The UK cider industry is coming together to back a consumer campaign called Find Your Cider that aims to encourage cider drinkers to explore the breadth of the category and discover new styles to add to their favourites.

Find Your Cider campaign launches

The UK cider industry is coming together to back a consumer campaign called Find Your Cider that aims to encourage cider drinkers to explore the breadth of the category and discover new styles to add to their favourites.

Moo-ving into vodka

Molson Coors has expanded into the vodka market for the first time with the addition of the Black Cow brand to its wide range of alcoholic drinks.
Amigos beer

Going global in the beer chiller

Adventurous beer shoppers are improving the fortunes of international imports, according to sales data provided by Global Brands.
Foster’s agony uncles Brad and Dan

Aussie pair return

AUSTRALIAN agony uncles Brad and Dan are back as part of the latest media blitz for Foster’s.
Cans of Served Vodka+ stand on a blue table against a blue background with the drinks poured out into glasses next to them with pieces of fruit inside.

Served rolls out Vodka+ range across Booker

Independent RTD brand Served has rolled out its new range Served Vodka+ in a bid to drive up the refreshment shopping mission within the category.
Cider was one of the most successful drinks categories for many years but market and industry analyst Key Note found that 2012 was a much tougher year for the cider brands. The bright spot it reckons is fruit cider. The fruit cider products, which marry apples with berry and other fruit flavours, are showing significant growth.

Apples are not the only fruit

STRAWBERRY, blueberry, lime, even tropical fruit … those are just some of the flavours that are lighting up the cider market according to Key...

Will you have to tell shoppers to cut down?

Drinks retailers and others may be expected to contribute to decreasing alcohol consumption in Scotland if a Scottish Parliament committee’s recommendation is taken up. The Local...
A bottle of The Balvenie A Collection of Curious Casks 14 Year Old American Bourbon Barrel stands next to its case on top of a white couch.

Open up to Curiosity with new whisky from The Balvenie

Speyside whisky brand The Balvenie has launched its latest drams in its Stories Range with the A Collection of Curious Casks, with two coming to retail.
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Young at heart

As Scotland’s students return for a new term and other young adults settle down for the party season we look at some key alcohol...
A can of Buckingham Palace Ready to Drink Dry Gin & Tonic stands next to a balloon glass with the serve inside with lemon peel and ice. The pair sit on a wooden table with greenery in the background.

Buckingham Palace enters the RTD cocktail market with new Royal Collection Gin & Tonic...

The Royal Collection Trust, a department of the Royal Household, has introduced its new Buckingham Palace Gin & Tonic in a Tin as a new addition to its gin range.
A can of Whitebox Cocktails' Collina & Co Espresso Martini serve stands next to a coupe glass with the cocktail inside, both stand on a tabletop against a blue background.

Whitebox Cocktails shakes up a new Espresso Martini

Edinburgh-based canned cocktail brand Whitebox Cocktails has launched its new Espresso Martini serve with the new canned Collina & Co Espresso Martini.
Magners festival

Irish cider goes global

BRITISH festivals will have a distinct flavour of Magners Irish Cider this summer after the brand signed a partnership agreement with media and entertainment firm Global
Old Mout

­­Cider from the ends of the earth

BEER and cider producer Heineken is urging cider drinkers to ‘Get the Kiwi taste for adventure’ in a £3 million launch campaign for Old...

Funding distilled into community

Scotch whisky distillery Ardbeg has launched a new community support fund following its record sale of Cask No. 3 in summer 2022.
Bottles of The Antiquary whisky are lined up on a bar featuring the 15 Year Old, 21 Year Old and 30 Year Old. Along with these bottles, there are smaller sample bottles for blending as well as whisky glasses to serve in with unlabelled whisky sample bottles on shelves behind the bar.

The Antiquary rolls out whisky gift ideas for Father’s Day

Highland distiller Tomatin has rolled out a trio of whisky suggestions for Father's Day this year from its blended whisky brand The Antiquary.
Pack shots of GK Barry Echo Falls Fruit Fusion bottles.

GK Barry partners up with Echo Falls for Limited Edition Summer Berries wine

Social media sensation GK Barry has partnered up with Echo Falls wine to launch a new limited-edition Summer Berries Fruit Fusion bottle.