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Preview of the Year 2012 – Part III: Spirits

31 January 2012

The spirits category is up next in this, the third part of just-drinks' first management briefing of 2012. Here, Spiros Malandrakis and Jeremy Cunnington, alcoholics drinks analysts at Euromonitor International, ponder the future for the stronger stuff.

Preview of the Year 2012 – Part IV: Wine

31 January 2012

The final part in Euromonitor's preview of 2012 for now - soft drinks & water will be covered in the coming days - concerns itself with wine. Spiros Malandrakis and Jeremy Cunnington, alcoholics drinks analysts at Euromonitor International, ponder the coming year.

US: Brown-Forman set to pay quarterly dividend

25 January 2012

Brown-Forman has confirmed details of its latest dividend payment.

Comment - US Spirits to Show More Momentum for 2011

24 January 2012

We have yet to see the official figures on the US spirits market in 2011, but the signs suggest that renewed momentum in premium has been maintained.

Product Launch - US: Brown-Forman's Woodford Reserve Double Oaked

19 January 2012

Brown-Forman's Woodford Reserve Double Oaked

TRAVEL RETAIL: Brown-Forman expands sales team

11 January 2012

Brown-Forman has expanded its travel-retail sales team due to growing sales in the distribution channel.

Review of the Year 2011 - Wine

23 December 2011

The final part of just-drinks' December management briefing, looking back over the past 12 months, reviews what 2011 meant for the global wine industry. Ben Cooper reports.

Review of the Year 2011 - Spirits

22 December 2011

Part three of our final management briefing of the year looks back at how 2011 has treated the spirits industry.

just On Call - Brown-Forman toasts US whisk(e)y boom

9 December 2011

Brown-Forman's CEO has voiced his excitement at a resurgent whisk(e)y market in the US, driven by consumers' taste for luxury and innovations around flavour.

NETHERLANDS: Gruppo Campari follows partners out of International Marques venture

9 December 2011

Gruppo Campari will follow William Grant & Sons and Marnier-Lapostolle out of the three companies' International Marques distribution venture in the Netherlands, having announced a switch to Brand New Day.

just the Round-Up - The week in drinks

9 December 2011

The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:

US: Jack Daniel's drives Brown-Forman as H1 figures rise

8 December 2011

Jack Daniel's has helped to drive Brown-Forman to rises in sales and profits for the first half of its fiscal year, but could not prevent the group from trimming its full-year guidance.

US: Brown-Forman appoints Joan Amble to board

21 November 2011

Brown-Forman has confirmed an addition to its board of directors.

Research in Focus - 'The World’s Top Performing Spirits Brands' from The IWSR/just-drinks

19 October 2011

A new report incorporating the IWSR's spirits rankings and a just-drinks readership survey confirms Johnnie Walker’s status as the undisputed global brand leader in the spirits sector but also has some positive findings for brands such as Jack Daniel’s, Absolut and Captain Morgan.

GLOBAL: Diageo, Pernod Ricard dominate list of world's top performing brands

17 October 2011

Diageo and Pernod Ricard have dominated an inaugural list of the world's top performing spirits brands.

CHILE: Fetzer lifts Concha y Toro sales in Q3

12 October 2011

Concha y Toro's newly-acquired Fezter Vineyards has propped up the Chilean winemaker's sales in its third fiscal quarter, as the peso currency continues to pressure exports.

US: Coca-Cola retains world's biggest brand spot - research

5 October 2011

Coca-Cola has retained its spot as the world's most valuable brand, according to consultancy group Interbrand.

just the Facts - The World's Top Drinks Brands

5 October 2011

Consultancy group Interbrands has published its list of the top 100 brands in the world by value this week. Here, just-drinks picks out the best performers from the drinks sector.

Product Launch – TRAVEL RETAIL: Brown-Forman's Finlandia Platinum

5 October 2011

Brown-Forman's Finlandia Platinum

Research in Focus - Can Any Wine Company Gain 5% Global Volume Share?

4 October 2011

The global wine industry remains highly fragmented. In a recent Euromonitor International global briefing, entitled 'How Wine Companies Can Become Global', Jeremy Cunnington looked at why, and whether it can change.

just The Round-Up - The week in drinks

30 September 2011

The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week.

US: Former Brown-Forman CEO passes away

27 September 2011

The former chairman and CEO of Brown-Forman, Owsley Brown II, has died.

Product Launch - US: Brown-Forman's Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper

22 September 2011

Brown-Forman's Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper

TRAVEL RETAIL: Diageo's Johnnie Walker rules the TR roost in 2010 - figures

13 September 2011

Johnnie Walker has strengthened its position as the biggest-selling spirits brand in the travel retail channel, ahead of next week's TFWA exhibition in Cannes.

US: Concha y Toro appoints Fetzer duty-free director

8 September 2011

Fetzer Vineyards has appointed Bruce Losee as director of transportation, travel retail and the Caribbean.

CHINA: Cognac pips whisk(e)y in 2010 - Research

5 September 2011

Cognac producers are reaping the rewards of entering China's international spirits market early, according to recent research.

just The Round-Up - The week in drinks

2 September 2011

The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:

US: Brown-Forman toasts strong Q1

31 August 2011

Brown-Forman has reaffirmed its full-year profits and sales guidance after making a strong start to its fiscal year.

Comment - Spirits - Diageo Eyes the Big Prize?

26 August 2011

Diageo's Paul Walsh isn't short of people telling him what to do with his company's money. So, on the back of a strong set of full-year results, Richard Woodard decided to have a nose around the Diageo stable to see what is still missing.

Comment - Wine - Gerard Depardieu: The New Face of Wine?

18 August 2011

Has wine entered a new age of romanticism, shunning the regimental order eschewed by multinational corporate machines? Chris Losh considers the recent rush to sell assets, including Brown-Forman's sale of Fetzer to Concha y Toro - and wonders what Gerard Depardieu might make of it all.

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