Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks business, and Sean Combs announced that they have furthered their relationship by creating a new joint venture that has purchased luxury tequila brand DeLeon. The joint venture, a 50/50 global partnership between Diageo and Combs Wine & Spirits, builds on a strategic alliance formed by Diageo and Combs Enterprises to develop and […]
Absolut has revamped its website in a bid to engage fans by offering them content focused on real-time cutting-edge trends and collaborations. The new mobile-optimised site will seek to “immerse fans in the world of Absolut with fresh content focusing on cocktail culture and creative executions”, according to the vodka brand’s owner Pernod Ricard. Localised […]
The brewers at Samuel Adams are ushering in the new year with a new spring beer—Samuel Adams Cold Snap—the newest addition to the brewery’s popular seasonal beer collection. Brewed for spring’s transition away from the hearty brews of winter to the bright, lighter-bodied beers of summer, Cold Snap is the brewers’ take on a Belgian-style […]
Drinks giant Heineken has teamed up with DJ Armin van Buuren to launch a global responsible drinking campaign called ‘Dance More, Drink Slow.’ The tie-up aims to promote moderate drinking on nights out and is accompanied by a new music track, ‘Save My Night’, and a short film ‘The Experiment’, both of which were produced […]
With the craft beverage industry on a stellar rise in recent years, Blue Ridge Community College’s decision to launch a two-year degree program in “Brewing, Distillation and Fermentation” last year seems to make a lot of sense. The program aims to produce a ready pool of skilled workers for the rapidly growing craft beer industry—according […]
http://vimeo.com/81554052 Belvedere Vodka, the world’s first super premium vodka, announces the launch of its first ever laser cut bottle with LED technology, the Belvedere Silver Saber. Just in time for New Year’s Eve festivities, the Silver Saber will feature a special lighting element that will completely illuminate the Belvedere bottle. It will be showcased during […]
Budweiser unveiled Knitbot, a Twitter powered knitting machine, in time for the Christmas jumper season. Part of Budweiser’s campaign to advise and encourage people to appoint designated drivers over the festive season, Knitbot works by using a special chip designed to respond to hashtag mentions of #jumpers4des on Twitter. The more hashtag mentions received, the […]
While the weather outside may be frightful, restaurants and bars are focused on keeping the nightlife sizzling hot. With mixologists diligently working to come up with fresh, new and innovative drinks, tea cocktails are showing up more often on the drink menu and Teatulia Organic Teas is helping to pioneer this trend. According to the […]
EU-US trade talks should create a more level playing field by removing taxes on European brewers from which their American competitors are exempt, said panellists at the 4,500-strong Brewers of Europe’s annual Beer Serves Europe gala highlighting a sector that supports 2 million jobs. Whilst the EU sets a level playing field and the reduced […]
Tequila Avion announced the launch of Avion Reserva 44, an exceptional extra anejo tequila. Avion Reserva 44 is hand bottled in extremely limited batches and carefully filled into a fire-polished, luxurious crystal bottle. Only 744 cases of the unique, handcrafted extra anejo tequila will be available worldwide and the brand will unveil the first 150 […]