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Whisky Auctioneer To Host Landmark Sale Of World’s Largest Johnnie Walker Collection

Whisky Auctioneer To Host Landmark Sale Of World’s Largest Johnnie Walker Collection

28/08/2026

Whisky Auctioneer is set to auction an unprecedented 3,200-piece archive ranging through bottles, miniatures and pieces of original advertising and memorabilia tracing a century of Johnnie Walker hist...

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28/08/2026

Actor Chris Hemsworth Joins Australian Distiller Archie Rose As Co-Owner

Actor Chris Hemsworth Joins Australian Distiller Archie Rose As Co-Owner

28/08/2026

Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth has acquired a co-ownership stake in Sydney’s Archie Rose, backing the Rosebery, New South Wales based distillery as it expands into the US market. Hemsworth will be co-...

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28/08/2026

WSET Unveils Official Wine List From 2025/2026 Tasting Exam

WSET Unveils Official Wine List From 2025/2026 Tasting Exam

28/08/2026

From en rama sherry to prestige Champagne, the WSET has finally revealed every bottle featured in its 2025/2026 Diploma tasting examinations. Administered globally between October 2025 and June 2026, ...

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28/08/2026

Kraken Rum Releases Two RTDs: Kraken & Cola and Kraken & Ginger

Kraken Rum Releases Two RTDs: Kraken & Cola and Kraken & Ginger

28/08/2026

The Kraken spiced rum is making its UK ready-to-drink (RTD) debut, offering two pre-mixed canned options that combine its legendary black rum with classic mixers: Cola & Lime and Spiced Ginger Beer. N...

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28/08/2026

Teeling Unveils RTD Expression Phoenix Twist With Yuzu

Teeling Unveils RTD Expression Phoenix Twist With Yuzu

28/08/2026

Teeling Irish Whiskey has debuted its first canned ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail, Phoenix Twist, launching across Ireland following the Aer Lingus College Football Classic to celebrate its renewed rol...

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28/08/2026

Fireball Launches Torch’d Vanilla Giving Toasted Marshmallow And Warm Spice

Fireball Launches Torch’d Vanilla Giving Toasted Marshmallow And Warm Spice

22/08/2026

A year after Fireball unveiled its first-ever flavor extension in the form of 'Blazin' Apple,' the brand has announced a second variant to its renowned cinnamon-flavored whisky: the Fireball Torch’d V...

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22/08/2026

Bowmore Partners Launches 20 Year Old Captivo Collection With Design Studio Snarkitecture

Bowmore Partners Launches 20 Year Old Captivo Collection With Design Studio Snarkitecture

22/08/2026

Bowmore, Islay’s oldest licensed distillery, has partnered with acclaimed design practice Snarkitecture to unveil the limited-edition Bowmore Captivo Collection. The Captivo Collection comprises two 2...

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22/08/2026

Bardstown Bourbon Debuts Whiskey Finished In Ex-Jura Casks With Lochs Of Jura & 2026 Discovery

Bardstown Bourbon Debuts Whiskey Finished In Ex-Jura Casks With Lochs Of Jura & 2026 Discovery

22/08/2026

Expanding its annual portfolio, Lofted Spirits' Bardstown Bourbon Co. has rolled out two new expressions: the 2026 Discovery release and the Lochs of Jura Cask Finish. The Finishing Series continues t...

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22/08/2026

Sazerac Targets Asian Spirits Market With New Soju Venture Dalho

Sazerac Targets Asian Spirits Market With New Soju Venture Dalho

22/08/2026

Spirits giant Sazerac is making a bold entry into the soju market with its new brand, Dalho, launching an industry-first 50ml pocket-sized format. Named after Korean words for moon (달) and tiger (호), ...

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22/08/2026

Kavalan Collaborates With Artist Takahide Komatsu For Rare Mizunara Oak Single Cask Release

Kavalan Collaborates With Artist Takahide Komatsu For Rare Mizunara Oak Single Cask Release

18/08/2026

Taiwanese whisky Kavalan has partnered with Japanese contemporary artist Takahide Komatsu on a limited-edition Mizunara Oak collection, featuring two cask-strength whiskies adorned with artwork inspir...

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18/08/2026

Burgundy's Hallmark Domaine Leflaive Kicks Off Earliest Ever Harvest On Record For 2026 Vintage

Burgundy's Hallmark Domaine Leflaive Kicks Off Earliest Ever Harvest On Record For 2026 Vintage

14/08/2026

As the 2026 season comes to completion, many have seen the stark sights from major estates in Burgundy, showing everything from eye opening lighted up vineyards in the dark in a bid to stave off early...

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14/08/2026

Brugal Unveils Coconut Toasted Cask Aged Rum With Brugal Colección Visionaria Edición 03 Coconut

Brugal Unveils Coconut Toasted Cask Aged Rum With Brugal Colección Visionaria Edición 03 Coconut

14/08/2026

Brugal has launched the Brugal Colección Visionaria Edición 03 Coconut, an expression matured in casks toasted with Dominican coconuts. The expression also marks the final bottling in Brugal’s Colecci...

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14/08/2026

Amrut Expands Single Malt Portfolio With Launch Of New Kranthi Single Malt

Amrut Expands Single Malt Portfolio With Launch Of New Kranthi Single Malt

14/08/2026

Amrut is expanding its single malt portfolio with the launch of its new Amrut Kranthi, named after the Hindi word for ‘revolution’. Said to celebrate ‘the Indian single malt whisky revolution’, the no...

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14/08/2026

Bruichladdich Adds To 25th Anniversary Releases With Greener Still Highlighting Sustainability

Bruichladdich Adds To 25th Anniversary Releases With Greener Still Highlighting Sustainability

12/08/2026

Bruichladdich has unveiled the next part of its ongoing 25th Anniversary celebrations, this time unveiling the long awaited Greener Still. A 15-year-old single malt, it completes a special-edition tri...

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12/08/2026

Glenfiddich And Aston Martin F1 Reunite For 16 Year Old Five Cask Release

Glenfiddich And Aston Martin F1 Reunite For 16 Year Old Five Cask Release

05/08/2026

William Grant & Sons has unveiled the second 16 Year Old Glenfiddich single malt produced in partnership with the Aston Martin Formula One team. The 2026 expression draws inspiration from a collaborat...

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05/08/2026

Macallan Releases Inspired By Fresh Coconut & Inspired By Toasted Coconut, Sixth And Final Instalment Of Harmony Collection

Macallan Releases Inspired By Fresh Coconut & Inspired By Toasted Coconut, Sixth And Final Instalment Of Harmony Collection

04/08/2026

The Macallan has launched the sixth and final installment of its The Harmony Collection, concluding the series with two distinctive single malt Scotch whiskies: Inspired by Fresh Coconut and Inspired ...

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04/08/2026

Beer Giant Tsingtao To Bring Irish Whiskey To China

Beer Giant Tsingtao To Bring Irish Whiskey To China

04/08/2026

In a major cross-market move, Great Northern Distillery and Tsingtao Brewery have struck a deal to bring Irish whiskey to China. The decision pairs Ireland’s second-largest distiller with China’s seco...

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04/08/2026

The Crown Royal Pineapple Is Actually Here... And Yes It's Really Happening This Time

The Crown Royal Pineapple Is Actually Here... And Yes It's Really Happening This Time

01/08/2026

4 years ago, a prank went viral on April Fool's Day 2022 about a Crown Royal Summer Pineapple which didn't actually exist even as over 600,000 fans gave it a "Like" - this time, it's real and it's hap...

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01/08/2026

Hampden Presents New Trelawny Endemic Butterflies Series With Debut American Lady Single Cognac Cask

Hampden Presents New Trelawny Endemic Butterflies Series With Debut American Lady Single Cognac Cask

29/07/2026

So you thought the hunt for rare Hampden's was over? You really thought Hampden was going to let you off the hook that easily? Well, think again because Hampden is launching an all new, incredibly exc...

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29/07/2026

Brown Forman Rejects Sazerac Takeover Bid

Brown Forman Rejects Sazerac Takeover Bid

28/07/2026

Jack Daniel’s parent company Brown-Forman has rejected an 'unsolicited' buyout offer from rival Sazerac, asserting that the proposal fails to align with its strategic vision. In a statement released J...

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28/07/2026

Old Forester Releases Old Forester Triple Char,  the First Whiskey From its Louisville distillery

Old Forester Releases Old Forester Triple Char, the First Whiskey From its Louisville distillery

28/07/2026

Old Forester's new addition to its vaunted The 117 Series is also the first whiskey produced in its new Louisville distillery. Old Forester Triple Char Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a limited-r...

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28/07/2026

Roederer Group Completes Acquisition Of Burgundy’s Domaine Pierre Damoy

Roederer Group Completes Acquisition Of Burgundy’s Domaine Pierre Damoy

28/07/2026

Champagne Louis Roederer has purchased Domaine Pierre Damoy in Burgundy’s Gevrey-Chambertin, a sale which includes nearly 20 acres of grands crus parcels. Acquired for an undisclosed sum, the deal inc...

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28/07/2026

Japan's Cult Ghost Series' 26th Release Shows Up In Okinawa With Suzaki Distillery's Ryuka Single Malt In Spanish Oak

Japan's Cult Ghost Series' 26th Release Shows Up In Okinawa With Suzaki Distillery's Ryuka Single Malt In Spanish Oak

25/07/2026

Japan's whisky landscape has undergone arguably its most rapid development in the past decade, with numerous distilleries being built ground up all across the country, often even in prefectures with n...

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25/07/2026

Champagne Region To Limit Wine Production To 250M Bottles For 2026

Champagne Region To Limit Wine Production To 250M Bottles For 2026

25/07/2026

France's Champagne region is capping this year’s harvest yields at 8,800 kg/ha, limiting production to approximately 250 million bottles. Set by the Comité Champagne (CIVC), this "marketable yield" li...

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25/07/2026

Realm Cellars To Acquire Farella Family's Napa Vineyard

Realm Cellars To Acquire Farella Family's Napa Vineyard

24/07/2026

The Farella family has sold their 60-acre Coombsville estate to Realm Cellars. The undisclosed July 17 sale resolves long-standing generational transition challenges for the Napa Valley winery, and in...

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24/07/2026

Jose Cuervo Unveils World's First Mole-Finished Tequila In Jose Cuervo Reserva De La Familia Anejo Private Cask Collection

Jose Cuervo Unveils World's First Mole-Finished Tequila In Jose Cuervo Reserva De La Familia Anejo Private Cask Collection

23/07/2026

Jose Cuervo's small-batch Reserva de la Familia brand has announced the Private Cask Collection Edition No. 2: Mole Cask, an expression finished añejo Tequila in barrels seasoned with mole (a traditio...

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23/07/2026

Bardstown Unveils Pineapple Rum Cask Finished Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finished Whiskey

Bardstown Unveils Pineapple Rum Cask Finished Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finished Whiskey

22/07/2026

Lofted Spirits’ Bardstown Bourbon Company has unveiled the Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finished Whiskey, a Kentucky-exclusive expression, finished in pineapple rum casks sourced from the Caribbean. It i...

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22/07/2026

Worthy Park Flips The Script On Jamaican Rum-making With Cane Juice Jagricole

Worthy Park Flips The Script On Jamaican Rum-making With Cane Juice Jagricole

21/07/2026

Jamaica's Worthy Park, also the only single estate rum producer on the island, is flipping the script on Jamaican rum-making, a style that is today often made synonymous with high ester, often times f...

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21/07/2026

Goose Island Unveils 2026 Bourbon County Barrel Aged Stout Lineup

Goose Island Unveils 2026 Bourbon County Barrel Aged Stout Lineup

21/07/2026

Goose Island unveiled its 2026 collection of Bourbon County barrel-aged stouts ahead of their traditional Black Friday debut, showcasing six different expressions, including the first-ever Bourbon Cou...

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21/07/2026

Ardbeg's Twin Barrel Is Probably The First In the World To Showcase Turkish Wine Cask Aged Whisky

Ardbeg's Twin Barrel Is Probably The First In the World To Showcase Turkish Wine Cask Aged Whisky

17/07/2026

Ardbeg seems to have a very finely tuned whisky - a highly likely first in the world, first of its kind, in fact - that awaits us! Named the Ardbeg Twin Barrel, the new expression makes use of Turkish...

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17/07/2026