Diageo has launched a digital experience that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies in a bid to help people to find their perfect single malt Scotch whisky based on their preferences for certain flavours.
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The Casual Dining show is gearing up to launch a dedicated wine area as part of a bigger overall focus on alcoholic drinks.
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Baijiu, China’s most popular and deeply historic spirit, could be making its way to the UK thanks to a new partnership with French giant Pernod Ricard.
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It’s been on the cards for some time. Back in 2014, there were rumblings that gin was poised to overtake vodka as the UK’s spirit of choice in time for the new decade.
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A new China-backed international spirits research body has been launched at an event in London.
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Wine and spirits stores will be at the forefront of community bonding over the next decade, as retail finds new and inventive ways of keeping customers coming back for more.
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Restaurants, bars and pubs are poised to see sales significantly boosted by Halloween as the fright-night continues to gain traction as a ‘big night out’ for adults.
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After years of forecasting and speculation, gin is poised to finally push ahead of vodka as the UK’s biggest spirits category in 2020, with flavoured variants pushing the category to ever greater heights.
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Majestic has added a raft of spirits brands to its portfolio as part of its strategy to become the number one place to buy spirits, alongside wine, in the UK.
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UK distillers Burleighs has its eyes set on becoming a global player in the gin market as it smashes its crowfunding target.
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The booming UK craft spirits industry filed a record number of trademark registrations in the last year, according to research released today.
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Upselling has always been the name of the game at Christmas. But is there more the on- and off-trade can do? James Lawrence reports
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The UK has been identified as one of the top countries in the world for sales of alcohol online, with a surprising outcome for the first and second spot.
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Freixenet Copestick has launched an I Heart Spirits range marking the brand’s first launch outside wine.
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Strong quarterly growth in LVMH’s wine and spirits division has helped push the luxury goods group’s third quarter revenues to €13.3bn.
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Grape spirits really don’t get a fair deal in UK bars, where even Cognac and Armagnac rarely receive the shelf space or cocktail list presence their global reputations deserve. Grapes are grown and distilled in dozens of other places around the world, but those brandies are largely overlooked as well.
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Halewood Wines & Spirits has opened a bar, distillery and rum school in Bristol on the site of the former Jamie’s Italian on Park Street.
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Importer Marussia Beverages has partnered with Constellation Brands to distribute three of its craft-spirit brands in the UK.
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Rock Rose has signed a deal with the Royal Mail which will make it the first gin to offer fully recyclable 70cl refill pouches.
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Modern brands are looking beyond mixing in search of a brighter future, says Nigel Huddleston
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