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Record breaking launch of The Macallan Red Collection
Le Clos, a luxury alcohol boutique located in Dubai's airport Terminal 3, has launched its exclusive The Macallan Red Collection. Despite the airport now serving only half of the passengers, compared to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic, the launch turned out to be a huge success, with...
The journey back to Islay
Colin Hampden-White talks to Georgie Crawford, manager at the Lagavulin Distillery. The interview originally appeared in issue 2 of Whisky Quarterly magazine. Was that your first contact with whisky? - Before the Malt Whisky Society, even though I had been working in bars, I wasn’t keen on it at...
Stock Spirits Group's revenue growth in the last 12 months
Stock Spirits Group announced that its revenues increased by 9.1% during the year, thanks to, among others, sales in Poland. Stock Spirits increased its sales volume by 1.8% in the 12-month period to September 30, and revenues increased 9.1% to €341 million. Mirek Stachowicz, CEO of Stock...
USA may become the leader in online alcohol sales
According to the latest forecasts by IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, the value of alcohol e-commerce in 10 major markets will reach USD 24 billion this year, up 42% over the previous year. By the end of 2021, the United States is projected to overtake China to become the largest online alcohol...
Scotch whisky market in China
Whisky is a rapidly growing segment of the spirits market in China. It is a huge market with high potential, and at the same time very specific economic and cultural conditions, which have a significant impact on the development of the Scottish whisky market in this country. The spirits market in...