All Spirits articles
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Alice Pearson, operations director, Cotswolds Distillery
‘It was intimidating to learn under that kind of pressure, but I knew that whisky was my core passion’
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InterviewsHow non-alcoholic pioneer Mother Root pushes flavour over function
Mother Root’s founder took inspiration from New York bartenders for her ‘divisive’ vinegar-based aperitif, which is pulling up trees in low & no spirits
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NewsBrown-Forman to assume distribution for Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola RTDs
It comes a little shy of four years after the product was relaunched in the UK as a co-branded RTD
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NewsSHS Drinks debuts Shottails canned shot brand
The first release – a 14% abv coffee liqueur called Baby G – will launch in September
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NewsPernod Ricard recovery stifled by US-China spirits woes
Woes in China and the US have quashed promising signs of recovery in Pernod Ricard’s global business, as revenues and profits fell for another year
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NewsDevon winery Calancombe Estate goes to crowd to raise £250k
Crowd investors will buy into a new operating company that will run the Calancombe Estate and co-located Dartmouth Distillery Co businesses on a ‘commercially attractive’ lease arrangement
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NewsSierra seals supermarket debut for RTD tequila range
Sierra Lime Margarita and a newly launched Sierra Paloma will hit Morrisons stores on 7 September
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Alcoholic Drinks inc. Low & No: 31 October
From pouring wine into cans to introducing dedicated bays for 35cl spirits bottles, drinks companies are pushing smaller formats
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NewsDrink Tank conference to explore trends shaping the drinks industry landscape
Drink Tank will bring together buyers, operators, retailers, wholesalers and suppliers from across the UK’s drinks industry
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NewsDiageo culls 2,000 staff as part of global restructure
Dave Lewis was appointed as Diageo’s new chief executive on 1 January on a base salary of £1.5m per year
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Comment & OpinionAu Vodka sale is a British success story that deserves toasting
To the two lads from Swansea for whom the sky was the limit, Au Vodka’s sale must feel like a dream come true
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NewsDiageo appoints former Procter & Gamble beauty boss to the board
Diageo has appointed a new non-executive director with 35 years of international consumer goods experience
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NewsAu Vodka sold to US spirits giant Sazerac
The Swansea-based brand will join RTD peer BuzzBallz in Sazerac’s portfolio
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Comment & OpinionSustained growth for Diageo is the real test for Dave Lewis
Nine months into the CEO job at Diageo, ‘Drastic’ Dave Lewis has applied a familiar strategy
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NewsBuzzBallz rapped over vending machine stunt on London’s South Bank
The ready-to-drink cocktail brand parked the three-metre vending machine on the bank of the river Thames in March
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NewsMargaritas drive 200% off-trade sales surge for tequila cocktails
Tequila cocktails now account for over 11% of all value sales across the premix category in grocery
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NewsPimentae tops up £850k funding round with cocktail crowdfunder
Canned cocktail challenger Pimentae has gone to the crowd to top up an £850k raise from angel investors and existing funders
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Comment & OpinionTomorrow’s luxury booze is already in the barrel
Discounting should be the last resort for premium alcohol brands, unless they want to damage long-term equity, says Simon Massey, founder of Neverland
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Analysis & FeaturesThe detail behind Dave Lewis’s $1.2bn Diageo turnaround plan
CEO Dave Lewis is to invest $1.2bn in a bid to revive Diageo’s flagging fortunes. What’s on the cards?
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NewsDiageo unveils $1.2bn restructuring programme after ‘mixed’ FY26 results
Diageo’s full year also included $2.4bn in exceptional operating charges relating to hyperinflation, writedowns and restructuring