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Pernod Ricard Acquires Italian Gin Brand

Pernod Ricard has announced the acquisition of premium gin brand Malfy, from Biggar & Leith. The brand, which is distilled by the Vergnano famil...

Waitrose Introduces At-Home Gin-Tasting Sessions

Upmarket UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has launched a new service - Gin O’ Clock - that allows customers to enjoy gin tasting sessions at a...

Tesco To Introduce Gin Made Of Discarded Grapes

Tesco has announced that it is set to launch the UK's first gin derived from discarded grapes. Hyke Gin is the result of a collaboration between the Ken...

UK Gin Distillers Concerned Over Increase To Spirits Duty

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has teamed up with 24 of the UK’s top gin distillers to write to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, ra...

British Gin Sales Break £2 Billion Mark: WSTA

Sales of British gin have broken the £2 billion (€2.25 billion) mark, according to the latest findings from the Wine and Spirit Trade Associatio...

UK Gin Exports Double, But Post-Brexit Concerns Exist

The UK's Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has said that exports of British gin have doubled in value in the last ten years, with projections that g...

UK Gin Boom 'Picking Up Speed' As 2017 Sales Just Shy Of £1.5bn

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association’s (WSTA) latest market report, released to coincide with World Gin Day (Saturday, June 9) shows that gin h...

European Alcohol Sales Enjoy A Boost As Drinkers Embrace New Categories: IRI

New data from IRI indicates that European consumers are becoming more experimental when it comes to their choice of alcoholic tipple, with categories such...