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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 Peychaud's Bitters and an integral part of the spirits community in New Orleans. The new rums have been blended by Sazerac's master blend...

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 Ha'penny, 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. Its first expression, Barbados Gold, was joined by Neptune Rum Caribbean Spiced in 2020, with five mo...

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 Glenfiddich's 2020 partnership with Rlon Wang, for which he created a special-edition pack design based around the brand's stag icon, the 2021 18 Years Old release will focus...

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 is distilled and aged in American oak barrels on the island of Negros Occidental - known locally as...

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 Australian whiskies more widely available to consumers around the globe. David Vitale, Starward Whisky co-fo...