<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest William Grant &amp; Sons industry news - from just-drinks.com</title><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/companies/william-grant-sons_id87</link><description>Latest William Grant &amp; Sons industry news - from just-drinks.com</description><copyright>© 2013 All content copyright just-drinks.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:38:24 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:38:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><category>just-drinks.com - RSS feed</category><generator>just-drinks.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>LIWF 2013 - UK: New guild puts gin on the agenda</title><description>The head of a new UK trade body for gin has said that the spirit requires its own representation, because it is "more complex" than vodka.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/new-guild-puts-gin-on-the-agenda_id110425.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Product Launch - UK: John Distilleries' Paul John Brilliance, Edited Indian whiskies</title><description>John Distilleries' Paul John Brilliance, Edited Indian whiskies</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/john-distilleries-paul-john-brilliance-edited-indian-whiskies_id110379.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment - Campari's CEO and the 'mystery' vodka brand</title><description>Gruppo Campari's CEO, Bob Kunze-Concewitz, went a little off-piste in a conference call with analysts today (13 May). 
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-camparis-ceo-and-the-mystery-vodka-brand_id110352.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment - Wehring's Way - There's No Geeing Up Gin</title><description>Yesterday evening, the Worshipful Company of Distillers hosted a debate in London about gin. Up for discussion was the question: "Gin: A tortuous history with a brilliant future?"</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-wehrings-way-theres-no-geeing-up-gin_id110282.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: Wirtz Beverage Group unveils brokerage tie-up with Johnson Brothers</title><description>Wirtz Beverage Group has teamed up with Johnson Brothers to form a spirits brokerage partnership for Iowa.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/wirtz-beverage-group-unveils-brokerage-tie-up-with-johnson-brothers_id110260.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>just the Round-Up - The week in drinks</title><description>The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/just-the-round-up-the-week-in-drinks_id110145.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>just Five Years Ago: Beam keeps powder dry after losing race for Absolut</title><description>It was five years ago this week that Beam Global Spirits &amp; Wine - as Beam Inc was then known - started to come to terms with Pernod Ricard's last-minute grab of takeover target Vin &amp; Sprit and the Absolut vodka brand at the end of March, 2008.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/beam-keeps-powder-dry-after-losing-race-for-absolut_id110118.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK: William Grant &amp; Sons unveils new finance chief</title><description>William Grant &amp; Sons has appointed a new group finance director. 
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/william-grant-sons-unveils-new-finance-chief_id110115.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: William Grant &amp; Sons appoints new US chief</title><description>William Grant &amp; Sons has promoted one of its senior executives to the role of managing director and president of its US division.
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/william-grant-sons-appoints-new-us-chief_id110104.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GLOBAL: Campari updates Carolans package</title><description>Gruppo Campari has re-designed the packaging for its Carolans Irish cream liqueur brand.
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/campari-updates-carolans-package_id110085.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>just the Round-Up - The week in drinks</title><description>The top ten stories published on just-drinks last week:</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/just-the-round-up-the-week-in-drinks_id109995.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>INDIA: John Distilleries mulls stake sale - Beam, Wm Grant, Campari, ThaiBev named - report</title><description>Beam Inc, Gruppo Campari, William Grant &amp; Sons and ThaiBev have all been linked to Indian spirits producer John Distilleries, according to local reports.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/john-distilleries-mulls-stake-sale-beam-wm-grant-campari-thaibev-named-report_id109982.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK: Rumoured buyer silent over Loch Lomond Distillery deal</title><description>Private equity group Exponent has declined to comment on reports that it is in talks to take control of Loch Lomond Distillery Company. 
</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/rumoured-buyer-silent-over-loch-lomond-distillery-deal_id109955.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment - Spirits - Filling The Bourbon Hole</title><description>What do Bacardi, Diageo and Pernod Ricard have in common? Aside from the obvious, Ian Buxton proffers that they share the same problem when it comes to Bourbon, and that's their lack of it.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/comment/comment-spirits-filling-the-bourbon-hole_id109609.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US: SPI Group appoints ex-Bacardi exec for new US chief role</title><description>SPI Group has coaxed the former head of Bacardi's North American operations out of retirement to lead its US unit.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/spi-group-appoints-ex-bacardi-exec-for-new-us-chief-role_id109302.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research in Focus - Emerging Markets Not Always the Answer</title><description>While there has been huge focus in the spirits sector on emerging markets in recent years, a new report from Euromonitor International suggests prioritising development in these up-and-coming regions will not be the optimal growth strategy for all companies.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/analysis/research-in-focus-emerging-markets-not-always-the-answer_id109250.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Product Launch - TRAVEL RETAIL: William Grant &amp; Sons' The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 7</title><description>William Grant &amp; Sons' The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 7</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/william-grant-sons-the-balvenie-tun-1401-batch-7_id109289.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Product Launch - TRAVEL RETAIL: William Grant &amp; Sons' Glenfiddich Age of Discovery Red Wine Cask Finish Edition</title><description>William Grant &amp; Sons has launched the third Glenfiddich extension in its Age of Discovery range.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/william-grant-sons-glenfiddich-age-of-discovery-red-wine-cask-finish-edition_id109263.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Review of the Year 2012 - Part V: Spirits</title><description>It was back to business for spirits companies in 2012 as the industry's recovery continued apace.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/management-briefing/spirits_id109063.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK: William Grant &amp; Sons updates Three Barrels in UK</title><description>William Grant &amp; Sons has lined up a packaging refresh and size addition for its Three Barrels brandy in the UK.</description><link>http://www.just-drinks.com/news/william-grant-sons-updates-three-barrels-in-uk_id108988.aspx?utm_source=company-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss-feed&amp;utm_content=william-grant-sons</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>