Whyte and Mackay beverage business news, company profile, analysis, comment and interviews

Whyte & Mackay's Jura Prestige Range - Product Launch

11 Dec 2018

Whyte & Mackay has introduced a new range of "old and rare" whiskies from its Jura distillery.

International Beverage appoints ex-Whyte & Mackay marketing director for Inver House Distillers

9 Oct 2018

International Beverage has confirmed a change of marketing director, with a former Heineken and Whyte & Mackay executive assuming the role.

Whyte & Mackay urges UK consumers to rethink Sherry with new Harveys The Bristol Cream bottle

1 Oct 2018

Whyte & Mackay has relaunched its Harveys sherry brand in the UK market as it looks to encourage consumers to serve the product chilled.

Whyte & Mackay partners with Proximo in UK on-premise

11 Sep 2018

Spirits companies Whyte & Mackay and Proximo Spirits have teamed up to create a joint sales force targeting the UK on-premise channel.

Whyte & Mackay launches smaller whisky packs following introduction of minimum unit pricing in Scotland

4 Jun 2018

Emperador's Scotch whisky unit Whyte & Mackay has released a smaller bottle of its namesake blended whisky brand, as it looks to offer consumers a "value-friendly" option, following the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland.

Whyte & Mackay gives The Dalmore GTR push with new brand positioning

14 Mar 2018

Emperador's Whyte & Mackay unit has lined up permanent merchandising for The Dalmore in Global Travel Retail, as it looks to underline the single malt Scotch whisky brand's presence in the sector.

Emperador’s Jura Signature Series single malt range - Product Launch

5 Mar 2018

Emperador has released details of a new, permanent range of single malt Scotch whiskies.

What role will Asia play in the future of beer, spirits and soft drinks? - The just-drinks Analyst

11 Apr 2017

Having focused (virtually) on Brazil in his last piece, this month our correspondent Ian Shackleton travels to Asia. Here, the former analyst shares a few thoughts on how the region might take on the West when it comes to beverages.

Emperador full-year 2016 sales climb 11% ahead of US brandy entry - results

28 Mar 2017

Philippine-based spirits group Emperador has posted an 11% jump in full-year sales as it launches its brandies in the US.

Emperador's The Dalmore 50-year-old - Product Launch

12 Jan 2017

Emperador's Scotch whisky unit, Whyte & Mackay, has released a 50-year-old expression of The Dalmore to mark master distiller Richard Paterson's 50th year in the Scotch industry.

"Halewood was a business that just didn't know where it was going" - Interview, Stewart Hainsworth, CEO, Halewood Wines & Spirits - Part I

12 Jul 2016

Since forming in 1978, privately-owned Halewood Wines & Spirits has quietly carved a niche in the UK's beer, wine, spirits and RTD categories, through the Lambrini, Red Square vodka and Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer brands. However, performance has suffered in the years following founder John Halewood's death. In the first of a two-part interview, group CEO Stewart Hainsworth talks to just-drinks' deputy editor, Lucy Britner, about his vision for the group's future growth as well as Russian oligarchs and the company's recent stake purchase in The Pogues Irish whiskey.

The spirits category in 2015 - just-drinks' Review of the Year, Part III

14 Dec 2015

With 2015 drawing to a close, just-drinks looks back at the stories that have made the headlines across the global drinks industry. Here, deputy editor Lucy Britner picks out the highs and lows for the spirits category.

On this day in drinks history - featuring Anheuser-Busch InBev, Red Bull, Whyte & Mackay

13 Aug 2015

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Whyte & Mackay takes on Flor de Caña in UK

21 May 2015

Whyte & Mackay, the Scotch unit of Emperador Inc, is to distribute Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua's Flor de Caña rum in the UK and Ireland.

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19 May 2015

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Emperador Inc poised for Suntory's Louis Royer move

11 May 2015

Emperador Inc has confirmed it will make a bid for Suntory's Louis Royer Cognac brand.

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8 May 2015

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9 Apr 2015

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20 Mar 2015

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13 Mar 2015

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19 Feb 2015

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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part III: Spirits, Chapter II

30 Jan 2015

In this, the second chapter of Euromonitor International's preview of the year ahead for the spirits category, senior alcoholic drinks analyst Jeremy Cunnington predicts a period of M&A calm in 2015.

Review of the Year 2014 - Part IV: Spirits

16 Dec 2014

It's that time of year when just-drinks takes a look back at the past 12 months. Here, in part three of our final management briefing of the year, Andy Morton, reviews the major spirits stories of 2014.

just the Answer: Gonzalez Byass’ CEO, Jorge Grosse

25 Nov 2014

Jorge Grosse has been CEO of González Byass since mid-2006. Earlier this year, just-drink editor Olly Wehring met him in London to discuss Sherry, casks and the firm's moves to diversify its portfolio.

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24 Nov 2014

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just the Week in - Spirits & Wine

10 Oct 2014

Here's the round-up of this week's highlights in the global spirits & wine categories. We are also running similar round-ups for beer and soft drinks & bottled water.