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Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Latest finds in spirits and ...
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Tags: Early Times Mint Julep, Highland Park Loki, Kentucky Derby, Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, RTD, Sauza, Sauza Sparkling Margarita, The Find
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
HEY BARTENDER 4th Row Films debuted their documentary Hey Bartender at SXSW in March. The film, written and directed by Doug Tirola, focuses on two bartenders—Steve Schneider at Employees Only in New York City and Steve “Carpi” Carpentieri of Dunville’s in Westport, CT—in the era of the craft cocktail. The film offers rare access to ...
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Tags: Comfortable Weather Guy, Digital Beer IQ, Hey Bartender, L2 Think Tank, MyPourPal, Southern Comfort, technology, The Connection
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
JIM BEAM SCARES UP ‘JACOB’S GHOST’ Jim Beam has launched Jacob’s Ghost, a new white whiskey that celebrates the “spirit” of founding distiller Jacob Beam by perfecting the white whiskey he first made more than two centuries ago. Aged for a year in white oak barrels, Jacob’s Ghost elicits the wood-influenced flavors and hues of ...
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Tags: Altar, Jacob's Ghost, Jim Beam, Three Olives
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Friday, March 1st, 2013
NEW GLENMORANGIE SCOTCH HAS AMERICAN ACCENT The name of the latest addition to Glenmorangie’s Private Edition range, Ealanta, is Scots Gaelic for “skilled and ingenious,” but the 1993 single malt has a true American accent: it was matured exclusively in virgin American white oak casks from the Mark Twain National Forest in the Ozark Mountains. ...
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Tags: Drinks & Ink Tour, Dushan Zaric, Employees Only, Game of Thrones, Glenmorangie, HBO, Jason Kosmas, LVMH, Macao Trading Co, Ommegang, Simon Ford, The 86 Co., Tuaca
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Scotch = £4bn IndustryThe Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has reported that the Scotch Whisky industry generates more than £4bn per year and supports an estimated 36,000 jobs. Not so relevant here in the U.S. at first glance, except that it is the export market that has been driving growth, setting the industry up for what ...
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Tags: BDX, beer, By the numbers, China, Control States, millenials, prosecco, Scotch, South African wine
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Friday, February 1st, 2013
As more celebrities want in to this relatively glamorous world, more wine and spirits marketers appear eager happy to bring them along for the ...
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Tags: 1800 Tequila, Adrian Grenier, Andretti Winery, Atlantico Rum, Bacardi Light, Belvedere Red, Blenheim Vineyards, Bocelli, Busy Phillips, Cabo Wabo, Caduceus, Campari, Carlos Santana, Casa Noble Tequila, Casamigros Tequila, CeeLo Green, celebrity, Charles Woodson, Ciroc, Constellation, Daughtry, Dave Matthews, Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, Dobel, Domaine Select, Dreaming Tree wines, Ed Hardy, Enrique Iglesias, Envolve, Fergie, Francis Ford Coppola, Frescobaldi Brunello, George Clooney and Randy Gerber, Gianfranco Ferré, Green Bay Packers, Henessy, Idris Elba, Il cantante, Jeremih, Jim Beam, Jim Nantz, Johnnie Walker, Jorge Posada, Justin Timberlake, Kid Rock, Kim Kardashian, LeSutra, Lloyd Banks, Malibu Red, Marilyn Merlot, Martin Scorcese, Michael Imperioli, Midori, Millionaire Matchmaker, Moët & Chandon, Ne-Yo, Nuvo, P. Diddy, Patrón Tequila, Penelope Cruz, Perez Hilton, Perry Farrell, Piper-Heidsieck, Pitbull, Planet Waves, Roberto Cavalli Vodka, Roger Federer, Sam Neill, Sammy Hagar, San Francisco, Save Me, SHFT, starstruck, T-Pain, Tanqueray, Tatuado, Tequila, The Bachelor, Timbaland, Toby Keith, Train, Two Paddocks, TY KU sake, Usher, Vince Vineyards, Voli Spirits, Wale, Wayne Gretzky, Wild Shot Mezcal
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
A look into industry tech-related initiatives and ...
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Tags: Absolut, Bacardi, Canadian Club, Grey Goose, Hennessy, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, L2, Maker's Mark, on-premise, Sailor Jerry, Smirnoff, technology, The Connection, think tank, Tidal Wave, Trinchero Family Estate, Turning Technologies
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
IT’S OK TO GET KINKY This time of year, kinky is cool. Kinky Liqueur—a fruity, 34-proof fusion of super-premium vodka and exotic fruit flavors including mango, blood orange and passion fruit—has “date night” written all over it. Suggest an easy cocktail of Kinky Bubbles (4 oz. Kinky, 1 oz. Prosecco) or a Kinky-tini (1 oz. ...
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Tags: Demitri's, Kinky Liqueur, Malibu Island Spice, Patrón Tequila, Saliza Amaretto, Seattle, The Find
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
1. Red Blends RollApothic, Ménage à Trois, Red Velvet, RedVolution and the like aren’t making many of the critics’ 2012 “best of” lists, but who cares? Certainly not the legions of people lapping them up, nor the merchants selling them. Smooth, juicy reds—some actually sweet—have been red hot all year. 2. MoscatoEvery generation has its ...
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Tags: 2012, China, deals, Digitization, dry Rosé, millenials, Moscato, prosecco, ratings, Red Blends, social media, Wine Advocate, Wine Trends, Women
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