Distil has reported a "satisfactory year" as it completed it transition from UK third distributor to brand-focus drinks company, despite a large fall in turnover.
Read more...The Crystal Head vodka has launched in 50cl miniature bottles, which supplier Bibendum says will open up new opportunities for a fast-growing brand.
Read more...Brown-Forman launched LBD, a vodka-base spirit with a range of flavours following the success of the brand in the US.
Read more...Absolut is making design changes to its iconic bottle that helped make the brand famous in 1979, "making it ready to face the future."
Read more...The former head of Bibendum's beer and spirits division is launching his own spirits distribution business in May.
Read more...Spirit International said it was "extremely disappointed" that a Dutch court has ordering the company to hand control of three vodka brands back to the Russia state-owned monopoly.
Read more...An urban micro-distillery initiated by Pernod Ricard is set to open in Hackney in June, headed by two local entrepreneurs from outside the spirits industry.
Read more...Diageo is stepping up its commitment to innovation as part of a commercial strategy that will see levels of npd boosted across its drinks portfolio.
Read more...Cîroc vodka is set to be the first alcohol brand to launch paid for advertising on Instagram, as it kicks off a six week campaign today.
Read more...Nielsen has confirmed that sparkling wine and the main spirits categories were the big winners during Christmas 2014.
Read more...Bond is back and this time's he's drinking vodka. Belvedere vodka to be exact.
Read more...Grey Goose vodka has taken over the full length of London's Bank Underground Station with the "largest piece of single advertising creative" in UK history in the run-up to Christmas.
Read more...Famed rapper and businessman Sean 'Diddy' Combs has recently grown his partnership with Diageo to include De León tequila as well as Ciroc vodka, and has plans to further boost the portfolio.
Read more...Starting off as Sean 'Diddy' Combs personal chief of staff, Dia Simms is now the executive vice president of Ciroc Vodka & Innovations, at the newly-formed Combs Wine & Spirits.Gemma McKenna catches up with Simms and finds out what the pair have planned for the expansion of the drinks empire.
Read more...A super-premium Scottish potato vodka is to be the first spirit produced by Arbikie, Scotland's newest farm-to-bottle distillery.
Read more...Vodka commands the lion's share of the spirits sector, with over 30% of total sales; not only is it the most widely drunk spirit in the UK, but it is outstripping the overall spirits sector, with annual growth of 4.4%. Helen Arnold reports.
Read more...Premium spirits are a crucial selling feature of the festive season. Helen Arnold explains why:
Read more...On-trade drinks supplier Matthew Clark has seen sales of English wines soar by 53% in the past year, with home-grown beers and spirits following suit.
Read more...Absolut Vodka has produced a limited edition Andy Warhol bottle of which only 4 million bottles are available.
Read more...Smirnoff vodka has launched a £15 million marketing campaign - including TV advertising - in order to grow the category and make it more accessible.
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