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

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

Bargain Booze waives franchise fees and offers free 24-hour refit for first 100 new recruits

Conviviality Retail is wooing potential new Bargain Booze franchisees with the promise of a free overnight refit.

UK rises 11% as WSET sees global take-up of courses increase for 13th year in a row

London bars and shops prepare for first ever Rum Experience Week

Gerry's Wines & Spirit's in London's Soho has been named official rum shop for a week of events under the banner of Rum Experience Week.

Adnams revamps Copper House vodka under East Coast name

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

Northern Lights inspire Aurora expression for Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head vodka

Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head vodka will launch a new expression in the UK in October.

Release lined up for first single malt ever to be bottled in Shetland

The first ever whisky bottled in Shetland is scheduled to go on sale at the start of September.

Gosling's rum owner Castle Brands sees sales surge by 37.8% in Q1

The owner of Gosling's rum and Jefferson's bourbon has reported a 37.8% increase in net sales in the first quarter of its financial year, to June 30.

Whisky Show to host 'world's most expensive tasting' to raise money for Nepal

What is being billed as the world's most expensive whisky tasting will be held in London in October.

Quiet Man opens Derry's first new whiskey distillery in 150 years

Cream liqueur manufacturer Niche Drinks is to open a distillery in Derry, Northern Ireland, the city's first in 150 years.

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

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.

KWV plans export sales for Cruxland premium gin made from Kalahari truffles

South African wine and spirit producer KWV is planning an assault on export markets for a new craft London dry gin made with truffles.

Indian whiskies dominate world's fastest-growing spirit brands

Four out of the five fastest-growing spirits brands in the world are Indian whiskies, according to new research from the IWSR.

Analysis: The summer of gin

It's official: gin has gone global. No longer confined to English back bars, now the rest of the world wants a slice of the action.

Indian whiskies dominate world's fastest-growing spirit brands

Officer's Choice, produced by Mumbai's Allied Blenders & Distillers, is the fastest growing brand. Last year it overtook Diageo's Smirnoff to become the world's leading brand by volume, selling 28.4m cases.

William Grant invites London's leading bartenders to Highland fling

McKinley adds award-winning Cognac ABK6 to portfolio

McKinley Vintners has announced the addition of Cognac ABK6 to its portfolio. The Cognac is made by the father-and-daughter team of Francis and Elodie Abécassis under the name Domaines Francis Abécassis.

Gruppo Campari announces strong half-year sales and margins

Gruppo Campari has posted strong sales and higher margins for the first six months of 2015.

Analysis: What you need to do to win in gin

Craft gin is hot. But what should craft distillers be doing to maximise their chances of success?

Suntory explores space-aged whisky

Leading Japanese distillery Suntory is to send a batch of its whiskies to the International Space Station. The drinks giant wants to study the effect of zero gravity on the drink's maturing process.