FOS Greek Mastiha liqueur and one of the largest spirit producers in the world, HM Leveque a subsidiary of LeVecke Corporation, have announced a partnership in which LeVecke will manage the import and distribution responsibilities for FOS throughout the U.S. market. FOS Greek Mastiha joins LeVecke’s portfolio of national brands as well as its collection of premium Greek wines and spirits. FOS Greek Mastiha has a unique sweet taste with herbal undertones and tree essences. These characteristics…
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Johnnie Walker Allocates Rare 28 Year Old Midnight Blend
Johnnie Walker has launched the final and fifth edition in the John Walker & Sons Private Collection, 28 Year Old Midnight Blend. Only 3,888 limited-edition, individually numbered collectible decanters of this decadent Scotch have been released, with each containing rare and precious whiskies aged for a minimum of 28 years. 28 Year Old Midnight Blend features layers of butterscotch, caramel and toffee, balanced with a fruitiness and touch of spice. Johnnie Walker Master Blender Jim Beveridge said: “Whiskies aged for 28 years…
Why Bartenders Love this 200-year-old Danish Liqueur
Eleven bartenders wait, nervously, in a tiny London pub for their turn at the bar. They’ve worked for the past year and a half to develop a concoction that features 200-year-old Danish liqueur, Cherry Heering, for a panel of industry legends at the 2018 Peter F. Heering Classic. Among the judges, sitting inches from the contenders’ shakers, is one of the world’s most renowned bartenders, Dale “King Cocktail” DeGroff, the man credited with launching the cocktail revolution. By DeGroff’s example, bartenders have skyrocketed to global…
Glencairn Named Official Whisky Tasting Glass of Distilled Spirits Council
The Glencairn wee whisky glass has been selected by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States to be the esteemed organization’s official tasting glass for this year. The partnership will be showcased first at the Distilled Spirits Council’s Halloween media party at the end of October. Following this, the glasses will be featured at a number of high-profile Council tasting events, including events in New York and Washington, D.C. celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Prohibition Repeal. At these tasting events, and others throughout the remainder…
Bacardi Ginger Launches in Market
Bacardi Rum, has just announced the launch of Bacardi Ginger, a golden rum infused with ginger flavours for a mouth-watering sweet and spicy taste. Demand for flavoured spirits continues to grow and is set to be the next big trend to hit the rum category, thanks in part to the recent surge in popularity of pink and flavoured gins. Bacardi Ginger offers a high-quality flavoured rum offering for spirits drinkers who are excited by innovative new tastes and experiences. “There is a real opportunity within the golden rum segment, which is growing faster than…
Bimber Distillery Strikes Again With Launch of a Craft Rum
There’s growing appreciation for Rum. No longer seen as a cheap and cheerful spirit, it’s now considered a sophisticated option to pricey whisky. Bimber Distillery has found that the typical millennial rum drinker is looking for something premium with unique flavours; but at an affordable ‘house pour’ price tag. Enter Bimber’s The London Classic Rum. The first accessible UK-distilled single blended rum, which is part of its iconic ‘London Classics’ range aims to challenge the mainstream global mass production of house pour spirits…
Rabble’s AR App Is Giant Draw For Customers
Rabble Wine Company, producer of unconventional wines from California’s Central Coast, launched its augmented reality (AR) app, which brings to life the company’s historic wine labels. The AR label series kick offs with the Rabble Wine Company Red Blend, which animates a colorful print of the city of Florence, initially shown as quiet and bright prior to its dark destruction by Apocalyptic comets. The sophistication of the app is remarkable and as high a standard of AR as anything out there created…
A New Age Of The Glenrothes Nationally Distributed For Retail
Award-winning Speyside Scotch distillery The Glenrothes has unveiled a striking new range celebrating the rich and colorful origins of the whisky-making journey and its most defining part, the sherry seasoning of the oak casks. The Soleo Collection signals a departure from vintages and reserves to age statements and features five entirely new whiskies: 10 Years Old, 12 Years Old, Whisky Maker’s Cut, 18 Years Old and 25 Years Old. The creation of a single-malt whisky goes through many stages. From the selection of the right raw materials…
CAMUS XO Borderies Family Reserve Cognac Released in Time For OND
CIL U.S. Wines & Spirits, the American subsidiary of independent and family-owned CAMUS Wines & Spirits, announced, just in time for OND, the release of CAMUS XO Borderies Family Reserve cognac. Handcrafted from grape to bottle, XO Borderies Family Reserve is a single-estate cognac produced exclusively from the Camus family’s private vineyard in the Borderies cru. “Every step that has gone into creating this unique and exceptional Cognac – from cultivation in family-owned vineyards…
Conor McGregor Launches Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Champion and one of the world’s most iconic athletes, Conor McGregor, has Launched Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey with Eire Born Spirits. Available in Ireland and the United States, Proper No. Twelve’s global launch expression is a blend of golden grain and single malt. Twelve is complex and sophisticated yet smooth and approachable with hints of vanilla, honey and toasted wood. “I come from a place called Crumlin, in Dublin 12. It’s a place dear to my heart…
Clyde May’s Straight Rye Whiskey Prepares Roll Out
Conecuh Brands will release Clyde May’s Straight Rye Whiskey on September 1st of this year. The newest addition to the Clyde May’s line up is aged a minimum of 3-years and bottled at 47% ABV. “Right now, Clyde May’s Straight Rye Whiskey is at its peak in terms of flavor profile and taste. Given the excellence of the product and current market trends, this is the perfect time to release this new expression,” says Roy Danis, President and CEO Conecuh Brands.
Durham Distillery Enters RTD Market
Durham Distillery of North Carolina, which makes gin, liqueur, and vodka has entered the ready-to-drink category. A signature gin and tonic and a vodka and soda are the first products in a line of canned cocktails made right with the distillery’s award-winning spirits. It’s the first distillery to-market canned cocktails in North Carolina and two of only a handful offered across the U.S.
Customized Messaging Is New Trend To Engage Customers
Foam has become a new content feed. The Ripple Maker, a Wi-Fi enabled countertop device prints content on top of a variety of foam-topped drinks. To continue providing companies new ways to engage with customers, today Ripples unveiled a new device, the Ripple Maker PM, with the capability to print personalized content onto foam-topped cocktails in addition to beer in seconds, and an upcoming Ripples ChatBot.
Wine Condoms Break $1M in Sales
If you thought having the talk was awkward, try making condoms for a living like the family team behind the Wine Condom. Wine Condoms is more than the ultimate protection for one’s Pinot–it’s a family-run enterprise. The edgy bottle stopper with the tongue-in-cheek tagline “Screw the Cork, Use a Condom,” is the creation of millennial entrepreneur Mitch Strahan and his 51-year-old mom Laura Bartlett.
Glenfiddich Releases New Concept Fire & Cane
The world’s most awarded single malt Scotch whisky has launched the fourth and newest concept in its Experimental Series with Glenfiddich Fire & Cane, a smoky whisky finished in sweet rum casks with an SRP of $49.99. Fire & Cane is inspired by the early innovation of Glenfiddich Malt Master Brian Kinsman, who ran peated spirit through the Glenfiddich stills for the first time in 2003, birthing the concept. Fire & Cane …