California Wines: The Rule, Humble Pie
The BNA Wine Group has launched two new wines from California.
The Rule 2014 is a red wine from Napa Valley. It features aromas of cherry, tobacco, currant and vanilla. On the palette, round tannins...
Blue Nectar Founder’s Blend Añejo Tequila
Small-batch tequila producer Blue Nectar has announced its first batch of Founder’s Blend Añejo Tequila.
Created by father-son co-founders BN Bahadur and Nikhil Bahadur, and master blender Guillermo Garcia-Lay, each batch of Añejo Founder’s Blend will...
LIQS Fireshot Cinnamon Whiskey Shot
The pre-made cocktail brand LIQS has unveiled Fireshot, a cinnamon whiskey shot.
Fireshot combines cinnamon and vanilla with premium whiskey to create a cocktail in a shot glass that can be shot, sipped or poured over ice.
“Consumer...
Sazerac Completes Purchases of Southern Comfort, Tuaca
The Sazerac Company has completed its purchase of the Southern Comfort brand of whisky liqueurs.
The company hails the purchase as a "long-time staple of New Orleans . . . finally coming back to its roots,"...
United States Beverage to Import Innis & Gunn Scottish Beers
The Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has selected the Stamford-Connecticut based sales and marketing company United States Beverage to import their beers into America.
Innis & Gunn is known for their oak-aged and craft beers. The...
Jim Clerkin Elected Chair of DISCUS
The Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) has elected a new Chair.
at its annual members meeting on February 25, 2016, DISCUS chose Moët Hennessy North America CEO Jim Clerkin as Chair of the national trade association, which...
Smithworks Vodka
New to shelves, Smithworks Vodka is the result of a partnership between Pernod Ricard and country music superstar Blake Shelton.
Made with corn from Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma and water from Lake Fort Smith, Smithworks is distilled three times and charcoal filtered...
Quinta De La Rosa Ports
The Portugese winery Quinta De La Rosa has been run by the same family — Bergqvist — since 1906. The port aspect of the business was relaunched in 1988, and has three bottles in the American market:
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Dr. H. Thanisch Erben Müller-Burggraef Rieslings
The wine-growing traditions of this German estate date back 350 years in the Mosel Valley near the Bernkastel. The estate has two bottles of 2014 Riesling on American shelves:
Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Kabinett 2014 comes from the Doctor...
Daufresne Brut Cidre and Perry
Located in the lower part of Normandy, France, is the cidery Daufresne. This orchard has produced two bottles now available in the American market.
Daufresne Brut Cidre is made from apples from not only the company's orchard...