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THE MAESTRO SALVATORE CALABRESE CONDUCTS DE KUYPER THE WORKS 2019
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De Kuyper liqueur brand has announced its partnership with Salvatore Calabrese on this year’s edition of De Kuyper The Works program. De Kuyper The Works is a series of inspirational workshops designed to upskill Australian bartenders. The events will take place mid-August 2019 in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Salvatore is one of the world’s leading and most respected bartenders. His career spans more than 40 years in the hospitality business beginning in Maiori on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. He is the original creator of the world-famous Breakfast Martini and the Ultimate Dry Martini. Salvatore is also the undisputed thought leader of the cocktail and food-pairing trend.
De Kuyper The Works 2019 Schedule (Stay tuned for venues): • Perth – Sunday 18 August • Adelaide – Tuesday 20 August • Brisbane – Thursday 22 August • Melbourne – Sunday 25 August • Sydney – Tuesday 27 August PATIENT WOLF DISTILLERY OPENS IN MELBOURNE
Patient Wolf Distilling Co., an independent boutique gin producer currently based in Brunswick, Victoria will soon open the doors to a new distillery and bar located in Melbourne’s Southbank.
Bucking the trend in Australia for regional-based distilleries, Patient Wolf is proudly moving its hand-crafted gin production closer to the heart of the city. Patient Wolf cofounders and distillers, Matt Argus and Dave Irwin, are currently leading the renovation of a red brick industrial warehouse at 34-36 Market Street, an inner-city side street which straddles the Southbank and South Melbourne border.
The working distillery and bar is slated to open in early September 2019 will become the largest independent gin distillery in Melbourne.
THE WORLD’S OLDEST SURVIVING BEER MADE NEW
Resurrected by James Squire brewers in partnership with the Australian Wine Research Institute and Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery of Launceston, The Wreck Survivors Ale is crafted from yeast found in a 220-yearold bottle of beer within Australia’s oldest merchant shipwreck the ‘Sydney Cove’, which was wrecked on Preservation Island north of Tasmania in 1797. The Wreck Survivors Ale is an Imperial Porter carefully aged in rum barrels, packaged in a premium 750ml glass bottle, dipped in wax and placed inside a gift box containing historical information of the shipwreck survivors’ story. The launch of The Wreck Survivors’ Ale will see 5,000 exclusive bottles available nationally in Dan Murphy’s on the 26 August.
The release will be buoyed by a campaign that invites wilderness adventurers to apply to be part of the Great Australian Survivors’ Trek.
The Great Australian Survivors’ Trek will see four courageous Australians make history and retrace a route that follows key sections of the 700-kilometre trek made by the shipwreck survivors over two centuries ago. The once in a lifetime journey will see punters trek across Australia’s stunning South Eastern coastline, making their way through dunes, cliffs and rivers on foot, vehicle and raft.
Left: Beverly Lennox Right: Erwin Magnat
MCWILLIAM’S WINES GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENTS
Beverly Lennox has joined McWilliam’s Wines as chief financial officer. With wine industry experience spanning the UK, Canada, US and Australia, Beverley was most recently with Cumulus Wines.
Erwin Magnat joins as Senior Brand Manager – Imported & Distributor Brands and comes over with 12 years experience working in FMCG for Diageo, Coca-Cola Amatil and Nestle Nespresso.
Tanya Nadaya joins as Senior National Account Manager (Independents) and has worked in the liquor industry for 20 years including at Coles Liquor and Tyrrell’s, and recently Accolade Wines.
WORKSMITH OPENS ELLA IN MELBOURNE CBD
Hospo, food and beverage industry working hub, Worksmith, has opened a space in Melbourne’s CBD, steps from Melbourne Central station, on the corner of Elizabeth and La Trobe Street. Founder, Michael Bascetta says big businesses such as ALM and Four Pillars Gin have already moved in to the new working hub that includes its very own drinks laboratory.
“Our drinks laboratory is the only one around for people looking to experiment with cocktails for a new bar list or for developing flavours for a new spirit brand,” says Bascetta. Worksmith has become extremely popular amongst small businesses and consultants within the hospitality community and has garnered a reputation as a place for valuable networking opportunities and cultivating ideas amongst the food and drinks community.
Space is filling up fast!
SHAW AND SMITH CELEBRATE 30 VINTAGES WITH TRADE EDUCATION FOCUS
Adelaide Hills-based winery, Shaw + Smith, will bottle its 30th vintage this year and will celebrate with a continued focus on its trade wine education including workshops, masterclasses and scholarships, plus a roster of consumer events to mark three decades making high-quality cool climate wines. Trade education initiatives include the Shaw + Smith Scholarship, now in its second year and rewarding recipients working in the wine trade in Hong Kong and Singapore with the opportunity to join the winery team for a vintage, the Pinot Noir Trade Workshops taking place around our capital cities and the Shaw + Smith famous Yum Cha lunches celebrating its latest Sauvignon Blanc release. COOPERS WELCOMES NEXT GENERATION
Lousie Cooper, daughter of Managing Director of Coopers Brewery, Tim Cooper, has joined the company as Legal Affairs and Risk Manager. Louise is the third member of the sixth generation of Coopers to work full-time at the brewery. Andrew Cooper, son of chairman, Glenn Cooper, started at the company in 2017 while his sister, Rachel Cooper-Casserly worked at the business between 2009 and 2016. Tim Cooper says family members are encouraged to establish their career elsewhere before being invited to join the business should an opportunity be available. “There is no shortage of talented sixth generation Coopers who have expressed an interest in joining the brewery, should they be asked,” says Louise Cooper. drinks trade|11
RETAIL DRINKS ADDRESSES ONLINE SALES
Retail Drinks Australia has announced the official launch of the Online Alcohol Sale and Delivery Code of Conduct (Code) with signatories representing more than 80 per cent of all alcohol purchased online in Australia. (Figure based on the sector’s total revenue generated in 2018 as reported in IBISWorld’s Online Beer, Wine and Liquor Sales report)
The Code’s primary purpose is to enhance retailers’ ability to trade in the online alcohol sector responsibly, thereby addressing any concerns that services could be used to supply alcohol to minors or persons who are intoxicated.
“The Code represents an incredible innovation in industry selfregulation and today’s launch is a significant milestone in achieving a responsible retailing environment for the online alcohol sale and delivery sector.
“In fitting with Retail Drinks’ vision of enhancing the freedom to retail responsibly, the Code provides retailers with a comprehensive blueprint for participation in the digital economy, which is underpinned by the dual key principles of harm minimisation and education,” says Retail Drinks’ CEO, Julie Ryan.
The voluntary industry Code is the culmination of extensive consultation with industry and government to provide a robust, bestpractice and fit for purpose framework governing the rapidly growing online alcohol sale and delivery market.
The Code seeks to address one of the challenges in regulating online alcohol sale and delivery, which is that liquor licensing legislation is state and territory based, but the marketplace is national.
Visit www.code.retaildrinks.org.au
RECORD INVESTMENT INTO WINE RD&E
Wine Australia will invest a record $79 million on behalf of the grape and wine sector in 2019–20, investing in research, development and extension (RD&E), market development and export regulation according to its Annual Operational Plan 2019–20 (AOP) released this week.
Wine Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Andreas Clark, said the sectors’ unwavering focus on improving perceptions of Australian wine internationally was paying dividends.
‘In the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 March 2019, total free on board (FOB) export value has increased by 47 per cent from $1.9 billion to $2.78 billion. At the same time, the average value of all exports has increased by 31 per cent from $2.61 per litre to $3.41 per litre with value growth in all price segments.
‘This increased average value of exports has been accompanied by a 32 per cent increase in the national average wine grape purchase price from $463 per tonne in vintage 2015, to $609 per tonne in vintage 2018.
‘The health of the sector reflects Australian grape growers’ commitment to producing quality grapes sustainably and efficiently, and our exporter’s commitment to growing markets by investing in promotion and market presence.’
Clark said Wine Australia was now in the fifth year of Strategic Plan 2015–2020, which has so far delivered on its objectives. Consultation would soon begin with the grape and wine sector to inform the development of the next five-year strategic plan. Wine Australia was working with Australian Grape and Wine Inc, which was developing an overarching long-term plan that would guide the objectives of Wine Australia’s five-year plan.
THE INDEPENDENT BREWERS ASSOCIATION (IBA) ANNOUNCES BOARD CHANGES
Two new Board members will join IBA - Dereck Hales from Melbourne’s Bad Shepherd Brewing Co will be taking a casual Board position replacing Ben Kraus. Richard Adamson of Young Henrys has been appointed to one of the direct appointment Board positions. Both Dereck and Richard bring a breadth of experience to the IBA Board.
The IBA is also on the hunt for a new general manager and marketing manager to direct the Association from its new headquarters in Collingwood, Melbourne.
IBA also says farewell to Director, Ben Krauss of Bridge Road Brewers who will step down from his position as a long-standing Board member as he sets off to Austria for a gap year with his family.
Dereck Hales Richard Adamson
CUB’S LEXINGTON HILL GOES GLOBAL
London has embraced Lexington Hill. CUB’s cocktails on tap range went on sale in 20 bars and other venues in London in June and will be expanded across the rest of the country later this year. The decision to branch out to export markets was made on the huge success the brand has been in the local market. Lexington Hill is now available in over 250 on-premise outlets in Australia. Developed by CUB to make it easier and faster for bartenders to deliver popular and quality cocktails, the range includes Espresso Martini and Margarita on the Rocks.
“CUB has got over 100 years’ experience delivering the freshest and best draught experience, so we thought we could help by giving people great cocktail experiences every time. We have an opportunity to change cocktail culture not only in Australia, but globally,”said Lexington Hill Senior Marketing Manager, Marc Lord.
At only six-month’s old the Barossa’s very own gin distillery is making a name for itself amongst the world’s best. Seppeltsfield Rd Distillers, the brainchild of Nicole and Jon Durdin, opened its doors in the Barossa in September last year and is the first commercial Barossa gin house to produce a true Barossa-made gin.
Since officially releasing its first three gins six months ago, Seppeltsfield Rd Distillers has collected 17 medals, and was named Australian Gin Distillery of the Year at the Melbourne International Spirits Competition 2018. The most recent wins were at Tasting Australia, the Australian Gin Awards, Australian Distilled Spirit Awards, and the American Distilling Awards.
WOOLWORTHS GROUP ANNOUNCES ENDEAVOUR DRINKS AND ALH GROUP DEMERGER
Woolworths Group has announced it will combine its liquor and hospitality businesses – Endeavour Drinks and ALH Group – into a new company called Endeavour Group Limited and demerge it in 2020.
The move will create Australia’s largest integrated drinks and hospitality business, with sales of approximately $10 billion and $1 billion EBITDA.
Woolworths Group Chairman Gordon Cairns said: “The decision has been taken after consideration of the future prospects of both businesses and how they can be best realised. It reflects the Board’s focus on maximising longterm shareholder value.”
The Wine Communicators of Australia has announced it is now accepting submissions for the Wine Communicator Award, 2019. Submissions close on Friday 6 September. The 2018 Award went to the team at eBev. The winner will be announced at an Awards ceremony on 13 November at Handpicked Cellar Door in Sydney.
