Campari Australia has begun integrating the sales, marketing and distribution of Averna into its portfolio. The integration follows Gruppo Campari’s global acquisition of Fratelli Averna S.p.A. (Averna Group) in 2014. Averna is an authentic Italian digestif which is deep brown in colour with red-golden hints. It was created by Benedictine monks in Caltanissetta, Sicily and gifted to textile merchant Salvatore Averna by friar Fra’ Girolamo in 1868. While its unique ...

The Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) will release ‘The Revival’ in Australia next February - a limited edition 15 Year Old Single Malt - to commemorate the opening of its new distillery in Dublin. The Teeling Distillery is the first distillery to have opened in the capital of Ireland in over 125 years. The Revival has been matured in ex-rum casks and bottled at 46% ABV with no chill filtration to retain ...

Deputy Premier and Minister for Justice and Police, Troy Grant, has announced that inspectors from the Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing (OLGR) will be targeting licensed venues this Christmas and New Year. Mr. Grant said inspectors will be deployed across Sydney and regional locations including the Central West, North Coast and Hunter as part of a ‘festive season blitz’ operation that started over the weekend. Sydney locations to be targeted ...

The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, FARE, has this week come out in the media attacking the LION backed website: http://www.beerthebeautifultruth.com “Despite what the brewers might imply, beer still hasn’t made its way into the food ­pyramid,” Michael Thorn, FARE’s education chief, was quoted as saying in the Daily Telegraph. The campaign has sparked a number of brands to introduce nutritional labels on beer (and now wines) showing that ...

The latest vintage from Champagne House Perrier-Jouët is the 2007 Belle Epoque – and will be available in very limited quantities in some of Australia’s iconic restaurants, hotels and fine wine stores in 2016 (while it lasts). Perrier-Jouët’s is the signature champagne of One & Only Resorts Hayman Island and QT Hotels nationally, as well as Australian restaurants Icebergs Dining Room + Bar, Guillaume, Café Sydney, and Vue De Monde. ...

The Liquor Stores Association NSW (LSA) has elected its new board members for 2015-16. The members were named at the association’s AGM on Tuesday, when industry stalwart, Michael David, announced he would be resigning from the Board of Management. Mr. David has been on the board for over 30 years, joining in the early 1980s after he opened Elizabeth Bay Cellars, which he owns and operates today. Mr. David is also know ...

The Australian Taxation Office has announced that customs warehouse licence fees will increase in 2016. From 1 January, a new, non-refundable fee of $3,000 will be payable when applying for a warehouse licence. The increased fee comes as a result of a comprehensive review of licensing costs that was undertaken by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) in August and September. In addition to the $3,000 application fee, licencees will ...

Asahi Beverages has announced that it will be closing three of its factories located in MacGregor (QLD), Moorebank (NSW) and Payneham (SA). 140 jobs will be affected as production at the sites moves to other manufacturing facilities in the company’s network. The closures come as a result of a number of recent acquisitions and are an attempt to reduce the company’s footprint in Australia. “The Asahi Beverages business has grown ...

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has agreed to include calorie content in the labelling of its wines. While a number of beer companies, such as Lion, have similarly committed in recent months to being more transparent in the labelling of their products, TWE will be the first wine company to follow the trend. The company says it hopes the inclusion, which will feature across its entire portfolio of bottled wine, will help consumers to make ...

Cans’ resurgence as the preferred container of choice for craft beer has escalated throughout 2015. The format with a long and not-so-decorated history in Australian drinking culture is rapidly breaking down stubborn stigmas, such as that it’s for less sophisticated drinkers and that the aluminium taints the flavour of the beer. The bigger players are taking notice of the success tasted by brewers, such as Melbourne’s Mountain Goat, whose Summer ...