Spirits News
Jim Beam Bourbon Targets Female Market
After 216 years of marketing to men, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, the makers behind Jim Beam Bourbon, has finally realized that women like drinking hard liquor too. This is a phenomenal move for the spirits giant, as Jim Beam this month launched a selection of fruitier, lighter spirits such as a Courvoisier cognac infused [...]
Japanese Brewery Goes South: Kirin to buy Brazil’s Aleadri for $2.6bn
With domestic sales of Japan’s breweries being severely affected by the country’s decreasing population as well as a general decline in the preference for beer in Japan’s beverage market, the nation’s brewers have been on a spree to expand their international operations. The latest among these is the announcement by Tokyo-based company, Kirin Holdings Co., [...]
Cupcake Vodka wins Best of Show: New York World Wine & Spirits 2011
An unlikely name ? Sure. And yet, Cupcake Vodka, by Underdog Wine & Spirits, makers of Cupcake Vineyards wines, the US’s fastest growing $8+ wine brand in 2010, won the Best of Show Award at the very prestigious New York World Wine & Spirits 2011 competition. Offered in four flavours, Original, Frosting, Chiffon and Devil’s [...]
Richard Hennessy. The Cognac for Connoisseurs.
Exclusive, luxurious and very much desired, Richard Hennessy is the finest Cognac under the Hennessy brand. Originally known as Jas Hennessy & Co., the Hennessy brand was founded by Irishman Richard Hennessy in 1765 in France. A leading Irish Cognac house, Hennessy has established its superiority where the manufacture of Cognac is concerned, and figures [...]
Isabella’s Islay: World’s Most Expensive Whiskey
If this isnt the vice of choice, there aint one. Referred to by its makers as “water of life”, Isabella’s Islay has been designed and then crafted with White Gold, Diamonds, Rubies and the finest hand-cut crystals. With single-malt cask strength, no chill filtering, no additives or colouring, Isabella’s Islay from the Island of Islay, [...]
Judgment Day Chardonnay du Monde®: 2011’s Best Chardonnays declared
Wine connoisseurs world-over wait for this: a list of the best wines of the year, and given this specific event, a ranking of the world’s best chardonnays for the year. The Chardonnay du Monde® presents itself as the most widely recognized platform for getting your wine judged as one of the world’s best. 2011’s participant [...]
