Diageo has signed and completed the sale of Windsor Global, a subsidiary of Diageo which owns the Windsor business and associated intellectual property, to Korean company PT W Co., Ltd.
New Zealand’s Pokeno Whiskey believes that rising demand from younger consumers seeking new and unique flavours in their whiskey will help to drive its latest offering in markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong.
Consumers are drinking less alcohol but turning to more premium options, says the Scotch Whisky Association as it releases export figures for the first half of 2023.
Single Malt Welsh Whisky has secured protected geographical indication (PGI) status, the first spirit to receive protection under the scheme since its launch.
Pernod Ricard has entered into an agreement in principle with Stock Spirits Group to sell the Clan Campbell Blended Scotch Whisky brand to the Polish spirits and liqueur company.
BrewDog Distilling Co is ‘on a mission to create a world-renowned Scottish spirits brand’: having announced a new portfolio, new distillery, and new CEO. The brand tells us how it intends to create ‘some serious tidal waves’ in the craft spirits industry.
Kirin is looking to accelerate one of the Japanese government’s priority export items – whiskey – in the US and EU, while also backing an industry-wide effort to boost consumer awareness.
Diageo has made a minority investment in The Oxford Artisan Distillery, an ultra-premium English rye whisky producer ‘seeking to revolutionize farming practices in the category’.
Unusually for a premium whisky business Penderyn is not based in Scotland or Ireland, but in the Welsh Valleys. FoodNavigator caught up with the craft distiller to learn more about the unique nature of single malt Welsh whisky.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has successfully registered 'Scotch Whisky' as a certification trademark in the US - the industry’s largest global market, worth almost £800m ($982m) a year.
Diageo has made a minority investment in Komasa Kanosuke Distillery, a producer of ultra-premium single-malt whiskies, through accelerator Distell Ventures.
For 20 years, Penderyn Distillery - The Welsh Whisky Company – based in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, has been working to bring back the spirit of the original Welsh Whisky distillery at Frongoch, near Bala, which closed more than 100 years ago due...
Scientists in Scotland have developed an ‘artificial tongue’ that can detect subtle differences between drams of whisky, which can help in the fight against counterfeit beverages.
New alcohol regulations in Ireland could restrict signposting to whiskey distillery visitor centres and small distilleries – delivering a hefty blow to the burgeoning whiskey tourism sector, says the Irish Whiskey Association.
Pernod Ricard says its new whisky joint venture in Myanmar represents the first time a major global producer of wine and spirits has established a formal presence in the country.
The Rémy Cointreau Group has announced the closing of the Westland Distillery acquisition, helping expand its portfolio in the fast growing high-end single malt whiskey category.
Rising alcohol sales in Scotland has strengthened the case for introducing minimum unit pricing, according to Scotland’s public health minister Aileen Campbell.
Brown-Forman Corp. has agreed to purchase The BenRiach Distillery Company for approximately $416m. The deal will add three Single Malt Scotch Whisky brands to Brown-Forman’s product portfolio: The GlenDronach, BenRiach, and Glenglassaugh.
Access to high-quality barley and barrels, and a variable yet temperate climate have distillers confident South Australia can emerge as a top-shelf whisky region.
The Scotch Whisky Association’s (SWA’s) new London office, will help to grow exports of Scotch, currently worth £4bn a year, while boosting jobs across the UK, claims the association.
Diageo says Crown Royal Regal Apple has been the star of the show in its North American whiskey portfolio, helping attract new consumers to the category thanks to its versatility.
Hindus have lashed out at the name of India’s first single malt whisky, according to one self-styled “statesman”, who branded Amrut—which, as amrta, is also the sacred nectar of immortality—“highly inappropriate”.
Sinking whisky exports underline the need for the next government to press for more open markets and ambitious Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), urges the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).
Brown-Forman boss Paul Varga insists that Scotch and vodka are less versatile than American whiskey, as the distiller of Jack Daniel’s and Southern Comfort revealed its Q3 fiscal 2015 results.
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.
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.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has launched a new fund – planned to deliver £500,000 over five years – to combat alcohol-related harm, as the number of middle-aged heavy drinkers surge, according to a new report.
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...
