Gin - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Gordon's gin launches TV ad featuring boar on Christmas Eve

Published: 24 December, 2014

Gordon's, the UK's biggest selling gin brand, is launching a new TV ad featuring a boar this evening, as part of a £2 million marketing spend.

Pinkster gin steps up expansion plans

Published: 23 December, 2014

Raspberry gin brand Pinkster has stepped up expansion plans after securing a six-figure sum in second-round financing from an angel investor.

Brighton's first craft gin hits the market

Published: 17 December, 2014

Brighton & Hove's first distillery has opened its doors with Brighton Gin fresh out of the still and into a host of local outlets.

Douglas Blyde gets to know Chilgrove gin with founder Christopher Beaumont-Hutchings

Published: 16 December, 2014

Christopher Beaumont-Hutchings and I sip violet-tinged Aviation sours alongside positively fatty Scottish oysters at the Rib Room's bar. The sturdy looking, brass and dark wood build of this old-school drinkers' haven at the five-star Jumeirah Carlton Tower seems appropriately grand given there is cause for celebration.

Christmas Report: Gin is a must-have festive tonic

Published: 05 December, 2014

Once the preserve of the stockbroker set, recent years have seen gin reach a much younger and more fashionable audience. Helen Arnold assesses whether gin can stay on its upward journey

English gin grows in western Europe, says Euromonitor

Published: 28 October, 2014

English gin consumption has been dominated primarily by the US, Spain and the UK, but Euromonitor is beginning to see signs of change as the product becomes more popular in Western Europe.

Waitrose predicts healthy future for South American and lighter style wines and spirits

Published: 24 October, 2014

South American wines and more left field grape varieties like an Austrian Grüner Veltliner or a Spanish Albarino are going to become far more trendy in the months ahead, according to the new Waitrose Food and Drink Report 2014.

Matthew Clark sees British drinks soar in popularity

Published: 21 October, 2014

On-trade drinks supplier Matthew Clark has seen sales of English wines soar by 53% in the past year, with home-grown beers and spirits following suit.

Quintessential Brands appoints Lizzy Johnson international marketing director

Published: 13 October, 2014

Quintessential Brands, which distributes Greenall's and Bloom gins, has appointed former Diageo brand director Lizzy Johnson to lead its international marketing.

No 3 Gin cocktail winner turns to Beatrix Potter's Mr Tod for inspiration

Published: 03 October, 2014

Let's be honest the average top bartender is not the kind of person who would admit turning to Beatrix Potter for inspiration. Let alone the kind of bartender who would be allowed to play along the back bar of the uber cool City Social in Old Broad Street in London.

Bombay Sapphire opens distillery doors tomorrow

Published: 30 September, 2014

The new Bombay Sapphire distillery at Laverstoke Mill in Hampshire is set to open its doors to the public tomorrow for the very first time.

Greenall's releases first new gins in over 250 years

Published: 24 September, 2014

Gin brand Greenall's is launching its first new gins in over 250 years today - a sloe gin and wild berry option.

On-trade hit by decline in spirits sales across all venues

Published: 17 September, 2014

Declining year-on-year spirits sales in the on-trade will have brand owners hoping for a substantial pick up in the last few months of the year leading up to Christmas.

Jacob Ehrenkrona on giving up financial career to create Martin Miller's Gin

Published: 09 September, 2014

Harpers.co.uk talked with Jacob Ehrenkrona, the chief executive of Martin Miller's gin, about why he gave up a career in venture capitalism to pursue the classic spirit.