Bushmills Live, the music festival which is held at the Northern Ireland distillery on June 11 and 12, has secured The 1975 band as headliners.

Gruppo Campari has further illustrated its brown spirits expansion drive with the acquisition of Forty Creek Distillery in Canada, which produces the Forty Creek Canadian whisky brand.

The UK market for Scotch whisky declined by 3% last year.

Diageo has announced two new variants to its The Singleton of Dufftown single malt Scotch whisky range.

Diageo has released details and images of Mortlach, the“reborn” single malt that is dubbed “the beast of Dufftown” and which will be launched this summer.

Inver House Distillers is to invest £4 million to double production capacity at its Speyburn Distillery. Work is set to be completed by the end of 2014.

Diageo is to add another expression to its Cardhu single malt scotch brand.

William Grant & Sons has announced at international memorial services in New York and Scotland and a special expression, for Charles Grant Gordon, the man who gave the world Glenfiddich Scotch whisky.

Diageo has announced that it plans to invest an initial US$2 million to develop the Stitzel-Weller Visitor Center at the Louisville distillery.

Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits announced the release of the second in its series of single cask bottlings of The Glenrothes from the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Diageo, the world’s largest premium spirits company and the largest producer of Scotch whisky, has launched an initiative to locate lost and forgotten barrels of whisk(e)y from around the world.

The Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) has announced its plans for a new whiskey distillery to be located in Dublin’s Newmarket Square in The Liberties, Dublin 8.

For the latest instalment of the Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the whisk(e)y brands moving through their bars.

For the latest instalment of the 2014 Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the Scotch brands moving through their bars.

William Grant & Sons has launched a scholarship to honour Ian Murray, its former prestige retail manager, who died last year after a short illness.

Diageo has announced plans for a £30 million expansion of its Clynelish distillery in Sutherland.

Suntory’s move for Beam “is not the end of it by any means”, leading drinks analyst Jeremy Cunnington of Euromonitor International has told DI.

Suntory has announced it will pay $16 billion to acquire Beam in a deal that would see the Japanese group become one of the top-three spirits manufacturers in the world.

It has just been announced that Charles Gordon, life president of William Grant & Sons, died in New York at the weekend. He was 86.

Diageo has announced that Georgie Bell, currently global ambassador for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, will join Diageo next month (January) as a global brand ambassador, focusing on the promotion of its new range of Mortlach single malt scotch which will be launched next year (2014).

Diageo has introduced Bulleit Rye and upped the strength of its Bulleit Bourbon in the UK and Germany.

Diageo has announced the launch of Bulleit Bourbon at and the introduction of its new Bulleit Rye whiskey into the UK.

Diageo has announced the launch of Bulleit Bourbon and the introduction of its new Bulleit Rye whiskey into the UK.

Edrington has launched The Macallan Masters of Photography: Capsule Edition - Daido Moriyama ‘Remix, Remixed’ exclusive to travel retail.

Adnams, best known as an English regional brewer, is about to launch its first ever whiskies.

Ballantine’s Brasil is the name of a new lime-infused spirit drink, from the Chivas Brothers scotch and premium gin divisions of Pernod Ricard.

The world’s best selling single malt Scotch whisky in 2012 was Glenfiddich, according to Drinks International’s The Millionaires’ Club 2013.

Diageo has told the trade it will re-release Mortlach single malt scotch next year, a dram dubbed “The Beast of Dufftown”.

Paramount Film Company has announced the launch of Ron Burgundy Scotch Whisky to the UK, US and Canada.

Edrington has announced plans to build a new £100 million distillery for its The Macallan brand in Speyside, Scotland.

Diageo has announced the completion of two distillery expansions in Speyside.

La Martinquaise, the French spirits group, has announced that WS Karoulias, one of the leading spirits distribution companies in Greece, will be the exclusive distributor of its Label 5 scotch whisky in Greece.

Diageo Global Travel and Middle East has announced the launch of White Horse Gold Edition 1890 to travel retail.

Islay’s independent farm distillery, Kilchoman, has built a new warehouse to hold more than 10,000 casks.

Diageo has completed the construction of a new £150m warehouse complex in Fife, as part of last year's pledge to invest £1bn in its Scotch operations over a five-year period.

A bottle of 1964 Bowmore single malt whisky, which was priced at £8,000 on its release last year, has sold at auction for £61,000.

Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2014 has named the virgin-oak-matured Glenmorangie Ealanta as the best whisky in the world.

The Macallan and French crystal maker, Lalique, unveiled their latest special decanter in the Six Pillars Collection at the TFWA exhibition in Cannes today (October 22).

French spirits group La Martiniquaise has extended its blended Scotch line with the launch of Label 5 18 YO Extra Rare at TFWA Cannes this week.

Diageo GTME has completed its Johnnie Walker Explorers’ Club Collection with today’s travel-retail launch of The Royal Route.

Illva Saronno SpA has announced its intention to invest in Walsh Whiskey Distillery, - the producer of The Irishman & Writers Tears super and ultra-premium, craft, Irish whiskey brands.

Diageo has announced a new marketing campaign for its scotch whisky blend, Johnnie Walker, that will amount to a £7.2 million spend.

Beam’s newest Jim Beam is Red Stag by Jim Beam Hardcore Cider.

William Grant & Sons has named its new 100% maize whisky after the column still that made it.

Irish Distillers has launched more Irish whiskeys, this time under the Paddy brand.

Irish Distillers has introduced a 21-year-old expression of its Redbreast single pot still whiskey.

Burn Stewart Distillers has relaunched the premium blended scotch whisky, Black Bottle.

Pernod Ricard will turn to The Guardians of The Glenlivet to select the next limited edition release of its top-selling single malt brand, The Glenlivet.

Taghta (“Tuh-ta”, Gaelic for chosen), is name chosen by Glenmorangie’s whisky fans worldwide for a new single malt.

Chivas Brothers has launched a limited edition of its Chivas Regal 12 Year Old scotch in collaboration with British fashion designer Patrick Grant.