Amber Beverage Group (ABG) has signalled its intention to become one of the major global producers of Irish whiskey. The company said late last…
Amber Beverage Group (ABG) has signalled its intention to become one of the major global producers of Irish whiskey. The company said late last…
Four Pillars Gin has had a full UK off-trade launch with a new major retail listing. Launching in Waitrose, the Australian distillery’s Bloody Shiraz Gin will be available to British consumers in 200+ stores nationwide (RRP £35.00). The contemporary Australian gin maker has gained a strong footprint in the UK on-trade and independents since 2015 but had yet to secure a major national retail listing…
One Gin has secured a new nationwide off-trade listing which will help towards its goal of raising £20 million for water projects in the world’s poorest communities by 2020. The brand, which was launched in March 2017, is now available to buy in John Lewis & Partners stores and online at johnlewis.com. It has also recently joined the gin menu at Claridge’s and it is…
The Benevolent’s annual major fundraiser event, The Benevolent Ball, has raised more than £57,000 for the charity. The Ball, which took place this week, sold out for the seond year running. Guests at the event were welcomed by The Benevolent’s chairman, Tom Yusef, which also took the opportunity to present his ‘Chairman’s Challenge’, which will see him traverse, over seven days, several English Wineries during…
Pure Wild Spirits (PWSL), the producers of Freya Birch Spirit, is seeking £750,000 of investments to fund expansion into premium drinks sectors. Freya Birch Spirit, which is distilled from birch sap, is PWSL’s first product, launched in 2016. In November last year the company launched a second variant: Freya Woodsmoke Birch Spirit. The company is now seeking a combined investment of £750,000 via private investor…
English wine is now considered so classy and fashionable that even the Queen has started producing it, but British-made wine is not exactly sexy. It typically finds itself marooned on the bottom shelf, it is not held in particularly high esteem among the wine trade and it has never had much of a dazzling marketing push. But now the category has an…
The biggest wine tasting in the history of Bristol is just days away and there is still time for members of the trade to register. More than 600 different wines from every major producing region in the world will be poured for buyers at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery on September 18. SITT, the Specialist Importers Trade Tasting, has been running in the spring…
Sadler’s Brewing Company has signed a major deal with Halewood Wines and Spirits, which will see the drinks distributor take on the majority share of the Micro-brewery. The partnership with Halewood will help to further the craft brewer’s portfolio although fifth generation brewer Chris Sadler will remain as managing director of Sadler’s. Sadler said: “We are proud of our family business and have a strong following…
