Tag: whisky
Small is bountiful
CRAFT manufacturing is becoming important in many parts of the drinks business including whisky.
At Isle of Arran Distillery managing director Euan Mitchell said...
New look Scotch in triple jump
ONCE, twice, three times a whisky – the words “triple matured” have been added to the label of Whyte & Mackay.
Whyte & Mackay used...
Nostalgic 15 year old malt
THE newest release from Benromach has a taste of nostalgia according to the distiller.
The 15 Years Old expression is now available and chief operating...
Scotland’s most valuable off-trade whisky brands
Flying higher
IF we know one thing about 2014 it is that it was a big year for Scotland – politically, sports-wise and more.
So arguably...
Drinks giant says premiums deliver
CONVENIENCE retailers who fail to get into festive premium spirits are missing a major sales opportunity, according to drinks firm Pernod Ricard UK.
Shoppers hunting...
Ginger Grouse rolls out as Edrington adds 3%
EDRINGTON, the private Scottish group, that owns and makes whiskies like Famous Grouse, Macallan and Highland Park saw sales turnover rise 3% to £607m...
Glam Glayva
WHISKY liqueur Glayva has a new-look embossed bottle, desgined to highlight the flavours present in the drink.
The label has been modernised and the closure...
Master of its own destiny
MALT whisky brand Glenfiddich is celebrating its 126th birthday with a global advertising push that celebrates the brand’s many years of family-owned independence.
The strapline,...
Global whisky sales up
SCOTCH whisky may play second fiddle to vodka in its home market but worldwide sales have been showing impressive growth.
Scottish government analysis based on...
Soaring malt brand adds expressions
• ABERLOUR, the malt whisky whose 10-year old stormed to the highest malt whisky position in last month’s Kantar WorldPanel top 25 Scottish drinks...
When Johnnie comes marching home
LAST Christmas was a good one for spirits, with 92m individual bottles sold in the 12-week run-up as measured by Nielsen. That was a...
Extra ad spend for historic promo
WHISKY brand Grant’s is ramping up the promotion for its pre-Christmas Historic Newspaper give-away with an extra £250,000 spend in outdoor advertising, radio,...
A cover that’s tailor-made
JUST in time for Christmas, deluxe whisky brand, Chivas Regal, has joined up with Savile Row tailor, Patrick Grant, to launch a gift tin...
Coming home – Diageo launches Voyager whisky
EARLY in the last century the whiskies of John Walker & Sons made their way across the world.
Now the whiskies and brands in the...
Time for change – Whisky performance
Whisky is booming abroad and brands want to import the export magic
TRAVEL almost anywhere in the world where things are going well economically and...
New packs target value hunters
THIS month sees the launch of price-marked 35cl packs of Grant’s Family Reserve Scotch whisky and Three Barrels VSOP French grape brandy, exclusively designed...
