Week in pictures

Dan Aykroyd, Christina Hendricks and our favourite-ever buzzer take pride of place in our latest pictorial round-up of a week in the drinks industry.

Dan Aykroyd, star of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters, took to the mic to launch his Crystal Head vodka brand to the UK bar trade, calling it “the perfect blank canvas for mixologists”, at London club DSTRKT.

Aykroyd met up with the drinks business to discuss Crystal Head vodka at the Stafford hotel’s American Bar.

Actress Christina Hendricks was one of a galaxy of stars to attend the official after party of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The party was sponsored by Italian liqueur brand Disaronno.

Some of the wounded servicemen preparing to climb Mount Everest pose with a bottle of Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve 55 Year Old Glenfiddich. which was auctioned off by Christie’s James Bruce-Gardyne (centre) for £44,000 in aid of Walking With The Wounded.

It was party time at the Davos World Economic Forum as UK-based mobile bar service LiquidChefs was on hand to serve up cocktails to some of the world’s most influential names at the Google After Hours Party

Some of Scotland’s finest chefs pose on the roof terrace of Oloroso restaurant in Edinburgh for the launch of Slow Food Scotland

There’s no better advertisement for the benefits of a family business than this display of wines produced by members of the Primum Familiae Vini

Symington Family Estates managing director Paul Symington introduces the Graham’s 1963 with the help of his son Rob Symington, just one of the PFV’s new generation who were present at a lunch hosted by the association in London last week.

Sir George Fistonich congratulates Damien Detcheverry as the inaugural holder of the Sir George Fistonich Villa Maria Estate Court of Master Sommeliers Scholarship, supporting New Zealand sommeliers through the Advanced Sommelier course in either the US or UK.

On the eve of the historic Calcutta Cup, Scottish rugby legend Scott Hastings braved the bagpipes to support Glengoyne’s new limited edition “Auld Enemy Dram”, being sold in aid of Help For Heroes and The Bill McLaren Foundation

An offer db couldn’t refuse at quirky Russian restaurant Bob Bob Ricard in Soho, London, which is decked out like an Edwardian train carriage.