Wild Turkey is back with a new edition of Australia’s leading flavoured bourbon, American Honey. American Honey Sting is a unique blend of American Honey and a touch of ghost pepper chilli. Nicole Stanners, American Honey Marketing Director said: “Initial trends in flavoured whiskey tended [to lean] towards honey, but we’re now seeing hotter, spicier flavours emerging.” Wild Turkey Master Distiller, Jimmy Russell thinks drinkers will really enjoy the heat ...

Charles Fourny, fifth generation family member of Champagne Veuve Fourny & Fils visited Australia this week. Hosted at the iconic Cafe Sydney, Charles Fourny met with a group of media to discuss the relationship between distributor, De Bortoli Wines and his family, as well as Veuve Fourny’s unique approach to producing Champagne. Situated in the Cote des Blancs, the Fourny family have been active members of the Champagne industry since 1856. Today the business is run by ...

This new Sparkling Cuvée from Calabria Family Wines is a lively, fruity sparkling wine, perfect for summer. The sparkling wine sits under Calabria’s esteemed Richland range, named after Calabria’s founders Francesco and Elisabetta Calabria, and is a blend of chardonnay and pinot noir from the fertile soils of the Riverina in NSW. Lifted chardonnay aromas of lemon citrus and mango crème hang on the nose of the Richland Sparkling Cuvée ...

Proving that you don’t have to be big to make good cider, it was Australia’s boutique producers who sweeped up the major awards at the Australian Cider Awards on Saturday. Best in Show went to Tasmania’s Willie Smith’s limited edition cider, 18 Varieties, which was also named Best Cider and Best Australian Cider or Perry. Chief Cider Maker at Willie Smith’s, Dr. Tim Jones says 18 Varieties is its best product yet, made from ...

Tasmania’s Hellyers Road Distillery has been placed in the world Top Ten – Value for Money whiskies. The rankings were released at the UK’s Global Whisky Master Awards, with Hellyers Road’s pinot noir cask finished expression placed alongside brands such as Alberta Rye’s Dark Batch Whisky and Jameson 18 Year Old. Master Distiller, Mark Littler said the distillery was incredibly proud to be placed among the top ten, recognising the ...

The Boards of SabMiller and AB InBev have announced that they have reached an agreement on the key terms of a takeover offer. The ‘Possible Offer’ agrees to GBP 44.00 per share for SABMiller, representing a 50 per cent increase from SABMiller’s closing share price on 14 September 2015. The statement said that the Board of SABMiller was happy to recommend the all-cash offer of GBP 44.00 per SABMiller share to SABMiller ...

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) made public its intention to purchase Diageo’s wine operations in the US and UK today, Wednesday 14 October. The acquisition will include both US based Chateau and Estate Wines, as well as the Percy Fox business in the UK for $754 million. Media have been speculating for some months now as to whether Diageo would sell Diageo Wine, after the spirits business said it had received a ...

Australia will be the first market to launch Stella Artois’ new packaging this November. The Belgian brewer has updated the look to both its bottle and secondary packaging, with higher shoulders and a new label. The new Stella Artois bottle now also comes with an embossed horn, representative of the original Den Hoorn brewery, while the signature chalice has been moved up to the neck of the bottle for a ...

All Good is the brand behind a new range of fizzy drinks made from organic, Fairtrade ingredients, including Fairtrade organic cane sugar. Wanting to create a healthier alternative to the fizzy drinks currently on the market, All Good came up with new recipes for cola, lemonade and ginger ale. While All Good’s products are made using different ingredients, each still retains the flavour and fizziness consumers would expect from these traditional soft drinks. “We ...

Bartenders are invited to audition for the role of DRiNKS TV presenter. The auditions will take place during the Drinks Industry Show at Luna Park in The Crystal Palace from 1pm onwards on Monday the 16th of November. Candidates will be invited to make one of three classic cocktails, giving a brief background and making the drink while explaining the process to camera – all in 3 minutes. “We are excited ...