TAIPEI/PRNewswire/ — Kavalan is launching its award-winning Triple Sherry Cask (750ml, 43% ABV, $99.99 SRP) in the U.S. market, marking the Taiwanese distiller’s first major release of 2024. Located in Yilan County, Kavalan was the first non-government-owned distillery in Taiwan when it first opened in 2005; it has since achieved some of the industry’s highest honors, including IWSC’s “Distiller…
The newest iteration in DEWAR’s Double Double Series brings together distilling traditions of Japan and Scotland HAMILTON, Bermuda, /PRNewswire/ — DEWAR’S® BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY introduces the newest iteration from its award-winning Double Double series, Double Double 21 Year Old Mizunara Oak Cask Finish. Finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak casks, this expression was ranked #7 in Whisky Advocate’s list of Top 20 Most Exciting Whiskies…
Tasted a new-to-me canned cocktail called “Togronis” that was made with “dry gin, sweet vermouth and red bitters” which is exactly what is in a Negroni. But in the canned cocktail category this one comes in at 25% alcohol – that’s much higher than your standard canned cocktails. I will share my own tasting notes,…
“WHO’S ON THE VINE? AT SILVERADO” ANNOUNCES ITS 2024 MONTHLY NAPA VALLEY WINE DINNER SCHEDULE 12 Exclusive Dinners: Silverado’s Chef and Napa’s Best Winemakers Unite NAPA, Calif. – Silverado Resort, an iconic landmark resort in the heart of classic Napa Valley wine country, presents “Who’s On The Vine? At Silverado” a monthly wine dinner series pairing…
When we were looking for our final winery to visit during our most recent trip to the Dry Creek Valley area, we really wanted a place that would be new to us and to our readers but at the same time be of extremely high quality. We think we did pretty well. Tim Bucher grew…
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…
Recently I changed up one of my one-bottle posts (2012 Joseph Phelps Insignia) to include reviews and tasting notes from critics, and my wine-collecting pal with an excellent palate Steve Roebuck. Truth be told Steve and I tasted three bottles that night and these notes are for the second red: 2012 Beringer Single Vineyard Cabernet…
At the Kentucky Bourbon Festival that Eddie and I attended last month there were several, dozens in fact, of amazing bottles. In my last two articles I did my best to shout out to many of them. For those I didn’t have any tasting notes, as the three-day event was so immense there simply wasn’t…
This week I’m sharing my space with The Farm Winery in Paso Robles. Why you may ask? Because their answer to the question, why buy an expensive or inexpensive bottle of wine is a comprehensive one, and much more than I could have come up with myself: A Farm Club member wrote and asked our…
So happy to have the opportunity to taste and review three Prosecco wines, from the Villa Sandi winery in Italy, one white and two rose! (Rose Prosecco is a newer wine to be allowed in the DOCG, making me even more excited to try.) Prosecco must be made from at least 85% of the Glera…