The Australian Taxation Office has informed that it has made a number of changes to the ‘excise and excise equivalent goods’ and ‘wine equalisation tax’ sections of its website. Both sections have been re-structured and feature new information. Users will find that existing information on alcohol, fuel and tobacco has been moved into individual sections under excise and excise equivalent goods, while content has been streamlined across the sections and ...

The Australian Open begins today in Melbourne, starting with the Women’s and Men’s Singles. Picked for the win are favourites Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, who are expected to take home their respective titles at the finals on Saturday 30 January (Women’s Final) and Sunday 31 January (Men’s Final). As millions prepare to watch Australia’s most awaited tennis series, partners of The Australian Open 2016 and drinks brands are also ...

At Nichols+Norris, we bring strategies to life. Our lifeblood is to enable organisations to become masters of implementation and to effectively execute their company, business unit or brand strategy. The partnership came following 20+ years individually working with some of Australia’s leading brands, when we were consistently reminded the role that implementation plays in the success of business strategy. Too often we see organisations invest a large amount of time, ...

Brown-Forman announced overnight that it has agreed to sell brands Southern Comfort and Tuaca to Sazerac. Both brands will sell for US$543.5 million once approved by American regulatory bodies. While both companies are yet to announce the new distributor for the brands in Australia, there is speculation that the brands will be transferred to SouthTrade International, which already markets a number of Sazerac Company’s brands here, including Buffalo Trace, Old Rip Van Winkle ...

Located in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough, Yealands Family Wines produces award-winning New Zealand wines in harmony with the environment. Named the 2014 International Wine & Spirit Competition NZ Wine Producer of the Year and Most Successful Winery at the Sydney International Wine Competition 2015, Yealands Family Wines continues to prove that its wines are unarguably quality at its best, through and through. Keep an eye out for the winery’s latest pack refresh of the ...

Bartenders and bar owners from the top 50 bars globally have named their favourite spirit brands in a recent report run by Drinks International. The drinks magazine asked participating bars from Australasia, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East to state which brands they love the most and simply couldn’t be without in the Bartenders’ Choice poll. For the third time in four years, it was Tanqueray which received bars’ ...

ALSA Retail Insights Project Manager, Mal Higgs, explains what relies on the health of the relationship between a supplier and retailer. Most would argue that for an industry to survive and thrive, there needs to be a healthy and productive relationship between the supplier and retailer. The supplier’s job after all, is to create the demand for their product in the eye of the consumer, while the retailer’s is to satisfy ...

Famous for its production of Tasmanian whisky, Sullivans Cove is now also producing gin on the island. The making of the new gin has been under wraps at the distillery for the last year, but now Hobart No. 4 comes to trade as Australia’s newest brand of gin. What makes this gin so interesting, is that it is one of the only gins in the world be have been made from malt ...

St Agnes Distillery has said that it is considering export markets in a serious way for the first time. The distillery, which produces Australia’s number one selling brandy, told drinks bulletin that it is currently looking at South East Asia, China and the UK as primary international markets to export to. In preparation and timed with the announcement, St Agnes is rolling out a packaging upgrade to its VS and VSOP brandies ...

Speculation has mounted this week over a potential bid by Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. for Grolsch and Peroni from SABMiller PLC. The story, which first appeared in Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, claims that the business there is expected to make an offer for both beer brands next week. It was reported that sources had told the newspaper that the Japanese food and beverage group is currently seeking to build a stronger presence within the global beer market. According to the ...