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The on-trend segment is embracing new flavours, markets and greener ways of doing business, as Joe Bates discovers.
For those on the hunt for innovation within spirits, the aperitif segment is probably not your first port of call. A broad category defined by a relaxed, preprandial Mediterranean consumption occasion, aperitifs is full of iconic brands often produced by small, family-owned companies with long histories.
But,
How aperitifs can outshine the Aperol Spritz – Category Intel
Don’t write off aperitifs as backwards looking. The convivial ‘aperitivo hour’ has caught on internationally.

Joe has been a business journalist for over 20 years, specialising in the drinks, aviation and Global Travel Retail sectors; Duty-Free News International, IWSR Magazine, Drinks International and Whisky Magazine, among others.


