Edrington says it is ‘shocked and saddened’ after a 58 year-old maintenance worker died after falling through the roof of a whisky maturing warehouse at Scotland’s Parkmore Distillery.
Premium spirits business and independent Scottish family distiller William Grant & Sons has acquired the Drambuie Liqueur Company, which owns the Drambuie whisky liqueur brand.
‘WE WANT TO CREATE AN AFFINITY WITH THE GLASGOW PEOPLE’
The Glasgow Distillery Company will start distilling gin and single malt whisky in the city for the first time in 100 years next week, and CEO Liam Hughes aims to put Glasgow back on the spirits map.
Diageo has launched a whisky retail training course for unemployed young people in Scotland this week, alongside youth employment charity, The Prince’s Trust.
Rabobank today served up Australian wine as an object lesson for the Scotch whisky industry’s need to innovate in areas such as flavour rather than discount, to guard its prestige in times of oversupply.
INDUSTRY VOICES: PAUL ROSS, PRESIDENT & CEO, EDRINGTON AMERICAS
Distiller Edrington established its own sales, marketing and distribution company in the US this April, and Paul Ross tells BeverageDaily.com why the distiller of The Macallan isn't worried by a general Scotch whisky slowdown, while white spirits...
Scottish distiller Edrington has established a sales, marketing and distribution company in the US called Edrington Americas - and says it can now hit US cities nationwide with brands including The Macallan and Brugal rum.
Scotland’s whisky industry is celebrating a “major breakthrough” in Australia, where this the spirit was registered as a certification trademark. The move comes after a long battle by Scotch Whisky Association to counter fakes, for which Australia has...
David Beckham has come under fire for his whisky partnership with drinks business Diageo, which a charity says could send a ‘confusing message’ to children.
CASE SALES VERSUS SCOTCH UNDERLINE POTENTIAL: JOHN QUINN, GLOBAL BRAND AMBASSADOR
The world’s second-largest Irish whiskey brand Tullamore D.E.W insists the ‘sexy’ Irish whiskey category has immense potential as a rival to 'monolithic' Scotch sales.
CATEGORY 'LESS CONCENTRATED' THAN JAPANESE AND IRISH RIVALS
Gruppo Campari CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz says Canadian whiskey has major global growth prospects, as his firm signed a US $125m deal to acquire a ‘hidden gem’ in Forty Creek Distillery.
Exponent Private Equity has bought The Loch Lomond Distillery Company for an undisclosed sum and former Diageo chief finance officer Nick Rose is to chair the new business.
Investing nearly £1M into a distillery has allowed Adnams the brewer to side-step into a new market and diversify its offering, according chief executive Dr Andy Wood.
A delegation from Scotland to India, on a trade mission to promote the country’s food and drink, has proved a hit with its whisky-loving hosts—not least with the announcement shortly afterwards that an Indian company would invest in a new malt distillery...
It’s usually something we associate with the latest season of CSI Miami but US scientists have now mastered the art of ‘fingerprinting’ fire water to help crack whisky fraud.
Pernod Ricard executives admit that Top 13 brand Ballantine’s is struggling as the firm suffers from a global Scotch whisky slowdown across its business.
With its Indian chapter launching as recently as April this year, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) is a case in point of how the country’s taste for the drink has been moving quickly in a premium direction.
The UK government addressed its Alcohol Strategy consultation yesterday by ditching controversial plans to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol, to applause from industry and outrage from health groups…
Edrington brand The Macallan has launched a new line of single malts in Canada that it claims marks a significant shift away from traditional thinking that age is whisky’s most important selling point.
Edrington’s premium malt whisky The Macallan outstripped category growth by over 100%, in the past five years driven by strong sales in the US and the Asia, the company tells BeverageDaily.com.
Edrington says it sees ‘significant opportunities’ in the US for brands such as The Macallan and Brugal Extra Dry rum, as it takes over distribution of its brands from Remy Cointreau USA from 2014.
Mintel analyst Chris Wisson tells BeverageDaily.com that a 2012 slump in Scotch whisky exports to France is ‘quite surprising’ but insists the category’s global future remains bright.
Beam Inc. insists to BeverageDaily.com that Teacher’s remains the bestselling Scotch Whiskey brand in India, despite press reports suggesting it has lost that position to Pernod Ricard’s 100 Pipers in the wake of Beam’s ongoing probe into potential local...
Leading brand owners such as Diageo, Remy Cointreau and Bacardi have all made a key strategy change as they increasingly target local spirits brands in emerging markets.
Rémy Cointreau is toasting its first move into premium Scotch after agreeing to acquire single-malt distiller Bruichladdich Distillery Company for £58m ($90m).
Rémy Cointreau’s possible acquisition of single malt Scotch distillery Bruichladdich makes ‘good strategic sense’ according to an analyst who said it reduced the chance of it being acquired by a major rival.
Diageo has announced ‘pivotal’ plans to invest one billion pounds in a new malt distillery and expand existing sites in Scotland to cash in on explosive growth in emerging markets from Europe to Asia.
A Scottish-based academic has warned BeverageDaily.com that plans by the country’s legislators to introduce minimum alcohol pricing would be a ‘massive shot in the foot’ for the nation’s top global export Scotch whisky.
Like author Mark Twain reacting to false reports of his death in reverse, rumours of gin’s sales revival have been greatly exaggerated, according to Euromonitor International.
Scotch Whisky manufacturers are in a drive to expand production capacity as the category expects to see healthy growth, particularly in emerging markets, says Euromonitor.
A new “reliable and quick” method has been developed that can distinguish between authentic and imitation Scotch whisky brands, according to scientists at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
A Canadian drinks group has failed in its bid to keep using the
word 'glen' on one of its whisky brands after a court in the
country ruled against the manufacturer in a trademark dispute with
Scottish producers.
It is not resolution, but regulation driving New Year optimism in
Scotch whisky production, as the UK government this
week opens consultation on new rules to protect the liquor's
reputation internationally.
Spirits group Bacardi yesterday announced a $250m (€183m)
investment into production of its Scotch whisky brands amidst
increasing global demand for the drink.
A blended whisky owned by drinks group Diageo has been crowned the
best Scotch in the world, but consumers in Britain were unlikely to
get a sniff, according to judge Jim Murray.
The Scotch Whisky Association says it will ask the EU to make an
official complaint at the WTO if India does not lift excessive duty
tax on imported spirit drinks.
Italian drinks group Campari has been rubbing its hands together
after Pernod Ricard agreed to sell it the world's number two single
malt whisky brand Glen Grant.
More Chinese people are livening up their traditional, green tea by
adding a shot of Scotch Whisky, as Asian markets help the Scots to
break the £1bn export barrier in the first half of 2005.
The European Commission has approved Pernod Ricard's bid for Allied
Domecq, but will force the firm to dump extra whiskey brands and
distribution agreements before a deal goes through, reports
Chris Mercer.
Glenmorangie's final set of interim figures before its takeover by
French luxury goods group LVMH underline the importance of the
acquisition, with the whisky maker's premium brands all performing
ahead of expectations.
The Scotch Whisky Association says that China has helped contribute
to a 2 per cent increase in exports for the first six months of
this year. The news comes despite the fact that a downturn in the
South Korean economy has led to...
Glenmorangie, the UK's most popular malt whisky brand, is on the
verge of changing hands, with the confirmation today that the
company's leading shareholders, the Macdonald family, are looking
to offload their shares.
The Macallan, the third largest single malt Scotch whisky brand in
the US, has introduced The Macallan Fine Oak as part of a concerted
strategy to consolidate its position in the North American market.