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Flying Dutchman No.3 Premium Dark Rum is a new, three year old rum that’s bucking the trend in production…This is a rum, made for whisky drinkers. No.3 has been made by the Zuidam Distillery in The Netherlands and is a relative newcomer to the Australian market, imported and distributed by Savant Spirits. It follows the successful Flying Dutchman White Rum and Flying Dutchman No.1, and Savant Spirits believe there is serious scope for the ...

In the April/May issue of drinks trade, the following wines were printed with the wholesale price, where marked as RRP. Below are the recommended retail prices that should have appeared. Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2009 RRP: $169.99 Distributed by: Accolade Wines Region: Barossa Valley An approachable wine with a cedar, mocha and ripe blackberry jam aroma. Its smooth and concentrated body is at a great drinking stage. Grant Burge Balthasar Shiraz 2013 RRP: $42.99 Distributed by: Accolade Wines Region: Eden ...

Brisbane band Hey Geronimo will be hitting the road to take part in what will be the world’s first Longest Shortest Tour with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey this weekend. The five-piece, indie-rock band will attempt to play ten gigs in just a single day in Sydney on Sunday, making their way through several venues including the Secret Garden Festival and Petersham Bowling Club. The expedition represents the next project in the Jack Daniel’s ...

Woolworths Limited announced the appointment of a new CEO today amidst the group’s half year financial results, which revealed profit loss of 33.1 per cent. The new CEO is Brad Banducci, current Managing Director of Woolworths Food Group, and will take over the position from Grant O’Brien with immediate effect. Banducci has spent the last 12 months leading the turnaround of Woolworths’ supermarkets business and will now help to rebuild the Woolworths business. ...

Advertisements for XXXX, Jack Daniel’s and Bavarian Bier Café were among seven found in breach of the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC) in 2015, the initiative’s annual report has revealed. The Year in Review 2015 report said 133 complaints were received by ABAC about alcohol advertisements shown on free-to-air television, outdoor billboards, online video streaming channels, social media and packaging, among other media. Twenty nine investigations were launched as a result of the complaints and seven ...

McWilliam’s Wines revealed this week that a reduction of over 800 SKUs from its portfolio has been part of a wider restructure of the business undertaken during CEO Rob Blackwell’s tenure with the business. Just 300 products have been maintained out of the 1,100 that were previously part of the company’s portfolio. “We’ve gone through an aggressive exercise in scaling back the number of brands and products, which has now enabled us to focus on ...

The Women in drinks 2016 International Women’s Day Luncheon, ‘Empowering Women to Lead’, is next Wednesday, 2 March. Now is the time to give your friends, family and colleagues a quick reminder to bring in all of their items that will be donated to the Got Your Back Sista campaign. Don’t forget that new household items like toasters, kettles, sandwich makers, linen and towels are in need as well. Suitcases ...

In February 2016, Moutai was named the most valuable alcoholic drinks brand in the world. The result comes from the Brand Finance Global 500 report, which evaluates competing brands in all industries on a yearly basis. Moutai is a brand of baiju (a Chinese distilled spirit), primarily consumed in China as a celebratory drink, today it has grown to become a brand of great significance in global markets. This was also reflected by the launch ...

The Australian Liquor Stores Association’s latest study tour returned from Japan this week. Participants included Young Retailer of the Year Krystal Hall, as well as retailers from Liquor Barons and Cellarbrations among others. The tour looked specifically at how convenience retail works in the country, with participants visiting stores in both Tokyo and Kyoto as well as meeting with suppliers of wine, beer and spirits to understand the dynamics of the market and at retail ...

South Australian brewing company Malt Fiction has released its second brew and first in can. Session Ale follows its older brother ’13’, the first beer launched by Malt Fiction in February last year. The beer is made from all natural ingredients and the brewery has added Amarillo hops to make it slightly bitter, but fruity and session-able. As for the trendy 375ml can, Malt Fiction brewers Jared Birbeck, Peter Lynn and Antony Tropeano ...