Columbian super-premium rum brand, La Hechicera, will launch to the UK this September, ahead of a roll out to the rest of Europe and the Americas in 2013.

Cognac Ferrand has extended its Plantation line of rums with 3 Stars, a white rum blended from stocks sourced from Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica and finished in Cognac.

Treasury Wine Estates has appointed John Grant as managing director of its Beringer Brand Business Unit.

The Grant family has released a new limited edition of its 20-year old Glenfarclas 105 single malt.

Scotch group William Grant and Sons has launched a £5m marketing campaign to build awareness of the heritage of its Grant’s scotch brand.

SPI Group has announced the roll out of the two Stolichnaya variants, Stoli Hot and Stoli Sticki, which were launched in March in the US to celebrate 50 years of flavoured vodkas.

The Edrington Group has broken the world record for the largest bottle of whisky with the unveiling of a 228-litre bottle of The Famous Grouse.

UK: Bombay Sapphire has launched a balloon glass as part of a £1.5m campaign to help consumers experience the ultimate G&T.

US: Pernod Ricard is to launch Plymouth Navy Strength gin in September.

C&C Group has extended its UK cider portfolio with the launch of Magners Berry, a pear cider blended with strawberries, blackcurrants and raspberries.

US: Southern Comfort has launched a new ad campaign.  “Whatever’s Comfortable,” has launched digitally via Southern Comfort’s online communities on Facebook and YouTube. 

Brand Phoenix has extended its First Cape Discovery Series brand line in the UK with Light, a trinity of lighter wines with an abv of 5.5%.

Heaven Hill Distilleries has introduced Larceny, a super-premium wheat bourbon, to the US market.

Morrison Bowmore has released the 1964 and 1985 vintages from its Bowmore distillery to global markets.

William Grant & Sons is rolling out its Balvenie Caribbean expression into the UK market from September.

The Avalon Group has announced distributor Emporia Brands will roll out its Irish Whiskey brand The Wild Geese to the UK market.

The world’s first Dalmore Constellation Collection has been sold through The Whisky Shop in the UK to a US based investor.

UK: Bacardi has revealed that the designer of its multi-million pound Bombay Sapphire distillery in Laverstoke Mill, Hampshire, also designed the Olympic cauldron. 

Accolade Wines has unveiled a new look for its Echo Falls Californian wine brand in key European markets, including the UK, Netherlands and Spain.

Bacardí has released its rarest rum to date to celebrate the 150^th anniversary of founder Don Facundo Bacardí Massó producing the light-bodied smooth rum.

Toorank Distilleries, owners of Sloane’s Dry Gin, has launched a trinity of rum styles under the brand name Rebellion to the UK, Holland, Poland, Spain, France and Turkey.  

Penfolds has launched a $168,000 wine. The 2004 Kalimna Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon comes in a hand-blown glass ampoule within a wooden Jarrah cabinet.

Cognac producer ABK6 is rolling out its Ice Cognac across Europe.

Diageo, has launched Chinese white spirit brand, Shui Jing Fang, onto the UK domestic market.

US: William Grant has invested $7 million in a global digital marketing campaign for its Sailor Jerry rum brand.

US: Stolichnaya has launched a new flavour - Stoli Salted Karamel.

The Macallan 64 Year Old Lalique Cire Perdue is world’s most expensive whisky sold at auction – that’s official.

US: Phillips Distilling Company has added two more flavours to the UV Vodka range - UV Chocolate Cake and UV Whipped.

Irish whiskey producer Cooley Distillery has appointed Maxxium UK to distribute brands, Kilbeggan, Connemara Peated Irish Single Malt, Tyrconnell Irish Single Malt and Greenore Irish Single Grain, in the UK.

The Macallan has unveiled a new range, the 1824 Series, which is being rolled out into the UK market this autumn.

Coffee liqueur brand Tia Maria has received a packaging update. The new bottle design was unveiled at Lovebox music festival in London. Argentina, Holland and Canada are also set to receive the new packaging.

French actor Gérard Depardieu’s beer is heading to the UK.

Moet Hennessy is rolling out its unfiltered Belvedere vodka to the UK market. Belvedere Unfiltered launched in the US in 2010 and it is now available in the UK, priced £43.99.

Heineken USA has launched a website for the on-trade.

Champagne GH Mumm has renewed its long term international partnership as ‘Official Champagne of Formula 1’.

Maison Lillet has released Lillet Rosé to the UK, its first apéritif launch in the market for 50 years.

Sales of Captain Morgan rum will one day catch up with Bacardi, according to Diageo.

Vergelegen, one of South Africa’s best wine producers, has unveiled a new wine, DNA.

The House Janneau has released some limited edition armagnacs, called the Dragon Vintages.

Grant's master blender Brian Kinsman has recreated William Grant's whisky - Stand Fast.

Chambord, the French black raspberry liqueur, has invested a “six-figure sum” in its first TV advertising campaign with a sponsorship of E4’s new US drama.

UK: Hi-Spirits is to distribute a vodka co-created by the owner of Harry’s Bar, Venice.

UK: William Grant’s distribution arm First Drinks has launched Icelandic vodka, Reyka.

US: Diageo has purchased Cabin Fever Maple Flavoured Whisky from the Robillard family. Diageo aims to capitalise on two growth trends in the US: flavoured whiskey and craft distilling.

Wray & Nephew, the Jamaican rum producer, last night (June 7) unveiled a 50-year-old rum to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican independence.

Halewood International has expanded the distribution of its Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer brand into the US and Canada.

Pernod Ricard USA will replace its pre-mixed cocktail Malibu Caribbean Cosmo with a lower calorie version.

Funkin has launched Agave Nectar to the global on-trade as a ‘skinny’ alternative to sugar syrup.

Coffee liqueur brand Kahlúa is adding 200ml “Cans-To-Go” in three flavours to its pre-mixed cocktail portfolio.

Jacob's Creek winemaker Bernard Hickin has said the 2012 Australian vintage is "the best in 20 years".