Indians acquire a taste for Scotch, doubling its salesThe Scotch whisky market grew 33% year-on-year to 7.5 million cases (of nine litres each) in 2022, showed the latest data from global alcoh...
22 Jun, 2023, 08.22 AM IST
Suits & Sayings: Wannabe CM seen in high spirits at South soirée; PE group eyes the Maldives, Barcelona for offsite; biz tycoon’s designer dreams come trueET’s weekly roundup of the wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors.
20 Mar, 2023, 08.21 AM IST
Distinct flavours and ghosts stories: Gemma Paterson reveals what made The Balvenie a real & human brandPaterson spent a few years as a tour guide at the Speyside distillery.
14 Sep, 2019, 04.59 PM IST
Thought whisky and scotch are same? The Balvenie Global Brand Ambassador debunks malt mythsGemma Paterson says that there is no one right way to enjoy whisky.
13 Sep, 2019, 03.24 PM IST
Gemma Paterson in India to promote The Balvenie brandThe global brand ambassador, Gemma Paterson will hold guided tastings of the hand-crafted single malt whisky in different cities in India
31 Aug, 2019, 12.28 PM IST
William Grant inks bottling deal with Modi groupWilliam Grant is expected to start rolling out the locally bottled, flagship-blended scotch whisky brand Grant’s in September this year fro...
08 Jun, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
William Grant has a promising long-term outlook on India: CEO Simon HuntAt present William Grant imports its brands — which include Balvenie single malt Scotch, Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey — into the country, at...
11 Aug, 2017, 01.48 AM IST
Paul John: The award-winning Indian single malt that challenges its Scottish rivalsPaul P John, the 51-year-old chairman of John Distilleries Ltd ( JDL) in Bengaluru, launched his eponymous Indian single malt in London in ...
02 Jul, 2017, 10.34 AM IST
Thought Scotch was a monolith till I became Balvenie ambassador: Samuel SimmonsSimmons stumbled upon whisky while following Eliot and Yeats. Now as Balevnie’s global brand ambassador, he is on a mission.
24 Nov, 2016, 06.29 PM IST
Whiskey producer William Grant & Sons in talks with Amrut Distilleries for bottling dealWhile single malts are not allowed to be bottled outside Scotland, William Grant is likely to look at bottling its support brands in India.
15 Jul, 2016, 12.12 PM IST
Indira Gandhi International Airport shop gives liquor lovers a highIn the first half of the year, the duty-free sales at the airport have netted over Rs 450 crore, which is about 20 to 25% more than the las...
30 Sep, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
William Grant & Sons to introduce more global brands in IndiaOn expectations from the Indian market, he said: "We have a target to achieve 20 per cent of the imported whisky market in India by 2025."
17 May, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
Miele to invest Rs 100 crore, expand in tier 2 citiesThe company, which forayed into the Indian market in 2011, plans to expand its network in tier 2 cities and increase its point of sales to ...
13 Apr, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
Liquor companies can't ignore women: Stella David, CEO, William Grant & Sons"While there are more men drinking our premium whiskies, we have to communicate with women through our brands because there's a huge market...
18 Sep, 2012, 09.58 AM IST
- Company will not indulge in surrogate advertisements to market products: Peter Gordon, Chairman, William Grants & Sons
"One has to be incredibly careful, because our spirit has to be appreciative of a culture and a set of guidelines, and you got to do it as ...
09 Apr, 2012, 03.44 AM IST
- Liquor companies like Diageo, William Grant & Sons using Scotch-tasting sessions to feed off each other’s customer pool
The Indian luxury mkt is estimated to grow 21% a year to around Rs 73,500 crore by 2015, up from about Rs 23,700 crore, in 2009.
14 Mar, 2012, 11.47 AM IST
- Vintage global liquor brands high on India
Lifestyle spirits marketers are beginning to chase India's long-drawn potential on the back of speedy economic recovery, after being jilted...
22 Sep, 2009, 02.41 AM IST