Industry veteran Penny Sippe has launched Australian Cocktail Month to support bars and bartenders as they welcome guests back into their venues following COVID-19closures and restrictions. The event will be held in […]
Australian Cocktail Month launches
Canadian Club ad wins top award
Drinks ads have triumphed at the 2020 Effie Awards, with Beam Suntory taking out Gold for “How Canadian Club became the boss of summer”. The ad, created by The Monkeys, also won […]
Four Pillars releases its 2020 Australian Christmas Gin
Four Pillars Australian Christmas Gin is back for its fifth festive season, celebrating four things distiller Cam McKenzie loves: Australia, Christmas, gin and hislate mum, Wilma. Each year Wilma would use the […]
Top Shelf releases first vodka & registers Australian tequila trademark
Top Shelf International has registered the trademark Ozcala as it prepares to release the first large-scale Australian tequila brand. The company has planted 120,000 agave plants on a 400ha former sugar cane […]
Summer sales boom for Corona beer
Off-premise sales of Corona beer went through the roof over summer in the UK, with consumers drinking the Mexican brew in droves. Paula Lindenberg, president of the Budweiser Brewing Group in the UK and Ireland said: […]
Melbourne bar crippled by “selfish” customers
A Melbourne bar has been forced to introduce cancellation fees after being “crippled” by customers booking tables and not turning up. Melbourne bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants were finally allowed to reopen […]
Bacardi Australia MD Mauricio Vergara appointed PATRÓN President
Bacardi-Martini Australia Managing Director Mauricio Vergara has been appointed PATRÓN President and Chief Operating Officer. Vergara lead the international integration of PATRÓN following the acquisition of Patrón Spirits International and its PATRÓN […]
The future for Mumm at Melbourne Cup
The days of lavish Birdcage marquees for Mumm Champagne may be over, as Australia adjusts to a post-COVID-19 world. Following months of lockdown restrictions in Melbourne, the Victorian Government rejected the Victoria […]
Australia’s best grenache revealed by Winepilot
Zonte’s Footstep Love Symbol Grenache 2019 has been named the The Grenache Shootout Wine of the Show and Grenache of the Show at the inaugural 2020 Winepilot Grenache Shootout. Judges tasted 52 […]
Potts Point Shop Late initiative launches
Local businesses in Potts Point and Kings Cross have teamed up to launch a collaborative night-time economy trading campaign called Potts Point Shop Late. The initiative is designed to boost retail in […]
