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.

Already one of the healthiest spirits categories, the Tequila sector is benefiting from two significant external factors in its prime market, according to a new IWSR/just-drinks report, namely the boom in craft distilling and the current resurgence of the American whiskey category.

This week, we speak to the MD of Australia's Tyrrell’s Wines, and just-drinks subscriber, Bruce Tyrrell.

The chief of Remy Cointreau's US division is to leave after 18 years with the company.

Casella Family Brands hit the acquisition trail late last year when it snapped up Barossa Valley producer Peter Lehmann Wines for AUD57m (US$49.8m). Here, just-drinks talks to the Australian firm's global marketing & export sales manager, Libby Nutt, about the plans ahead for the brand and Casella's star performer Yellow Tail.

Pernod Ricard has posted a healthy lift in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with the later Chinese New Year providing a fillip to the third quarter.

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The West Indies Rum and Spirits Producers’ Association (WIRSPA) is set to extend the footprint for its 'marque of provenance' into North America and three more European markets.

Pernod Ricard has said it is looking beyond its Chivas range to find growth in China's struggling Scotch whisky market.

Pathai Murali, the CFO of Diageo-controlled United Spirits, has resigned from the Indian company.