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Oak & Cane American Craft Rum

Oak & Cane is an American-made gold rum from south Florida, double distilled, aged in white American Oak and rested with fresh Florida orange peels. Created using locally sourced ingredients, Oak & Cane is available for purchase throughout Florida,...

Cape Classics Adds Bordeaux To Import Portfolio

Wine importer Cape Classics, known primarily for their South African wines, announced today their first foray into Bordeaux: Château du Raux, which will launch in May. This follows several announcements of partnerships the importer has forged...

Monin Blood Orange, Blueberry Fruit Purees

Monin has launched two new fruit puree flavors in time for summer: Blood Orange and Blueberry. The Blood Orange Fruit Puree delivers sweet and tart citrus taste with the fruit’s bright red color. Blueberry Fruit Puree is...

What’s The Difference: Tequila, Mezcal, Bacanora, Raicilla, Sotol

A wide range of spirits can be distilled from agaves. Here's a quick rundown of that spectrum and a look at what defines each different category of agave spirits: Mezcal Mezcal is the over-arching category of Mexican spirits fermented and distilled from...

On-Premise Tequila Trends In 2017

Editor's Note: In an effort to keep readers up to date about on-premise trends, which often predict the next retail trends, we occasionally cross post pertinent content from our sister publication, Cheers. Sophisticated tequila programs...

What Exactly Are Craft Spirits?

What exactly is a craft spirit? The answer depends on whom you ask. Numerous retailers have embraced the concept of American craft spirits as an efficient marketing term, creating shelf areas to accommodate the explosion of new brands. Some...

Luxco Nears Completion Of New Tequila Distillery

St. Louis-based Luxco today announced the completion of a new tequila distillery in Mexico. The distillery, DGL Destiladores (Destiladora González Luxco), is located just outside the city of Arandas, in the highlands of Jalisco. DGL...

Âme du Vin 2016

Opici Wines has announced Âme du Vin 2016, a French rosé from the Cotes du Provence. Âme du Vin (Ahm-du-VAHN), meaning “Soul of the Wine,” references the poem of the same name by 19th century French...

Austin Eastciders Blood Orange Cider

Austin Eastciders has announced the release of their new Austin Eastciders Blood Orange Cider. The product is available now in individual 6-packs and 12-packs, with 12-oz. cans, in bars, restaurants and other retailers, including Costco, HEB,...

Jim Koch In NYTimes: Consolidation Threatens Craft Beer

Has Big Beer finally gotten the upper hand over the craft movement? Industry pioneer Jim Koch fears so. In an op-ed column published in the New York Times this past weekend, the founder of the Boston Beer Company worries that continued...