10 trends for 2019

Square wine bottles and the Brexit effect are among the developments to watch out for this year

Mark Reynier of Waterford Distillery
A GarÇon Wines flat wine bottle

Twenty days into a new year and the wine and spirits world has rolled up its sleeves in preparation for a marathon year of developments. Here are our early thoughts and predictions for 2019.

1. Irish whiskey and distillery tourism becomes the key player on the Irish drinks and hospitality scene

I placed this trend in the number two slot last year and it out-performed everything. In Ireland today, ...