The first purpose-built whiskey distillery to be built in Ireland for over 200 years is offering 500 investors the opportunity to plough their funds into a single bespoke cask of pot-stilled single malt whiskey.
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Cocktail mixer producer Funkin has unveiled its latest variant, Funkin Brazilian. Combining a blend of mango, passion fruit and orange juice together with Brazilian guarana seeds - which contain twice the caffeine of coffee and are said to be naturally energising - Brazilian funkin is best served with vodka over ice.
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A new English gin targeted at a sophisticated male audience has been launched. Langley's No 8 (41.7% abv; £30/75cl) is a single distillation gin handmade in small batches from eight secret...
Read more...The family-owned Italian wine producer Piccini has introduced a third wine, a rosata, to its Memoro Vino d'Italia range.
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Anne Krebiehl catches up with the new wine team at Harrods and hears how the double act are looking to turn customers' heads in the wine aisles
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Jamie Walker, EWG's commercial director Laura Heywood meets the distributor's commercial director to hear about the company's plans for the future
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German wine stocks are at their lowest ever levels since reunification, with high demand also driving up prices.
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The fine wine industry needs to decide now if it is to back the newly formed Wine Investment Association so that it can move on and start to implement the work it has been set up to do.
A Beefeater limited edition bottle featuring photos from 1,000 people who entered the gin's MyLondon competition last...
Read more...A number of leading wine writers have been recognised in the shortlist for the forthcoming Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards 2013.
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New Zealand winery Prophet's Rock is set for further expansion "into offshore markets" following its purchase by a group...
Read more...The new generation of winemakers in South Africa is helping to increase the prestige and sophistication of wines coming out of the country, according to leading wine critics at last week's ProWein in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Read more...Luxury Norfolk hotel Congham Hall has replaced its paper wine list with an interactive iPad menu.
Read more...The world's most expensive bottle of wine - Domaine of the Bee 'Reductio ad Absurdam' 2010 - goes on sale today with a price tag of €1 million.
Read more...Canadian ice cider producers, restricted by the state monopoly in Quebec, were out in force at last week's ProWein looking to build their presence in European markets.
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The sixth Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification released this week by wine critics Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzer has seen 23 new wineries join the list.
Portuguese producer, Sogrape, has announced its 2011 Port vintage could have the "greatest potential for ageing" than any vintage in the history of its Ferreira, Offley and Sandeman ports.
Read more...Champagne sales in the on-trade surged by a robust 7.2% last year, bucking the widely reported decline in retail sales.
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More international visitors than ever before visited the largest ever ProWein this week. The three-day fair hosted 4,783 exhibitors from 48 countries and more than 44,000 trade visitors, up from 40,667 last year.
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The balance of power between the main wine-producing countries is there to see at this week's ProWein, with all facing their own difficulties while trying to exploit new opportunities.
