Love Drinks is a drinks distribution company that specializes in super premium craft spirits, beers, and liqueurs.

Love Drinks

Love Drinks Ltd | 2,647 followers on LinkedIn. Love Drinks is a premium import, distribution and marketing company representing quality spirits, liqueurs and craft beers. Established in 2007, Love Drinks is a fully independent company which allows us to respond with agility to an ever-changing market.

We represent a portfolio of the finest brands across key categories which meet the needs of our discerning customers.

Sally Wells

Key Account Manager at Love Drinks Ltd

John Davies

Managing Director at Love Drinks Ltd

Samantha Burke

PR & Communications at Love Drinks

Sarah McArdle

Love Drinks Ltd

The feeling is mutual excited for the journey ahead.

Go Ape For Karisimbi – The Gorilla-Saving Rum As National Rum Day swings round again, it’s time to stop monkeying around and go ape for Karisimbi – our latest trio of award-winning British craft rums. Produced by Gorilla Spirits Co, the stunning artisan range includes the Karisimbi White Rum, Karisimbi Spiced Rum and Karisimbi Golden Rum with 10% of bottle profits donated to saving gorillas. At the prestigious IWSC Awards 2024, the Karisimbi White Rum was the highest awarded white rum taking a IWSC Spirit Gold Medal. Karisimbi Rums are a tribute to nature and a call to protect its treasures. With sustainability at the heart of the Karisimbi brand, 10% of bottle profits from every bottle sold is donated to the Gorilla Organization (Charity number: 1117131). What the brand calls GAT or Gorilla Added Tax, the donations help to protect and conserve the endangered mountain gorilla population. All three rums are available immediately in 70cl bottles made from 100% recycled glass via the likes of Master of Malt and Amazon. For a simple, yet stunning summer sipper, try this Air Rwanda serve…… Ingredients 30ml Karisimbi Golden Rum 15ml fresh lime juice 15ml honey syrup Champagne or sparkling wine to top Method Add the first three ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Fine strain into a highball glass and top with champers/sparkling wine.

Love Drinks latest addition to our Gin portfolio, Spain’s pioneering flavoured gin brand Puerto de Indias is looking for an experienced Account Manager to join its growing team. The most awarded strawberry gin on the planet with an inimitable record of wins and honours since its inception, Seville’s Puerto de Indias turned the gin market on its head in 2013 when it launched the world’s first and now much-copied strawberry gin. At an exciting time in the brand’s trajectory, the right candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with key customers in both the On and Off trade sectors, driving new business and supporting regional Love Drinks’ reps to increase brand sales and profitability. If you want to work with an exciting brand that is creating waves internationally, have what they’re looking for below and want to find out more please send a copy of your CV. to samantha@lovedrinks.co.uk Requirements and skills * Proven experience as a national account manager. * Supreme sales and customer service skills * Demonstrable strengths in negotiating. * In-depth understanding of sales performance metrics. * Excellent analytical and organizational skills * Strong communication skills. * Work alongside brand owner and Love Drinks team when relevant to develop and execute marketing activities. * UK based but must be willing to travel (full drivers license required) * BSc degree in Sales, Business Administration or relevant field and/or minimum 5 years FMCG experience.

Mike Widge Latest Talent To Join Love Drinks With a selection of exciting new brands recently joining the Love Drinks’ line-up, it’s also a great privileged to announce Mike Widge as the newest member of our growing team. A well-known face in the UK cocktail scene with a reputation forged in some of the country’s finest drinking establishments and through success in a variety of awards and competitions, Mike has vast experience in the drinks game working both on the brand side and for the likes of Diageo and Box Marketing. Prior to joining Love Drinks, Mike had been working as General Manager at the incredible Her Majesty’s Secret Service bar in Bristol. Managing Director, Samantha Burke, said: “We’ve been hunting Mike for a while after being extremely impressed by his knowledge, contacts and skills at a series of cocktail competitions so it’s great to have finally got our man. He’s hugely respected, hardworking and a lovely person so we’re confident he will be a real asset to our business and brands in the west of the country moving forward.” In addition to being a self-proclaimed spirit geek, Mike is also a talented musician plus a Kickboxing black belt and instructor. Mike can be contacted via mike@lovedrinks.co.uk and on 07852 480725

Love Drinks Takes Virtuous Route We’re delighted to add vodka to our growing selection of award-winning high-class spirits after confirming the UK distribution for Sweden’s handcrafted, organic Virtuous Vodka brand. The company’s Virtuous Vodka Rye received an incredible 99 out of 100 points at the IWSC 2023 and won the Spirit Gold Outstanding 2023 award and Vodka Trophy 2023. Virtuous Spirits Celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2023, Virtuous Spirits was set up by Swedish taste nerd, chef and visionary Claes Stenmark in 2013. Striving to produce vodkas that could perfectly reflect the unfiltered, full-flavoured best of the Nordic food scene, the Virtuous five-strong selection are made using natural ingredients and a unique process based on the continuous distillation of organic rye. While many distillers will cut away some of the head and some of the tail and use the so-called heart of the distillate for the final product, Virtuous Vodka goes a step further, only using the very core of the heart of the distillate. This is what they call the heart-of-the-heart. Not one to follow just for the sake of it, for the flavoured vodkas, Claes uses a natural maceration process, which involves steeping real organic fruits and botanicals in the spirit to release their true flavours. The Virtuous flavoured vodkas also go against the grain and industry standards that favour clear flavoured vodkas by retaining the beautiful colours provided by the raw ingredients. Taking no shortcuts in his mission for fine flavour, the full range is unfiltered to let the raw organic ingredients sing. The Virtuous collection are also gluten-free, vegan and contain no added sugar or artificial ingredients. Any sweetness derives solely from the natural ingredients with which the vodkas are made. Please see attached for full press release For more details drop a message #newarrivals #swedish #vodka #organic #awardwinning #IWSC

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