Loki Wine Merchant is set to open its third store in the Birmingham area. The third store will be in Knowle, and it will join the existing stores in Birmingham City Centre and Edgbaston. It is due to open by the end of the month. Phil Innes, founder and managing director, told Drinks Retailing: “It was meant to open in April this year but we…

The City of Manchester Distillery has created a new company and invested £900,000 in a drinks development and packing centre, as it expands its range of alcohol services. The creators of the Three Rivers Gin have established Alcohol Solutions and will be opening the new centre in Carrington, Manchester in September. An initial six new jobs will be created, with the 13,000 square foot centre…

Mumtaz Ali took on his Edinburgh city centre store nearly 20 years ago and one of the first things he did was to introduce a BWS section. He tells DRN that the sales uplift from introducing alcohol was immediate. What sort of alcohol range did you start off with? I started with quite a small range but I could see it was selling well so…

Penderyn Whisky has been given the green light – and £3.75 million – to expand the business by building a new distillery and visitor centre. The Welsh producer intends to redevelop a disused building at the historic Hafod Morfa Copperworks site in Swansea. The lottery Heritage Fund recently awarded £3.75 million towards regenerating the 19th Century Powerhouse building into the visitor centre and distillery. As…

Manchester will soon boast another gin distillery and visitor experience centre, courtesy of Thomas Dakin Gin.  Work has already begun on the Thomas Dakin Gin Distillery, a venue which is set to showcase the “rich heritage, craft excellence and entrepreneurial spirit” of both the award-winning Thomas Dakin and the city of Manchester.  The announcement follows the news earlier this month that Manchester Gin also…

The Porterhouse Brewing Company has opened the doors to its new Dublin-based brewery, which it created in a bid to keep up with rising demand for its products in the UK and Europe. The independently-owned Irish craft brewer said the new space, which is the result of a E6 million investment, will allow for a wider variety of beers as well as facilitating increased demand.

Durham Distillery is to start producing whisky this year to add to its existing portfolio of gin and vodka. Whisky production will begin this year at a new facility located in the centre of Durham. The distillery, which opened in 2014, already makes gin and vodka, which are available to buy throughout the UK. Head distiller, Jess Tomlinson, said: “As well as it being a…