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.

Distell Group has taken full control of US importer and distributor International Beverage Company (IBC) for an undisclosed fee.

“May you live in interesting times.” That ancient Chinese proverb, surely apocryphal but horribly apt, seems to apply more than ever to Scotch whisky.

I’m not entirely sure why so many trade press column inches were given over to the latest ‘news’ from Diageo‘s new single grain Scotch whisky brand, Haig Club, yesterday. I mean, the launch of the product was initially announced six months ago.

Accolade Wines has confirmed it remains on the look-out for a new head for its North American business after the departure of Tim Matz.

Morrison Bowmore Distillers’ chief executive, Mike Keiller, has left the company in the wake of its integration into Beam Suntory Inc.

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Spanish wine group Freixenet has launched a global marketing campaign to encourage retailers to tap demand for sparkling wine.

Pricing strategy is becoming a “critical skill” for wine producers in the US looking to penetrate the country’s increasingly influential retail chains, according to a new report. 

Whyte & Mackay is to run a new TV ad in the UK for its Jura single malt.