Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Pinkster partners with Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre

Published: 20 October, 2015

Pinkster Gin has partnered with Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre for its 50th Anniversary season.

ASA rules against Pickering's in Edinburgh gin dispute

Published: 19 October, 2015

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Pickering's Gin's claim to be "Edinburgh's first gin distillery in over 150 years" is misleading.

Portobello launches world's first asparagus-flavoured gin

Published: 15 October, 2015

Next week sees the launch of Director's Cut, the new iteration from craft gin distillery Portobello Road. It promises to be the first London dry gin to be made with asparagus.

Warner Edwards revamps with 'gender-neutral' bottle design

Published: 06 October, 2015

Warner Edwards has brought out new packaging for its range of four gins.

Inver House buoyed by profit rise on back of strong sales for focus whisky brands

Published: 02 October, 2015

Sales of Caorunn gin and Speyburn and Balblair whiskies helped Inver House Distillers post a profit rise of 23% in 2014.

Bartenders help to choose the recipe for Cardiff gin

Published: 30 September, 2015

Cardiff is the latest British city to have a gin named after it.

Northumberland's Hepple is latest entrant into burgeoning gin market

Published: 29 September, 2015

World-renowned bartender Nick Strangeway and food writer and broadcaster Valentine Warner are the co-creators of Hepple, the latest British gin to hit the market.

Barrel-aged genever from Bols hits the UK market

Published: 25 September, 2015

Maxxium is introducing a barrel-aged genever gin to the UK market.

Warner Edwards bags gin listings with M&S and Booths

Published: 23 September, 2015

Award-winning gin distiller Warner Edwards is moving up through the gears after winning two major new multiple listings.

Scotland's NB gin secures export deal in the US

Published: 21 September, 2015

A boutique Scottish gin producer is in line to be served in high-end New York cocktail bars and restaurants after signing a US distribution deal.

Tavistock uses Poetic Licence to launch small-batch spirits range

Published: 18 September, 2015

A new small batch distillery will be making its first public appearance with its products at next week's Boutique Bar Show in London.

Tanqueray looks to the past to inspire limited edition Bloomsbury gin launch

Published: 16 September, 2015

Diageo Reserve has introduced a limited edition version of Tanqueray gin based on a 19^th century recipe from the company's archives.

Sparkling wine continues to fizz with on-trade sales up by more than half in a year

Published: 15 September, 2015

Sparkling wine is the star performer in the drinks trade with the value of on-trade sales up by more than half in the year to July 7, according to Nielsen figures in the third quarter market report from the Wine & Spirit Trade Association.

Champagne provides some fizz for Pernod Ricard as annual sales nudge ahead by 2%

Published: 27 August, 2015

Champagne and Irish whiskey were among the main drivers of global growth for Pernod Ricard in 2014/15, though the spirits giant turned in only a modest overall sales increase of 2%. The company described the performance as "solid".

Quintessential Brands looks to ramp up presence in international markets

Published: 21 August, 2015

Greenall's gin owner Quintessential Brands is beefing up its presence in export markets and entering the global travel retail market for the first time.

Phone app suggests perfect tonic and garnish for 1,300 gins

Published: 14 August, 2015

A phone app has been created to help bartenders and consumers make the perfect gin and tonic.

Adnams revamps Copper House vodka under East Coast name

Published: 12 August, 2015

Suffolk brewer and distiller Adnams has renamed its Copper House barley vodka as East Coast Single Malt Vodka.

'No reason' UK gin exports can't match Scotch whisky's £4 billion says environment secretary

Published: 10 August, 2015

The environment secretary Elizabeth Truss has said the UK government has ambitions to help the gin industry match the UK's whisky exports, which topped £4 billion in 2014.