Some tips and an offer from one of our 2023 Conference sponsors Midland Insurance.

Today, Australian Distillers CEO, President, Vice President, and Chair of the Technical Standards Committee, held a meeting with a member who has been using the term “Single Malt” to describe a product.

A message from one of our 2023 Conference sponsors FIVE x 5 Solutions.

On behalf of the Members of Spirits and Cocktails Australia and the Australian Distillers Association, we register our appreciation at the ongoing engagement by Departmental officials regarding Australia’s Free Trade agenda. We receive useful and timely advice about the status of negotiations, and a receptive audience to the key priorities for our industry, as Australian-made spirits and pre-mixed spirits beverages look to expand their exports into new and emerging markets.

A reminder that the Early Bird rate for the 2023 New Zealand Distillers' conference closes this Friday 28th April.

The recording of the webinar is now available.

FSANZ’s proposal for labelling includes the mandate that energy units (in kJ and Cals) for BOTH the 100ml measurement and the serving size must be labelling, and notes that voluntary labelling in the EU must be done in 100ml serves.

Along with Spirits and Cocktails Australia, we wrote to the Assistant Treasurer regarding our concerns about the correct application of taxation to alcohol beverage products, including new products, and brought to his attention the possibility that some products may not be classified correctly for taxation purposes.

In Queensland, you can apply for an artisan producer licence when the main function of your business is the production on the licensed premises of craft beer in volumes greater than 2,500 litres but less than 5 million litres in each financial year and artisan spirits in volumes greater than 400 litres but less than 450,000 litres in each financial year.

A study tour has been proposed to be coordinated by Spirits and Cocktails Australia. The study tour will attend the DISCUS 50th Anniversary Conference in Chicago on 14-15 June 2023. DISCUS have proposed attending the conference and establishing distributor and trade show event to coordinate up to 12 producers who have capacity to, or who are interested in finding out more information to sell into the US market.

The ISC has partnered with the Australian Distillers Association to offer an annual fellowship.

The partnership with the Victorian Government for the $5million per year over the next four years has been progressing successfully.