Today, and again from Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) Access Live 2024, I will be reviewing bourbons, a Tequila and an Amaro. Last to come will be my article on a very classy brand of ready-to-drink craft cocktails. From Bardstown, Kentucky, and the coolest looking barrel-colored and shaped bottles I’ve ever seen, we…
JOHNSON CITY, Texas – Carter Hospitality Group announces Carter Creek Winery, in the heart of Texas Hill Country, earned six awards at the 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (SFCWC), which took place during the week of January 15. This competition is the largest in North America and brings attention and respect to the industry worldwide. Now…
(Las Vegas, NEVADA). Sucellus, a brokerage, marketing and sales firm proudly entered several of their clients into WSWA Wine & Spirits Competition January 29th in Las Vegas. That evening it was announced that they’d won 30 medals plus three Best in Show awards. “These awards are a testament to the wonderful partners, and amazing brands…
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Breckenridge Distillery, a subsidiary of Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY and TSX: TLRY), the world’s highest distillery and one of the most-awarded craft distilleries in the U.S. including winner of World’s Best Blended Whiskey, is proud to announce its latest Double Gold award for Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey and two Gold awards for the Collectors Art…
We are so proud to share that Minoki Rum “World’s First Mizunara Cask Finished and Coral Filtered Rum” and Kamiki Intense Wood ‘’World’s first whisky brand with Japanese Cedar Cask finish, aged longer for intense taste lovers’’ have been awarded DOUBLE GOLD Medal from Cigar & Spirits Magazine’s 2023 World Spirits Competition! About Minoki Rum“World’s First Mizunara Cask…
In the last couple of years I’ve been really impressed with the whiskies developed by Ohio’s Middle West Spirits, namely their first – and the only – dark pumpernickel rye. I reviewed that bottle in September of 2022, along with members of the Las Vegas chapter of the global Drammers club and you can read…
Old Pepper Bottled-in-Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has been awarded the highest distinction, a Double Gold medal, in a blind tasting at the prestigious 2023 New York World Spirits Competition, surpassing some of the finest bourbon whiskies on the market. LEXINGTON, Ky. /PRNewswire/ — Old Pepper Bottled-in-Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey was awarded a Double Gold medal at…
MEDFORD, Ore. — Travel Medford, the official Destination Marketing Organization for the city of Medford, is thrilled to announce the remarkable achievements of the highly anticipated 2023 Oregon Wine Competition at the Oregon Wine Experience. The prestigious event, held from Aug. 15-18 in Medford, showcased the excellence of nearly 100 esteemed wineries spanning the state, prominently recognizing…
We were first introduced to the group of Wilson Artisan Wineries in 2015 when we visited Antoine Favero at Mazzocco Sonoma. We’ve been back a few times to Mazzocco and have also visited a few other wineries in the group: Wilson, Soda Rock and Jaxon Keys. Antoine makes the wines at Jaxon Keys and Soda…
As mentioned in our previous article, one of the benefits of staying at the Briar Cottage is that it made it that much easier to get to our scheduled visit with Mazzocco Sonoma winemaker, Antoine Favero. All it took was a short stroll over to the Mazzocco tasting room. We were a little early, so…