It’s all about agave at Glasgow’s first Mezcal and Tequila Festival
The Copita Mezcal and Tequila Festival promises to bring ‘a celebration of exceptional spirit’ to the city’s Briggait market hall on Saturday, 29th April, at an event dedicated to the authentic appreciation of agave drinks.
Hotel group invests in the North Coast 500
Highland Coast Hotels has officially reopened both the Plockton Inn and The Tongue Hotel, following a £1.8 million makeover.
Crerar Hotels’ Chris Wayne-Wills declared ‘most influential’ CEO
Chris has worked with some of the UK’s leading hoteliers, including Marriott International, Macdonald Hotels and QHotels, beginning his career as a sales manager before progressing to the senior position at Crerar.
Assaggini opens in Edinburgh’s Rose St
Promising a focus on ‘fresh and flavourful’ small plates, the restaurant is styled using upcycled furnishings, offering a casual yet contemporary dining experience across two floors for over 160 guests.
Local pubs remain the ‘bedrock’ of UK communities
In its new report ‘Serving King and Country: The Great British Pub at the heart of communities’ Green King argues that as pubs still play such an important role in UK society, more should be done to protect them.
A new look for Tayport after five years in the spirits industry
The rebrand amounts to a new direction for Tayport Distillery, focussing on growing awareness of its connection with the local community and the authentic products it makes using fruit and grain from surrounding farms.
King William fortified wine falls foul of industry watchdog
Upholding a complaint by a member of the public, the Panel concluded that the use of King William of Orange on the labelling, in tandem with no less than five mentions of its 16.90% ABV, was ‘playing to sectarian elements'
Cru Holdings launches new ‘catering hire’ service for Highland events
Day-to-day operations will be overseen by Cru Holdings current operations director, Kenneth Loades, who will be step down from his Head Office position to focus solely on this new project
Glasgow’s Bluedog celebrates 20th birthday with charity partnership
The bar and the charity have joined forces to raise money for homeless services across Scotland and beyond, and to provide opportunities for new talent with Bluedog offering up its stage to local artists.Â
Industry heavyweights back ‘Modern Face Of Whisky’ photo resource
A coalition of eleven whisky industry heavyweights has just launched a new library of stock images, free to use for the media and content creators, depicting women and people of all genders, races and ages enjoying a variety of unbranded whisky serves.
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