Jacob’s Creek, one of the best known, award-wining wine brands is releasing a new premium sparkling drink in a ready to serve format; Aperitivo Spritz. The latest addition to the category taps into the popularity of bitter orange aperitifs as well as consumer demand for light and fresh ‘spritz’ offerings that are simple to serve and refreshing to drink.
Rolling out from June 2018, Jacob’s Creek Aperitivo Spritz provides consumers with a convenient and delicious sparkling drink with a twist. The refreshing sparkling wine-based drink has a vibrant flavour profile of zesty blood oranges and carefully selected botanicals, such as cinchona and liquorish root extract, to deliver a fruity drink with bittersweet citrus notes.
Consumers are continuously looking for easy, convenient drink options, especially as the number of ingredients needed to make a cocktail at home is a key barrier to purchase for many shoppers. Making shoppers’ lives easier, Aperitivo Spritz is pre-mixed and ready-to-serve no matter what the occasion. As sophisticated as traditional sparkling wine, it gives a new twist to the aperitif moment.
Jacob’s Creek Aperitivo Spritz perfectly taps into the growing trend for lower alcohol serves, containing just 8.5% ABV. With 29% of UK shoppers saying they will also be cutting back on sugar in 2018, Jacob’s Creek’s latest addition has come at a key time in the category, fulfilling a number of consumer needs.
Toni Ingram, Head of Marketing, at Pernod Ricard UK, comments: “We are excited to be introducing Jacob’s Creek Aperitivo Spritz at a time where the popularity of aperitif-style drinks is soaring amongst UK shoppers. This modern drink is inspired by the famous Italian ‘aperitivo’ and its zesty sweet flavour of blood oranges, blended with our wine, fits perfectly within the category, whilst also testing very well with our target consumers. We want to help retailers further their summer sales by offering a new twist to the aperitvo occasion. Additionally, as a pre-mixed drink which has just 119 calories per serve, we are offering an easy and quick-to-serve solution for busy, health-conscious UK shoppers.”
Available in a 750ml bottle, Aperitivo Spritz is best served over ice with a slice of ruby red grapefruit or blood orange for the full aperitivo experience, or on its own. The new product will be available across grocery channels from June 2018, with an RRP of £11. The launch will be supported with PR, on-pack neck tag and in-store activations such as sampling.
Source: Pernod Ricard
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