The industry's leading executives interviewed by just-drinks.com

just the Answer - Wine Australia market development manager, James Gosper

By: Chris Mercer | 31 January 2012

In the first just the Answer of 2012, Chris Mercer quizzes Wine Australia's general manager for market development, James Gosper. The two met at at last week's A+ Australian Wine annual tasting in London.

The Wehring Interview - Diageo Africa president, Nick Blazquez - Part II

By: Olly Wehring | 20 January 2012

Following on from part one of my interview with Diageo's Africa president, Nick Blazquez, which ran last week, this week we give you the second part, in which Blazquez gives us an idea of Diageo's future plans for the region.

The Wehring Interview - Diageo Africa president, Nick Blazquez - Part I

By: Olly Wehring | 10 January 2012

Late last year, Olly Wehring visited New York with Diageo, and sat down with the company's head of Africa, Nick Blazquez, for an hour. Earlier today (10 January), Diageo completed its purchase of Meta Abo in Ethiopia. Put the two together, and welcome to part one of the first Wehring interview of 2012.

Video - Cooley Distillery chairman on Beam Inc buy

By: Olly Wehring | 22 December 2011

Click below to watch an interview, conducted by Clontarf TV, with Jack Teeling, the founder and chairman of Cooley Distillery, in which he discusses the sale of the company to Beam Inc last week.

just the Answer - Majestic Wines CEO, Steve Lewis

By: Olly Wehring | 29 November 2011

Earlier this month, Majestic Wine brought some colour back to the cheeks of the UK wine market, when it posted a healthy set of figures for the first half of its fiscal year. As good a time as any, then, to find out the secret to the drinks retailer's success, from company CEO, Steve Lewis.

just the Answer - Irish Distillers international brand development director, Simon Fay

By: Michelle Russell | 8 November 2011

This month's 'just the Answer' sees Michelle Russell talk to the international brand development director for Irish Distillers, Simon Fay.

just the Answer - Drinkaware CEO, Chris Sorek

By: Olly Wehring | 1 November 2011

To coincide with tomorrow's forum on responsible drinking in the UK, this month's 'just the Answer' sees Olly Wehring tackle the CEO of Drinkaware, Chris Sorek.

The Wehring Interview - Diageo Asia Pacific president, Gilbert Ghostine - Part II

By: Olly Wehring | 20 October 2011

In the second part of this month's The Wehring Interview with Diageo's Asia Pacific president, Gilbert Ghostine gives us his views on the Cognac elephant in the room, the future for the company's domestic tie-ups in the region, and what the locals think of the UK-based multinational.

The Wehring Interview - Diageo Asia Pacific president, Gilbert Ghostine - Part I

By: Olly Wehring | 18 October 2011

This month, just-drinks returns to its two-part extended format for The Wehring Interview. Earlier this month, I enjoyed an hour in the company of Diageo's Asia Pacific president, Gilbert Ghostine. I say enjoyed; I wasn't at my best to start.

The Wehring Interview - StarBev CEO, Alain Beyens

By: Chris Mercer | 6 October 2011

It's almost two years since Anheuser-Busch InBev offloaded most of its assets in Central and Eastern Europe to CVC Capital for an initial US$2.2bn. Since the sale, CVC's beer business in the region, StarBev, has largely operated under the radar. High time, then, that we caught up with StarBev's CEO (and ex-InBev man), Alain Beyens. just-drinks deputy editor Chris Mercer flew to Prague to meet him.