Hinch Distillery, just south of Belfast, has won the highest accolade for its Ninth Wave gin at the China Wine and Spirit Awards, alongside three other distinguished titles for its range of Irish whiskies, when it walked away with a globally-recognised Trophy for ‘Gin of the Year’.

Remember ‘social badging’? Pub-going consumers would purchase an alcoholic beverage brand and seek to place the bottle on their table to indicate their choice of drink as a status call?

With the addition of Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot, Kylie Minogue Wines completes the Kylie Minogue Wines’ Signature range which also includes the “best-selling Signature Rosé” debuted in May by the pop icon.