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Don And Sons Custard Chardonnay

Don and Sons has announced a new wine, their 2013 Custard Chardonnay. This "comfort wine" is rich and creamy on the nose, according to the company, with flavors of toasted almond and vanilla derived from six months of French-oak aging. Predominant tasting notes...

Little Black Dress Rosé

Excelsior Wine Company has introduced the newest addition to the Little Black Dress (LBD) Wines portfolio: LBD Rosé. On the heels of the debut of LBD Wines’ newly refined packaging, the brand offers a flavorful...

Pinnacle Vodka New Bottle, Strawberry Flavor

Pinnacle Vodka has launched updated packaging that features a "cleaner, more modern look and feel," the company says. Pinnacle’s new bottle is less cluttered, the company says, with an updated mountain logo and font that...

Ole Smoky Outsiders Farrell Shine

Ole Smoky Distillery has teamed up with WGN America to create a co-branded program in support of the second season of WGN America’s “Outsiders." The collaboration includes a limited-edition moonshine SKU, TV spots, digital...

Newport Storm Rhode Trip New England IPA

Newport Storm Brewery this June will release the first batch of its New England IPA: Rhode Trip. This hazy, unfiltered, yellow-orange IPA has juicy hop flavors, the company says, and aromas of pineapple and tropical fruit. Oats give...

Rock and Rye 100-Proof 6-Year Whiskey

The Cooper Spirits Co. has announced a 6-year-old, 100-proof Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock and Rye, a higher proof limited-edition of its standard bottling. This has a drier taste profile than Slow & Low 84...

Novo Fogo Colibri Cachaça

Brazilian distillery Novo Fogo has announced its newest expression of cachaça now available in America: Colibri. Colibri has matured over the years, moving back and forth between repurposed oak barrels and amburana (Brazilian teak) barrels, the company...

Bols 100% Malt Spirit

Lucas Bols announced that for the first time its original-recipe, Bols 100% Malt Spirit, will be available in select U.S. markets beginning Feb. 1st. Only 200 cases of Bols 100% Malt Spirit will ship to New...

Buffalo Trace Seasoned Stave Experiment Bourbons

Buffalo Trace Distillery has released the latest round of its experimental whiskey collection, two bourbons aged for more than nine years in barrels made from oak staves seasoned for an unusual length of time. The...

Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines Adds Rosés from Provence To Portfolio

Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines (DC&E) has added a collection of rosés from Provence to its prestigious portfolio of imports for the American market.  DC&E has been granted exclusive U.S. importing rights to Château...