Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
NIQ: spirits struggle post-World Cup in on-trade
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (644+ words) Spirits suffered a double-digit sales drop across Britain’s on-trade in the week after the World Cup final. NIQ’s Daily Drinks Tracker revealed that spirits sales for 18-25 July plunged by 17.7% compared with the same week in 2025. Total drinks sales across managed…...
World Spirits Alliance confirms CEO departure
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (394+ words) Helen Medina has left the World Spirits Alliance (WSA) just over two years after she was named the association’s first CEO. Medina joined the trade association in April 2024. She addressed her departure on LinkedIn on Friday (31 July). “Today marks the…...
Western Europe????s on-trade becomes spirits battleground
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (1069+ words) Western Europe’s on-trade has the ability to shape consumer tastes and influence the popularity of spirits brands. In 2025, Paris welcomed over 18 million international tourists in search of a little divertissement. Like many European capitals, the city nurtures an ever-buoyant luxury…...
Maryland’s Puerto Rico Distillery relocates to Brunswick
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (358+ words) Family-owned moonshine rum producer Puerto Rico Distillery has moved to a historic factory building in Brunswick, Maryland. Father and daughter team Angel and Crystal Rivera founded Puerto Rico Distillery in Frederick, Maryland, in 2020, with the tagline ‘Puerto Rican born, Maryland…...
What Burnham owes the spirits and hospitality industries
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (584+ words) Nick Gillett, MD of premium UK distributor Mangrove Global, says what he thinks Andy Burnham could and should do for the drinks and hospitality industries. Our new prime minister has arrived at No. 10 to the soundtrack of Elbow’s One Day…...
BCB announces first speakers for new education programme
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (485+ words) This year’s Bar Convent Berlin (BCB) will feature a ‘reimagined’ education programme with global hospitality leaders announced as speakers. When BCB returns to Exhibition Centre Berlin from 12-14 October 2026, the trade show will bring with it a new educational framework ‘designed…...
Still Austin to open 15,000-square-foot hospitality destination
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (490+ words) Texan distillery Still Austin has unveiled plans to expand its hospitality offering in September with four new spaces, including a live music venue. Titled The Still Austin Quarter, the 15,000-square-foot destination will include the Atrium, the Music Room, the Vinyl…...
How India is reversing the alcohol-free cocktail trend
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (1027+ words) While much of the West has embraced alcohol-free twists on classic cocktails, India’s bartenders are doing the opposite. They’re turning beloved non-alcoholic drinks – from nimbu pani to panakam – into cocktails without losing their cultural identity. In most Western drinking cultures,…...
Cobblestone Brands marks Mayo All-Ireland win
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (407+ words) The Mayo Gaelic football team has been presented with a bottle of Knappogue Castle 1951 by Cobblestone Brands after their All-Ireland triumph on Sunday. The team’s triumph in the Gaelic Athletic Association’s (GAA) All-Ireland Senior Football final on Sunday (26 July) broke…...
Ron Matusalem creates exclusive rum for Caribbean resort
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (414+ words) Family-owned Ron Matusalem has created a limited edition rum exclusively for St Regis Cap Cana Resort in the Dominican Republic. The exclusive expression is inspired by the serenity of Cap Cana and is limited to 200 individually numbered bottles. The rum…...