Starward produces Australian whisky, focusing on a craft distillation process and offering a variety of whisky products, including bottled cocktails and single barrel programs.

Starward

Speciality Brands is a distribution company focused on building premium spirits brands in the UK.

Speciality Brands

Starward Whisky | 7,076 followers on LinkedIn. Taking whisky to new horizons 💫
World’s Most Awarded Distillery of 2022 and 2024 🏆
Sip Starward Responsibly. | Crafted in Melbourne, Starward whiskies embody the city&#39;s adventurous spirit and are celebrated for their delicious versatility. Uniquely matured in red wine barrels sourced from Australia&#39;s famed wine regions and aged in a highly reactive environment, Starward’s whiskies exemplify Australian ingenuity, blending the best of the old world with the innovation of the new.
In fifteen short years, we’ve grown immensely, taken our whisky to the world and won many prestigious awards along the way.

Member of the Board at New World Whisky Distillery

Chris Middleton

Martin Dunn

Brand Manager at Starward Whisky

Natalie Powell

Market Manager STARWARD Whisky

Cosmin Marinescu

Starward Whisky

We are proud to share that Starward has made the "2024 Drinks International World's Most Admired Whiskies" list. "Starward is the only Australian brand in our list and remains at the forefront of New World whisky." - Drinks International. We're so proud of our team who continue to go further for flavour and champion our new world whisky. Read more: https://lnkd.in/guWedghJ

It's been a big week, here at Starward. 🏆 Our signature single malt, Nova, won 'Champion Whisky' at the Royal Adelaide Show. 🏆Starward Stout Cask (our limited release whisky finished in imperial stout barrels) was awarded 'Best Australian Whisky' at the The Tasting Alliance 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. 🏆 David Vitale proudly collected our trophy for the 'Most Awarded International Distillery' at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. A special congratulations to our passionate team, who constantly go further for flavour.

We’re so excited to open new doors and opportunities for our team. Here at Starward HQ we’ve seen some exciting team moves: 💫 Matt has been an integral part of our distilling team (upstream) looking after the copper stills. Now he’s moving to the other side of the whisky-making process (downstream), for all things blending. 💫 Carlie Dyer has also excitingly become the Head Distiller of Starward, after her exceptional work with the blending team, for over 6 years. Read more about it at the link below. Congratulations both in your respective new roles, as we take whisky to new horizons https://lnkd.in/gQtmRjEh

We're excited to host the Scarf Cocktails and Canapes event on the 4th September. This is wonderful initiative and you can book your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/gyaQamVK

Today, we have been crowned as ‘Most Awarded International Distillery’ at the 2024 San Francisco Worlds Spirits Competition (SFWSC), held by The Tasting Alliance . We were the first and only Australian distillery to ever receive this honour in 2022, and we’re so proud to say that we’ve now received this prestigious title, twice. The comes after our Melbourne-made whiskies were awarded 8 Platinum medals, 13 Double Gold medals and 13 Gold medals, beating over 5,500 entrants globally, across multiple spirit categories (whisky, gin, tequila and more.). “It’s absolutely surreal… there’s no other way to say it. Whether you’ve been on the journey since our early days in Essendon Fields, or just discovering our Melbourne-made whisky, thank you so much for supporting us as we take whisky to new horizons.” David Vitale

We're #hiring for a Trade Marketing Executive to join our passionate team. If you or someone you know is interested, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you. https://lnkd.in/g3kVmYku

We're pleased to be partnering with Speciality Brands to continue to grow our presence in the United Kingdom. "Our Melbourne-made whisky already has an established footprint in this dynamic commercial market, and we look forward to seeing Speciality Brands unlock new opportunities for us. We know that our UK Starward fans have embraced our whisky with open arms, and this partnership represents Starward's ongoing commitment to expand and grow in this region" says Scott English English, Commercial Director at Starward.

Starward was proud to have involvement in the Prime Minister's Olympic Fundraising Dinner, last month. Starward donated a rare, French Oak, Australian whisky barrel to the auction, with all proceeds going towards the Australian Olympic team attending the 2024 Paris Olympics. David Vitale shared the stage with incredible company, to tell the story about the little distillery that could, as well as shine a light on this unique barrel offering. Whether it's in the world of whisky or sports, Australian's are no strangers to breaking records and shining bright on the global stage. Cheers to our Olympians in Paris.🥃 #PJSE #OlympicFundraiserDinner #IrrationalBelief Image credit: Nico Photography

We're thrilled to be taking whisky to new horizons, on board Qantas . Our signature single malt, aged in some of Australia's finest red wine barrels has found it's perfect home on the iconic flying kangaroo. Now being served on Domestic Business Class.

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Company Name	Starward	Speciality Brands
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MSH ID	COM:STARWARD	COM:SPECIALITYBRANDS
Market	PRIVATE	PRIVATE
Sector	Consumer Goods	Consumer Goods
Industry	Beverages	Beverages
Country	AU	GB
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Employee Count		11
Website	starward.com	specialitybrands.com
LinkedIn	starward-whisky	speciality-brands-ltd
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