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South African Cape Fine & Rare Auction 2021 lots revealed South Africas prestigious Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction has announced the lineup of wines to be auctioned at its 2021 event. Taking place on 22 May 2021, the auction comes after a particularly challenging year for the South African wine industry and will feature many sought-after bottlings. The lots going under the hammer include bottlings preserved since the 1960s, wines produced under South Africas pioneering Old Vine Project, and h...

Souther Glazers signs deal with Foley Family Wines Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits has signed a national distribution deal with Foley Family Wines (FFW). A family-owned and operated producer and marketer of luxury wines, FFW was established in 1996 by Bill Foley and now manages a portfolio of wines from a number of highly acclaimed vineyards. The company owns 15 estates across California, including in Napa Valley and Sonoma County, seven estates in New Zealand, including in the celebrated wi...

Five Rivers Indian white spiced rum launches in UK Indian spirits producer the Sanghera Rum Company has launched the countrys first white spiced rum: Five Rivers. The spirit is made with sugarcane grown on the Sanghera familys farm in Punjab, northern India, and is redistilled with Indian spices including cardamom, cassia, cloves, coriander and ginger to create the final liquid. It is bottled at 40% ABV and made without added sugar or flavourings. Its producer says Five Rums has stewed fruit...

Customise a cask with Hyde Irish Whiskey Hyde Irish Whiskey is giving trade customers the chance to create a custom cask of its whiskey. The new customisation service will enable trade buyers to purchase a personalised cask of its single malt Irish whiskey, finished to their specificiations to create a bespoke flavour profile. After six to eight years ageing in first-fill, flame-charred ex-Bourbon casks, the Hyde single malt whiskey is then finished for an additional six months in a cask of ...

Bacardi launches Mix Lab cocktail app Bacardi is branching out into a new area of the spirits market with the launch of its own cocktail app. Mix Lab helps cocktail lovers to create recipes based on the ingredients they have to hand at home, while also offering bartenders a platform to showcase their expertise and build their reputation. Born from a growing trend for at-home cocktail making, which has been spurred on by hospitality shutdowns due to Covid-19, Mix Lab is designed to cater to a...

Hi-Spirits launches own-brand rum range Jung & Wulff Spirits distributor Hi-Spirits UK has announced the launch of a new luxury rum range showing off the best of the Caribbean.  The Jung & Wulff range features three limited-edition expressions - Trinidad No. 1, Guyana No. 2 and Barbados No. 3 - which will launch into the UK in 2021. Its name is a reference to spirits industry pioneers L. E. Jung and Frederick Wulff, past owners of the Sazerac House and Peychauds Bitters and an integral part...

Babco UK announces investment in Neptune Rum Drinks brand business Babco UK has acquired a 50 per cent stake in premium spirits brand Neptune Rum. Babco UK - which has worked with brands including Irish spirits producer Hapenny, Míl Gin and Tofka Vodka - is looking to move further into brand ownership as a complement to its current service offering. Neptune Rum is a pot and column-distilled spirit aged in ex-Bourbon oak casks and has proved popular with drinkers since its launch in 2017. It...

Glenfiddich launches Chinese New Year gift pack for its 18 Years Old whisky Glenfiddich is embracing the Lunar New Year holiday with the launch of a limited-edition Chinese New Year pack for its 18 Years Old Scotch whisky.  The William Grant & Sons brand has unveiled the imaginative gift pack, designed by Chinese illustrator Rlon Wang, alongside two experiential travel retail pop-ups to mark the occasion.  Following Glenfiddichs 2020 partnership with Rlon Wang, for which he created a speci...

Don Papa signs UK distribution deal with Indie Brands UK spirits distribtuor Indie Brands has announced a distribution partnership with Don Papa Rum. It joins Indie Brands growing portfolio of global spirits producers, including the Isle of Arran Distillery, Saint James Rhum, Koskenkorva Vodka and Tequila Fortaleza. The first premium single island rum from the Philippines, Don Papa was launched in 2012 by Stephen Carroll, managing director and founder of the Bleeding Heart Rum Company. It ...

Starward releases Left-Field whisky for UK drinkers Australian whisky maker Starward has announced a new addition to its range exclusively for the European market. Starward Left-Field - which the distiller says has all the hallmarks of one of its whiskies, including its Australian red wine barrel maturation - goes on sale with Waitrose stores in the UK this week. The producer said the whisky had been designed with the European palate in mind and was part of a concerted push to make Australia...