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 ...

McWilliam’s Wines is one of Australia’s most respected wine businesses with vineyards in premium wine regions stretching from the Hunter Valley to Western Australia. Five years ago we interviewed the then newly appointed CEO Rob Blackwell, to get an understanding of the work that lay in front of him in a challenging retail environment and a portfolio of over 1,100 products. Upon hearing that this year he intends on stepping ...

Former Pernod Ricard Australia Sales Director, Kevin Mapson, has been appointed as Managing Director of the wine and spirits company’s New Zealand business. Mapson previously worked for Pernod Ricard New Zealand in 2004 as National Trading Manager and later General Manager Sales before moving to Pernod Ricard Australia as Sales Director. He has already relocated to the country to start his new role with immediate effect. Replacing Mapson is Jeff McKenzie, formerly National Business Manager, ...

The fourth annual One Day Wine School will return again this year in March and April, to educate wine trade professionals on the latest industry trends and Australia’s long wine history. The school aims to provide sommeliers or trade with some prior knowledge of wine with a greater sense of Australia’s wine evolution, its regions and its distinctive terroirs. Wine Educator Aaron Brasher will host the event and take students through several ...

Liquor & Gaming NSW, the state’s new regulatory body for the liquor and gaming industries, has extended the liquor licence freeze in both Sydney CBD Entertainment and King Cross precincts for 12 months. The body is still reviewing the 1.30am lockout and 3am last drinks legislation. The freeze means that no new liquor licences will be granted up until February 2017, including on-premise public entertainment venue, hotel, general bar, club, producer/wholesaler or ...

Twelve thousand people will take to Sydney’s streets this weekend to protest against existing lockout laws in NSW. The protest follows the announcement that former High Court Justice, the Hon. Ian Callinan AC QC, will soon lead an independent, evidence-based review of the 1.30am lockouts, 3am last drinks legislation and 10pm restriction of take-away liquor sales. The protest has been initiated by advocacy group Keep Sydney Open, which was set up by industry early in 2014 in ...

Treasury Wine Estates reported net profit after tax of $87.6 million for the first half of FY16, a 39 per cent increase on the previous corresponding period, on a constant currency basis. Analysts roundly praised the company’s performance, under which EBITS rose 72 per cent to $146.8 million. In what TWE termed “a flat overall wine market”, Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) reported EBITS growth of six per cent to ...

Other states’ experience of lockout laws clearly demonstrates a lack of evidence that they are effective in addressing alcohol-related violence, Queensland’s Shadow Attorney-General Ian Walker has told State Parliament. Walker was debating the Palaszczuk Government’s Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Amendment Bill, which passed early Thursday morning with the support of Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) MPs Rob Katter and Shane Knuth. Key measures included in the legislation include: A 2am last-drinks call ...

One of Sydney’s longest-standing liquor licensees Michael David is celebrating 50 years with the industry; half a century on from when he received his ‘two gallon’ licence on 14 February 2021 – the same date Australia converted to the metric system. Over the last 50 years, David and his family have opened 14 of Sydney’s most successful and well-respected bottle shops. David is also credited for starting Australia’s first-ever discount ...

This unique, fresh Imperial IPA and its striking bottle design is currently making its way onto local shelves around Australia. Keller Door ascends this new variety and first small-batch brew of 2016 from New World hops and straight from 4 Pines’ Brookvale brewery, with the beer landing in stores within hours of bottling. Providing a vast range of different styles each year, this fearless addition is sure to leave a ...