Melita Kiely
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6 days ago |
thespiritsbusiness.com | Melita Kiely
The wine and spirits division of luxury goods company LVMH, Moët Hennessy, is staying silent on reports it will slash its workforce by 10% due to poor sales results. First reported in the Financial Times, the paper said Jean-Jacques Guiony, Moët Hennessy chief executive, and his deputy, Alexandre Arnault, reportedly told staff in the wine and spirits arm that employee numbers would be cut to pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019. That would equate to approximately 1,200 people out of 9,400 employees.
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1 week ago |
thespiritsbusiness.com | Melita Kiely
Field-to-glass producer Aedda’s Farm Distillery, which uses regenerative farming methods, will open a visitor centre later this year. The distillery, based in Buckinghamshire, England, will use fruit from its orchard to create brandy, eaux-de-vie and liqueurs. It will also use fields to grow grains for other spirits, with plans to eventually create a single malt whisky.
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1 week ago |
thespiritsbusiness.com | Melita Kiely
The Spirits Business Awards can confirm this year’s celebrity host will be English comedian Rob Beckett. Beckett, who is also a TV presenter and actor, is known for being the voice of Celebs Go Dating. He also hosts a show on BBC Radio 2 every Sunday and presented The Bafta TV Awards 2023 and 2024. Furthermore, Beckett co-presents a successful podcast with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe, called Parenting Hell.
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1 week ago |
thespiritsbusiness.com | Melita Kiely
The founder of Cocktail Club, a digital platform for home bartenders, explains how leveraging the influence of the on-trade and digital education can drive sales growth. “I’m a big fan of the world ‘yes’, and that’s why I’m an entrepreneur,” said Kai Myhre, founder of Cocktail Club, during a talk at The Spirits Business Hub at ProWein 2025. Cocktail Club is a digital platform for home bartenders. It also offers a digital tool for industry professionals, designed to enhance their team’s skills.
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1 week ago |
thespiritsbusiness.com | Melita Kiely
Around the globe, producers are putting their own riffs on the brandy category – and their efforts are paying off. “Brandy should look to open itself up to more consumers and different occasions,” Simon Wright, founder of English brandy maker Burnt Faith Distillery, told The Spirits Business at the end of 2024. “A lot of the narrative around brandy was completely dominated by the big four Cognac houses.
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RT @spiritsbusiness: 🚨BREAKING NEWS: India has slashed its import tariff on Bourbon from 150% to 100% https://t.co/Jk4nHgDYDk
Huge changes at Brown-Forman just announced today, including more than 600 job losses and the closure of its cooperage in Louisville
Jack Daniel’s owner Brown-Forman has reduced its 5,400-strong global workforce by approximately 12% and will close its Louisville-based barrel-making operation by April https://t.co/swMcIuwLlK
RT @spiritsbusiness: Diageo has closed Chase Distillery and moved production to Scotland due to “substantial change” in the vodka and gin c…