DrinksTV talks to previous winners and cocktail competition industry experts, Mike Tomasic, Andrew Noll, Hayley Morrison, Sven Almenning, Denis Brown and Kirrily Waldhorn to get their words on Australia’s cocktail competitions, from BACARDÍ Legacy to Stella Artois World Draught Masters, Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge and Suntory Cup.

To celebrate its 200th birthday, Laphroaig distillery has launched a global campaign entitled “200 Opinions Wanted”, offering consumers a chance to win a trip to its birthplace, Islay, if they offer their opinion of the Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 200 years after launching its Single Malt Scotch Whisky in 1815, Laphroaig’s Single Malt Scotch Whisky garners divided opinions due to its smoky, unique taste. By offering their opinion, good or ...

Thoughts from John Logue, Global Customer Marketing Manager - Rekorderlig Cider When the ‘Magners effect’ (serving packaged cider over ice pioneered by Irish cider brand Magners) re-invigorated the UK market back in the late ‘90s, nobody envisaged, that 20 years later in 2015, the category would still be growing. Today the most recent UK data from CGA shows the cider category still in value growth and worth over £2.8 billion - ...

An article by Tim Gregg, posted in the Sydney Morning Herald this week, puts forward an interesting argument for the separation of alcohol and violence. Titled: ‘It’s not the drinking - it’s us: Violence doesn’t necessarily follow boozing’, the article uses Germany as a model example to question the perceived relationship between alcohol and violence in Australia. Tim argues that violence remains low in Germany, where alcohol regulation is also ...

Former boss of Coles Liquor Group and the man behind Woolworths’ liquor retail chain Dan Murphy’s, Mr. Tony Leon, is without doubt, an industry guru. And having recently purchased 50 per cent of Steve’s Liquor (south Australian independent liquor chain based in Victoria and Tasmania), Tony now embarks on business with the independents. Tony foresees a tough market climate, yet remains confident that retailers can continue to drive growth regardless ...

The competition watchdog, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has recently begun legal proceedings against Coles, claiming that the supermarket giant has “engaged in unconscionable conduct” against its suppliers, by forcing suppliers into making “profit gap” (the difference between the amount of profit Coles had wanted to make on those goods and the amount it had achieved) and “waste” payments (price reductions Coles implemented to clear goods after having accepted ...