Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Halo effect in gin creating thirst for premium tonic

Published: 09 June, 2016

Premium brand 1724 Tonic Water has found a new UK distributor as it aims to gain ground in the growing premium tonic market.

Glenmorangie launches Old Fashioned Week

Published: 07 June, 2016

Glenmorangie is launching a new initiative called Old Fashioned Week to promote its Extra Matured Range ahead of this year's British Open Golf Championship.

More spirit brands are partnering with leading bars to create unique cocktail serves

Published: 07 June, 2016

Spirit brands partnering with leading bars to help create unique serves in some of the UK's cutting edge bars is helping to further fuel the cocktail craze in the UK and abroad.

Insights: How glassware plays a strarring role in the cocktail craze

Published: 07 June, 2016

As the cocktail craze shows no signs of slowing Harpers.co.uk talks to some of London's top bartenders about creativity in serves and how the vessel is playing a starring role.

Major work to be done in Diageo's emerging markets

Published: 06 June, 2016

Leading drinks producer Diageo has dropped its previous objective of obtaining 50% of its revenues from emerging markets by 2015 due to flagging growth in key emerging markets.

Regulation changed shoppers buying habits in Scotland, says independent merchant

Published: 03 June, 2016

As with university fees and other devolved powers concerning health and education, Scotland has its own rules regulation when it comes to the drinks industry.

Brown-Forman acquires The BenRiach Distillery Company for £281 million

Published: 02 June, 2016

Brown-Forman announced yesterday it has completed the acquisition of the single malt Scotch whisky conglomerate The BenRiach Distillery Company for £281 million.

Can wine learn from gin's Meet the Maker approach?

Published: 02 June, 2016

The team behind next week's Junipalooza gin extravaganza is demanding that the producers and distillers physically attend the fair - otherwise they're not coming in.

Size doesn't matter, says co-founder of new multi-million pound "mega" distillery

Published: 31 May, 2016

The co-founder of Portobello Road Gin has revealed that building a 'super-distillery' was never the intention behind plans to build a four-storey gin destination in the heart of Notting Hill.

The Drinks Wholesaler: Intriguing Times

Published: 27 May, 2016

Welcome to our autumn issue of Drinks Wholesaler, which is packed with the usual medley of analysis, insights, viewpoints and features, plus original research into the wine market, commissioned and shared by Crown Cellars, appearing for the first time here.

Whiskey, rum and vodka triumph against the odds to beat gin in consumer poll

Published: 27 May, 2016

Vodka, whiskey and rum have dominated a campaign to find the nation's favourite craft spirits - despite gin making up 80% of the entries.

Competition rivals working together to put Aberdeen on the map

Published: 26 May, 2016

Three bartenders from Aberdeen who have reached the final of a national bartending competition say that competitions have become a sure-fire way to turn a city into drinking hotspot.

Jamaican rum's master blender witnesses technology revolution during 35-year career

Published: 26 May, 2016

Joy Spence, master blender at Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum, has seen rum production revolutionised over the course of three-and-a-half decades in her chosen field.

"Bartenders changed everything," says Wild Turkey master distiller as he celebrates 35 years in the industry

Published: 25 May, 2016

Eddie Russell, master distiller at Wild Turkey grew up in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, in the heart of bourbon-making country.

Borough Wines launches eighth store with in-house gin distillery

Published: 23 May, 2016

Borough Wines & Beers' new Islington store will become the new home to a London-based gin company.

Recent decline in Scotch whisky exports slowing

Published: 23 May, 2016

Scotch whisky export value was down 2.4% in 2015 totalling £3.86 billion in custom value, but it is good news as the decline in recent years is slowing.