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How a Mother-Daughter Partnership Formed Vintage Longbottom Wines

Kim Longbottom was pregnant with her daughter Margo in 1998 when Kim co-founded Australia’s Henry’s Drive Vignerons with her husband Mark. Twenty-one years later, that daughter joins the company as her mother’s new business partner....

What the 2019 Yakima Hop Harvest Says About Craft Beer

Want to know what’s next in craft beer? Look first to Yakima. About 75% of America’s annual hop harvest comes from this fertile, sundrenched valley in south central Washington. Every September, mechanized systems on huge farms...

Talking Whiskey With Eddie Russell

What’s more traditional in the world of whiskey than the Russell family at Wild Turkey? You might say that bourbon is in their blood, this multigenerational team of master distillers. Today, Eddie Russell and...

Organic Vs. BioDynamic Wine: What’s The Difference?

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, all farming was organic by today’s standards. Nowadays, the norm in commercial agriculture is to boost crop productivity with chemicals, hormones and genetically modified organisms. In conventional grape growing for...

The 2019 Beer Growth Brands: What’s Driving the Category

We calculated our annual Beer Growth Brands Awards a bit differently in 2019. This year we polled beverage alcohol retailers and other industry professionals about what brands and companies sold the best in 2018, while...

Previewing the 2019 Kim Crawford Vintage

You can expect more of the same from Kim Crawford in 2019 — and that’s a good thing. Now a name brand, this New Zealand company was launched in 1996 by Kim and Erica Crawford. It...

Interview: Old Forester’s Jackie Zykan on Proofing Birthday Bourbon, and Secondary Markets

Bourbon fans have reason to celebrate every September. This is the month that Old Forester releases its annual Birthday Bourbon, in honor of brand founder George Garvin being born on Sept. 2, 1846. The 2019...

How Has Rabbit Hole Distillery Emerged in a Crowded Whiskey Market?

The number of whiskeys on retail shelves and back bars has never been higher. So how does a new distillery stand out amidst the brown spirits boom? Founded in 2012, Rabbit Hole Distillery was already...

7 Emerging Mezcals and Tequilas

The increasing popularity of craft tequila has helped fuel the mezcal movement. Below we look at seven mezcal/tequila brands on the rise. 1) Mezcal El Silencio Launched in 2014, this brand has grown thanks to a...

Pernod Ricard Buys Castle Brands, Jefferson’s Bourbon

Pernod Ricard has continued its buying spree in the realm of spirits with the purchase of Castle Brands. The acquisition price is $223 million. The deal comprises the entire Castle Brands portfolio — including Jefferson's Bourbon...