Bombay Sapphire gin has revealed as the world’s number one premium gin by value for a third consecutive year. The brand, saw year-on-year growth of its share by value within the premium gin categoryfor the 12 months to the end of December 2010. It recorded an increase of 1.5 share points to 38%, according to [...]

Speyside’s smallest whisky distillery, Benromach has another duo of top awards to celebrate. It’s Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Benromach 30 Years Old has won a silver medal in the 2011 “Malt Maniacs” Awards. The “Malt Maniacs” award is the latest accolade for the whiskies from Speyside’s smallest working distillery. Top awards include Benromach’s flagship Single [...]

Liqueurs, or as they are more often being called by brand owners, Flavoured Spirits, are just about to come into their own with the Festive season nearly upon us. But really Christmas is not the golden goose it once was and brand owners have been busy promoting liqueurs as long drinks. Susan Young takes a [...]

Drambuie is introducing a brand new product to the UK market – the first product Drambuie has launched into the UK in a decade. Designed to appeal to discerning malt whisky drinkers, Drambuie 15 is a connoisseur expression of Drambuie, drawn from the company’s finest selection of 15 Year Old Speyside Malts. Selected for their [...]

Diageo is set to report a 5% rise in annual profits to £2.9bn on Thursday, on sales of £10.1bn. Sales are expected to have remained tough in Europe, where Guinness sales fell 6% in the first half. UPDATE •Stronger second half performance with improved price/mix and operating margin expansion led to 5% organic growth of [...]

Where are we heading? the future will be here before we know it, so we decided to ask some of the movers and shakers of the industry to look into their crystal balls to see where we will be and what we’ll be doing in five years time. susan young deciphers their mystic predictions. In [...]

I bumped into Captain Morgan recently and nearly did a jig with the Kraken Hunter, if he hadn’t been so hot in his costume I’m sure he would have obliged. The occasion – our very own DRAM Awards. But the reason that I am bringing it up is perhaps the very presence of these two [...]

Scots licensees are being urged to hold back their PPL fees in protest against proposed licence hikes. PPL, the organisation that collects royalties on behalf of performers and record companies, is proposing to charge pubs and clubs that put on Specially Featured Entertainment (SFE) exorbitant fees and this includes DJ’s. The proposed price rises, which [...]

The long-awaited and much anticipated third, and final, edition in Highland Park’s Magnus Series has now been released.   Earl Haakon continues the story from the Orkney Inga Saga but reflects the darker, more sinister character by bringing the murderous cousin into the spotlight. Whilst the first two bottlings in the Series celebrated the influential 11th [...]

Australia has fallen in love with Glenfarclas 40 Years Old. It was the highest scoring whisky in the recent Malt Whisky Society of Australia whisky awards. Coming top out of the 40 single malts entered in the competition Glenfarclas 40 Years Old received a Gold Medal and has been named Best Malt Whisky available in [...]