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May: The db month in pictures
May was a busy time not only for the drinks business, but for the drinks trade as a whole. We look back on a month packed with wine fairs, launches, events and more than a few surprises.
Intrigued Londoners order a Maker’s Mark cocktail from the "vending machine" which popped up in the English capital on 24 May. Inside, a bar tender worked in rather cramped conditions to deliver drinks through the hatch.
Spot the dog: An arresting display of local fashion greets db in Jerez, Spain, at the Feria del Caballo.
An old-fashioned copper pot still is fired up outside the Glenlivet distillery during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.
db‘s Alan Lodge (front row centre) joins a host of luminaries from the whisky world, including Glenlivet master distiller Alan Winchester (front row far left) and renowned writer Dave Broom (back row 2nd left), at the Spirit of Speyside Festival opening dinner at Benromach Distillery, Forres.
Inside the Royal Salute Vault at Chivas Brothers’ Strathisla Distillery, db spies a plaque sitting atop the Royal Salute Coronation Cask, reserved for the crowning of Britain’s next monarch.
Relaxing by the river beside Chivas Brothers’ Linn House guest accomodation in Keith, Scotland, with a glass of Royal Salute.
Neil McGuigan (left) and Paul Schaafsma (right) discuss their London International Wine Fair plans with db over a glass of Handmade Shiraz at the Oxo Tower’s top floor restaurant.
Glenlivet master distiller Alan Winchester leads a tasting as we take a break during the Glenlivet Smugglers Trail walk atop Carn Daimh. The 11k round trail follows in the footsteps of notorious whisky smuggler Robbie MacPherson.
Walkers take in the scenary at the summit of Carn Daimh before setting off on the rocky road back down.
This stone is all that remains of John Smith’s original Glenlivet Distillery, which was founded in 1824.
db lunches with representativies from Australia’s First Families of Wine at central London’s Terroirs restaurant. (L-R) Doug McWilliams, Stephen Henschke, Leanne De Bortoli, Ross Brown, and D’Arry Osborne sipped on Vouvray, followed by red blend Cuvée Octobre from Roussillon – the Cave de Pyrene wine list has nothing from Down Under.
db hopped aboard the Orient Express for a rather classy launch event for Grant’s 25 Year Old, a travel retail exclusive to mark the 100th anniversary since Charles Gordon (son-in-law of William Grant) set off on a 12 month trip to take Grant’s to the world.
Jane Parkinson (top right), db deputy editor, succumbs to hunger during the Semillon debate at the McGuigan stand during the London International Wine Fair.
A who’s-who of the drinks trade packs out the Drinks Business Awards 2010 ceremony during the London International Wine Fair.
Helen Chesshire (left), PR and marketing manager at Pol Roger, smiles politely as db‘s editorial assistant Rupert Millar tries to wangle a trip to Champagne during a dinner at the home of Charles Hamer, Pol Roger’s marketing director.
Meanwhile db editor Patrick Schmitt (left) and Charles Hamer discuss the finer points of Aerosmith’s music and the benefits of wearing light blue shirts.
A copita of oloroso for the mice in the Gonzålez Byass cellars in Jerez, Spain
A group of flamingos take a dip at London’s Kensington Roof Gardens during the UK launch event for Iceberg vodka.
Guests enjoy Iceberg vodka cocktails during the launch party at the stunning Kensington Roof Gardens.
Marcel Orford-Williams (left), Alsace buyer for The Wine Society, with Etienne Hugel of Hugel & Fils at The Society’s Alsace tasting in Lewes, East Sussex.
db, 03.06.2010