting the apple brandy during National Calvados Week this month. They joined a number of independents who pushed calvados sales up with tastings, promotions and glassware giveaways. Soho spirits specialist Gerry’s…
Gallo is running an on-pack promotion on E&J Brandy in the run-up to Christmas – its biggest ever investment in the brand. More than 200,000 70cl bottles of E&J will carry promotional neck collars giving consumers the chance to win one of 10 sets of premium headphones worth £449 each, or one of 250 pairs of headphones worth £89 each. The brand will also be…
Gallo’s E&J Brandy has launched a scratchcard promotion for independent convenience stores. From this month, specially marked cases of 35cl bottles of E&J Brandy will include scratchcards giving retailers the chance to win instant cash prizes of £10-£5,000. The promotion is aimed at driving more sales of 35cl bottles in c-stores, and packs also include neck collars to boost shelf stand-out. The push will be…
