UK-based drinks company Diageo has proposed to increase stake in Chinese spirits firm Sichuan Shuijingfang Company (SJF) and take majority control of the company. Diageo approached the board of directors of SJF with a proposal for a ...
AB Inbev’s innovation unit ZX Ventures has acquired UK-based spirits company Atom Group for an undisclosed amount. Atom Group, which is based in Kent, UK, consists of three units including Master of Malt, an online retailer, Atom ...
Johnnie Walker has released Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Dog limited-edition bottle in celebration of the lunar new year. As part of the brand's Pioneering Spirit Series, Johnnie Walker continues to pay homage to the traditions ...
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Scottish distillery Kilchoman Distillery has selected Thin Film Electronics' NFC solutions to improve brand and drive consumer engagement. Thinfilm’s NFC solutions will be used to engage with and educate consumers, communicate ...
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MW Luxury Packaging has provided new packaging for Diageo’s special release single malt whiskies. The packaging firm has been continuously manufacturing packs for Diageo’s special releases from the last five years. For this ...
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Spirits giant Diageo has completed its acquisition of George Clooney’s Casamigos Tequila brand, strengthening its position in the super-premium category. Under the deal, which was signed on 21 June 2017, Diageo initially paid $700m ...
Bowmore Islay Single Malt Whisky has announced the US release of the fifth and final edition of the Black Bowmore 1964 distillation: Black Bowmore 1964 50 Year Old. The last cask rediscovered of Black Bowmore 1964 has spent an astonishing ...
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MGP Ingredients has released George Remus Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a more complex whiskey with a new bottle design. Available in select markets, George Remus is made at MGP's historic, 170-year-old distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. ...
Scottish spirits company Edrington has taken full ownership of its Americas Travel Retail operations after agreeing to buy out its joint venture (JV) partner for an undisclosed amount. The former JV, Edrington Webb Travel Retail Americas ...
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Canadian distillery Crown Royal has launched the second limited edition of its Noble Collection whisky in the country. This time, the company has introduced a wine barrel finished whisky. The introduction is part of a series of annual, ...
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Campari America has breathed new life into long-forgotten pre-prohibition bourbons with the launch of the Whiskey Barons collection. The first two Bourbons to rise from the annals of whiskey history are Old Ripy and Bond & Lillard – ...
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Scotland-based Ian Macleod Distillers has unveiled new label and carton designs for Pig’s Nose and Sheep Dip blended whiskies. The blended whiskies, which are produced in Scotland, are also available in different countries such as ...
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Sazerac has acquired the Popcorn Sutton Distillery in Newport, Tennessee, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition allows Sazerac to enter Tennessee whisky market. In an interview to Mail Online, Sazerac’s spokeswoman Amy Preske ...
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Kavalan has commissioned its second distillery and launched an inaugural rum cask-aged whisky for Christmas. At the inauguration of the Kavalan Second Distillery, CEO Mr. Y.T. Lee said that onMarch 11, 2006, Kavalan's first ever "new ...
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American whiskey producer Beam Suntory has opened a new barrel warehouse in Frankfort, located in the US state of Kentucky. The seven-story building is the first new barrel warehouse in Frankfort since 1968. Spanning over ...
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