Here's a 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.

Like their counterparts in other food and drinks sectors, the world's major spirits producers have set sustainability targets for 2020, and in some cases beyond. Across the food and drinks arena, many companies are looking to 2020 as a target date for sustainability goals and strategies, and this can also be seen among major players in the spirits sector.

This month, Richard Woodard considers the marketing opportunity – or lack thereof – of provenance when it comes to marketing in the vodka segment.

Recent research from The IWSR and just-drinks has identified the key markets and trends that will drive the spirits category in the years to come.

Premiumisation has been such a critical trend and driver in the spirits sector that it is hard to imagine there are sectors where it has so far been under-exploited.

Earlier today, Pernod Ricard reported operating profits within its guidance for fiscal-2015, although the Absolut brand was hit by an impairment charge in the period.

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Earlier today, Brown-Forman posted its first-quarter results. Here, just-drinks takes a closer look at the company's performance by region and brand in the three months to the end of July.

A series of lawsuits over Beam Suntory's Bourbon labelling has ended after a judge threw the last remaining one out of court.

Beam Suntory's Islay whisky distillery, Bowmore, has launched a no-age-statement expression matured in casks made from mizunara, a Japanese oak.

The number of distiller's licence applications in the UK has risen from five in 2009-2010 to 65 for the year ending March 2015, according to new research.

Bacardi has released a new range of proprietary bottlings from its Royal Brackla Scotch whisky distillery.