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LAST YEAR was stellar for the whiskey category and rye in particular. A new Nielson CGA report shows that whiskey continues to lead spirits value sales growth in the US market, with rye expressions showing the biggest gains. Whiskey as a category showed value growth of 4% for the year... Read More

THERE’S SOME valuable whisky gone missing and its owner would like it back. Poor Stuart Wilson of Birmingham, England waited ten long years for his own cask of single malt Scotch from Islay’s Kilchoman Distillery to mature and be bottled. Unfortunately, a shipping company’s mistake led to the theft of... Read More

MARTIGNETTI COMPANIES has partnered with the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University to host the 4th annual Women’s Beverage Alcohol Symposium on TUESDAY, APRIL 4 from 8am to 3pm. The event will take place at Bentley University in Waltham. It is free to women working in the Beverage... Read More

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE GIN is running its 11th Annual USBG Most Imaginative Bartender Competition. The submissions period is MARCH 15 to APRIL 13. Regional semi-finalists will be announced on May 15th. The submissions will be narrowed down to 12O top bartenders who will compete for a chance to represent their hometown... Read More

WHISKY MAGAZINE has named Buffalo Trace Distillery its 2O17 Icons of Whisky America Visitor Attraction of the Year. The Distillery’s Visitor Center Manager, Matt Higgins was also highly commended for Visitor Attraction Manager of the Year. To support its ever-growing visitation, Buffalo Trace Distillery has more than doubled capacity with... Read More

BITTERS ARE BIG business these days as mixologists continue to embrace them in the ever-evolving cocktail world. As evidence of this, one of the oldest producers of cocktail bitters in the United States is joining forces with the company that helped spearhead the modern bitters resurgence, as Sazerac recently purchased... Read More

FEBRUARY WAS A very, very good month for the makers of Jose Cuervo Tequila. The initial public offering for the brand raised more than $9OO million, the company announced. Shares in Cuervo, which were priced at the top of the expected range at 34 pesos, jumped by more than 8... Read More

GRUPPO CAMPARI has signed an agreement in which it will acquire most of the assets of Bulldog London Dry Gin, an independently owned brand, for $55 million plus the assumed liabilities and working capital for approximately $3.4 million. The deal leaves cash-on-hand and other assets on the balance sheet, resulting... Read More

GIN LOVERS can breathe a sigh of relief: juniper, the spirit’s main ingredient, is to be added to the UK’s national seed bank thus preserving it for posterity. Horticultural experts from the UK National Tree Seed Project have collected and preserved seeds of juniper plants gathered from different parts of... Read More

TEQUILA JUST GOT legitimate. Mexico’s Consejo Regulador del Tequila (DRT), or the Tequila Regulatory Council, has won the right to register “Tequila” as a certification mark in the US following a legal battle with drinks group Luxco. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) found that “Tequila” does not refer... Read More