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Archive for January, 2018

Dave Phinney’s Savage & Cooke Sets Up Shop On Mare Island

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Dave Phinney, creator of The Prisoner and Orin Swift among other prominent wine brands, is set to open Savage & Cooke distillery and hospitality center on California’s Mare Island in May. Savage & Cooke launched operations in May of last &#8230... Read more

Opici Bolsters Whisk(e)y Lineup With New Scotch, Irish and American Offerings

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Opici Wines’ Market Street Spirits division is expanding its portfolio with the addition of several new whisk(e)y labels. The newcomers include Tullibardine single malt Scotch, The Temple Bar Whiskies from Ireland, and Rebellion Rye. Highland malt Tull... Read more

News Briefs for January 10, 2018

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•Table wine imports into the United States increased by 4.1% to 95 million nine-liter case shipments in the eleven-month period ending in November, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Bottled shipments from New Zealand once again outpaced most m... Read more

Craft Brewing and Distilling News for January 10, 2018

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•The Boston Beer Co. has launched Sam ’76, billed as a hybrid of an ale and a lager. The 4.7%-abv beer was developed in Sam Adams’ nano-brewery in Boston where the company’s brewers blended a base ale and a base … Continue reading → The pos... Read more

Introducing the 2017 Hot Brands — Alexandria Nicole Cellars

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2016 Viognier, Horse Heaven Hills, WA Read more

Tuscany’s Bibi Graetz partners with Folio Fine Wine Partners in US

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Italian wine producer Bibi Graetz has shifted its US distribution to Michael Mondavi-owned Folio Fine Wine Partners. Read more

Johnnie Walker announces limited-edition whisky

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This New Year, the team behind Johnnie Walker, a brand of Norwalk, Conn.-based Diageo North America Inc., released a special-edition whisky exclusive to travelers: Johnnie Walker Blenders' Batch Sherry Cask Finish, which now is available in duty-free stores worldwide. Read more


Introducing the 2017 Hot Brands — Ankida Ridge Vineyard

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2014 Pinot Noir, Amherst, VA Read more

US Marijuana Landscape in 2018

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In our prediction issue earlier this year, your editors listed marijuana as one of the trends that will be a hot issue in 2018, so we wanted to drop in on where things stand now. Read more

The New Global Face of German Cuisine

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Bright, fresh flavors are giving a modern makeover to many of Germany's traditional dishes like potato-leek soup and apple strudel. Ready to get cooking? Read more