While rum is making gains in the bar and club scene providing appealing highs for party-loving millennials, its image as a hip party drink needs to be balanced with its credibility as a quality spirit if it wants to surpass expectations.
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Sales of gin at Waitrose are up 17% on last year thanks to a new wave of millennials discovering gin-based cocktails.
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Facing fierce competition is a daily reality of selling fine wine in and around London.
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Japan's first artisan gin producer, The Kyoto Distillery, has been granted a production licence, to begin producing its inaugural release KI NO BI Dry Gin.
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Bodega Argento is looking to strengthen its position in the minds of "culture seeking Londoners" with its continued sponsorship of the Argentine Film Festival.
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In case you missed some of the headlines this week on harpers.co.uk, we have done a review of the top online news, Q&As, and opinion stories.
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Net profits are up 131% at Australian winemaker Treasury Wine Estates.
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Booze-free wine alternative, Eisberg, have signed a three-year partnership to become the official wine partner for the UK's biggest professional cycle race.
Read more...Despite the recent success of California wines in the UK, The Wine Institute of California UK announced today it will be closing its doors.
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Danish brewer Carlsberg posted its half-year 2016 results to June 30, reporting net revenue of 31.2bn Danish krones (DKK) and a 4% rise in organic growth.
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In an increasingly tough economic landscape, some have speculated that rum's rise in popularity could be down to something as simple as its ability to give consumers a taste profile allied to its appealing sugar cane origins
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The Office of National Statistics most recent figures released yesterday, saw inflation rise to its highest level in nearly two years to 0.6%.
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Berry Bros. & Rudd has appointed Nick Morton to the role of director of private clients.
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A new tourist attraction for artisanal gin lovers is hoping to put Scotland on the gin map.
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English wine has come fourth in a consumer poll for producing the best quality wine in the eyes of the public.
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Today is National Rum Day, so what could be better than to bring the first installment of our three part Rise of Rum series which looks in depth at this growing category.
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Boutinot is hoping for a double-win with its new Camper Vin - a new product which combines the camping and festival craze with bag-in-box.
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The needs of fine dining restaurants inevitably differ to those in the mid range.
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Premium Port brand, Kopke, has launched its 1996 Colheita Port at Marks & Spencer online.
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The amount of sparkling wine on sale in the UK has risen by 80% in the last five years from 17.6m gallons in 2011/12 to an estimated 31.6m gallons in 2015/16 according to HMRC.
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