Diageo will unveil a “smart bottle” Johnnie Walker Blue Label prototype at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona March 2-5.

Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard has unveiled its first Irish whiskey to be finished in virgin Irish oak as part of its Midleton Single Pot Still range. 

William Grant & Sons believes the single grain category will join single malts and blends to become “the third pillar of scotch”.

The scotch whisky industry, adds almost £5 billion in value every year to the UK economy, according to a report commissioned by the Scotch Whisky Association.

British MPs gathered at the House of Commons yesterday to show support for the scotch whisky industry.

Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell has announced that he has promoted his son, Eddie, to share his responsibilities.

Scotch whisky contributes nearly £5bn overall to the UK economy a year, according to The Economic Impact of Scotch Whisky Production in the UK report by 4-consulting.

Glenmorangie has launched the sixth release in its Private Edition Collection, a single malt made from ‘rare’ Maris Otter barley. 

Jameson has unveiled its fifth annual limited edition bottle to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. 

Jameson has unveiled its annual series of packaging innovations, Good Workers, Great Whiskey. 

This year the World Whisk(e)y charts aren’t dominated by the usual suspects.

Johnnie Walker was the top selling scotch in a quarter of the 100 bars we polled in this year’s Brands Report.

Bacardí has unveiled a new range of proprietary bottlings from its John Dewar & Sons’ Aultmore distillery. 

American whisky’s projected 5% CAGR will see the category exceed 45m cases by 2018, providing it can keep up with demand, according to IWSR.   

The 2015 edition of the John Walker & Sons Private Collection was unveiled in London yesterday (December 9).

Buffalo Trace Distillery has announced the wheat bourbon release from its Warehouse Floor Experiment. 

Chivas Brothers has unveiled limited edition gift packs for its Finest and 12 Year Old Ballantine’s expressions. 

Laura Sharp, who was part of the project team behind Diageo’s £40 million Roseisle distillery, is one of three new directors to join the board of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.

TheWhiskyExchange.Com has announced plans to give five golden ticket holders a bottle of The Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013.

Johnnie Walker is today (Dec 4) staging a driving spectacular in Edinburgh with some Formula 1 stars to encourage people to never drink and drive.

Edrington has marked the official start of works on its £100 million distillery and visitor centre for its The Macallan single malt scotch whisky brand.

A. Smith Bowman Distillery has unveiled its Limited Edition Vanilla Bean Infused whiskey, the last in its Abraham Bowman line for 2014. 

The Scotch Whisky Association has appointed Pierre Pringuet, CEO of Pernod Ricard, as its new chairman.

Scottish Leader is undergoing a ‘premium push’, Burn Stewart Distillers marketing manager Emma Henderson told DI.

Diageo has lengthened its Cardhu single malt line of expressions with Gold Reserve.

Jura has released a 1984 Orwell-inspired limited-edition malt - Jura 1984 Vintage.

Michael Owen, the former Liverpool, Real Madrid, Manchester United and England striker is the latest footballer to sign up to a scotch whisky.

Independent bottler Wemyss Malts has launched a limited edition Velvet Fig whisky. 

Diageo has unveiled this year’s Special Release scotch whiskies.

Pernod Ricard has announced a new collaboration between Chivas Regal 18 and Italian design company Pininfarina to produce an ice press for the on-trade and an ice mould for the off-trade.

Edrington has announced the launch of its latest blended scotch whisky expression - Cutty Sark Thirty-Three Year Old Art Deco Limited Edition. 

Pernod Ricard announced last week The Glenlivet has passed through the 1m 9-litre case sales per year barrier and has added a new core expression to its range.

Sazerac has assured North American consumers that its Fireball Cinnamon-flavoured whisky is safe to drink after a recall in Scandanavia.

Gruppo Campari has rolled out its Glen Grant 50 Year Old from travel retail to domestic markets.

Pernod Ricard unveiled Midleton Very Rare 30th Anniversary Pearl Edition last week, a limited edition release to celebrate three decades of the whiskey.

Bacardi Global Travel Retail will continue its single malt scotch drive with the release of Aultmore next month.

Label 5 has expanded its range with new expression Label 5 Gold Heritage. 

Chivas Brothers has announced the launch of Chivas Regal Extra, the first expression to be added to the range for seven years. 

Bowmore Islay Malt has launched a limited edition Black Rock Gift Pack for the festive season.

Beam Suntory has lined up the third flavoured release in its whiskey portfolio. 

Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits has announced the release of The Glenrothes Vintage Reserve, comprised of 10 different vintages from the last three decades. 

William Grant & Sons has launched a new packaging design for the Glenfiddich 18 Year Old. 

The Whisky Shop has launched a retail website for whisky novices and connoisseurs. 

Diageo has announced the worldwide launch of its single grain scotch whisky Haig Club. 

William Grant & Sons has announced plans to release its fourth expression for The Girvan Patent Still Single Grain Scotch Whisky. 

Irish Distillers is opening the doors to its Irish Whiskey Academy to the general public with in-depth courses available to spirits enthusiasts from December this year.

The Kingsbarns Distillery and Visitor Centre has reported the arrival of two copper pot stills yesterday. 

Beam Suntory has launched a collection of whiskies from its Scottish and Irish distilleries.

Glenfiddich has announced the launch of this year’s Malt Mastermind competition. 

Glenmorangie has unveiled ‘the world’s first’ crowd-sourced whisky Taghta.