“Vodka is not an anonymous ABV to stick in a cocktail,” stated Belvedere’s Claire Smith-Warner at a launch in London last week.
From a show-stopping Barca Velha vertical and a new winery helter-skelter, to London's annual Whisky Show – it has been a jam-packed week in the drinks industry.
The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD), that has pioneered the use of old grain varieties, is set to launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise the £1 million needed to build a new visitor centre, complete with restaurant and bar.