Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

But in 2017, Johan Vineyards winemaker Morgan Beck was tasked with caring for 200 baby Savagnin vines (and the first in the U.S.) Native to the Jura in eastern France, where it is used to produce the region’s dry, mineral-driven vin jaune, Savagnin today is rarely found in the United States. Care for them she did.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

I was essentially the General Manager there for the first couple of years and then we started to grow quite a bit and I opened a few more restaurants Muchacho and Golden Eagle in 2017.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Diageo-owned Bulleit Distilling Company launched decades ago with sourced whiskey, and in 2017, production finally began at the brand’s own distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky. All barrels used in this release were distilled during the Spring 2017 season, shortly after the Shelbyville facility came online.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

In 2017, Steven Liles—a career bartender then working at Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco—was named Bartender of the Year as part of that year’s Imbibe 75. Excerpts from that interview appeared in our January/February 2017 issue. Liles, who passed away this week after a brief and sudden illness, was a bartender’s bartender.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

Our state-of-the-art distillery, completed in 2017, is located on a 5-acre campus in Baltimore. Our distillery, which began production in April 2017, aims to inspire a global passion for Maryland Rye Whiskey. .’s Rye Whiskey in bond. Our whiskey is crafted using two distinct mash bills, creating a low rye and a high rye whiskey.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Mutiny Island Vodka debuted in 2017 on St. After hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, Manley found himself on a mission to create a sustainable agricultural product that could also benefit the environment and create jobs and food security for the community.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2024

We’ve been working with Bardstown Bourbon Company since about 2017,” he said. After the tour, bartenders headed inside to taste various pours of Hirsch selected whiskeys. Hirsch, explained head distiller Kevin Aslan, was founded by A. Hirsch in 1974. We’re so glad we partnered with them to make our Kentucky bourbon.”

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 27, 2025

The first iteration of this book became Ardbeg: A Peaty Provenance in 2008, and the revised book Heavenly Peated came out in 2017. GW: I always wanted to live in America and took the opportunity to apply to move to the USA back in 2017. So, I started in 2017 and filled my first barrels of Hogback whisky in 2018.

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Cheers

JANUARY 22, 2025

Waldorf Astoria New York, which opened on Park Avenue in 1931, been closed since 2017 for renovations and is scheduled to reopen this spring. Jeff Bell, managing partner of New York speakeasy Please Dont Tell (PDT).

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 21, 2024

Torabhaig Single Malt The second licensed Single Malt Scotch Whisky distillery on the Isle of Skyle opened in 2017, producing a distinctive signature style with a flavor profile referred to as ‘well-tempered peat.’ It boasts a palette of vibrant fruit and spice, with a subtle saltiness that reflects the brand’s harbor waters.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

12-pack, strongwater.com Top Note Sparkling Grapefruit Soda Milwaukee, Wisconsin–based Top Note Tonics has been aiming to improve the realm of craft cocktail mixers since launching in 2017. 16-pack, topnotetonic.com East Imperial Grapefruit Soda New Zealand brand East Imperial has long been adored for its flavorful tonic waters.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

Since publishing his first video in 2017 (on the quintessential Gimlet , of course), DiMonriva’s passion for cocktail culture and scholarship have helped turn The Educated Barfly into a fountain of behind-the-bar knowledge. But we did want to be the most comprehensive cocktail channel on YouTube. We wanted to be the most well-informed.

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She decided to dig deeper into Daniel’s story; in doing so, Weaver uncovered Green’s story and founded Uncle Nearest in 2017. In 2016 author and researcher Fawn Weaver read an article in The New York in Times that suggested an enslaved man taught Jack Daniels the whiskey-making craft.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2024

The ‘made in France’ label sells, and discerning consumers here know that.” Heavenly Spirits has been the number-one importer of Armagnac (in volume) in the United States for the past 14 years.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

Left to right: Viader harvesting Xarel-lo grapes; Muscàndia Gran Reserva Brut Nature Eco 2017; Viader disgorging a yeast cap from a bottle of Cava. Once they’re bottled, he riddles his Cavas the old way, turning them by hand because the process “respects the aromas,” he says, more than an automated riddler does.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

MAY 23, 2024

Magee sold half of Lagunitas to Heineken in 2015, a year after opening the Chicago facility, and sold them the other half of the business in 2017, for a total of an estimated $1 Billion. The Chicago taproom only reopened to the public in April 2023 , about three years after closing its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Starting as a Navision Business Analyst at Monin in 2004, Todd climbed the ranks by demonstrating his skills and leadership abilities, becoming Monin’s Director of IT in 2008, VP of IT in 2014 and finally CIO of Monin Americas in 2017.

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JULY 24, 2024

” Nearly a decade later, Grand Army (which was also our 2017 Bar of the Year ) has fully earned its place as a beloved neighborhood joint, and the bar program, now led by Patty Dennison, continues to be as playful as ever.

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Advanced Mixology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

2017 Penfolds Bin 798 RWT Shiraz This varietal wine from Down Under is an aromatic powerhouse, emitting scents of anise, currants, dried flowers, plums and raspberry. Sophisticated palates would identify the pronounced oak influence on every 750-milliliter bottle of 2017 Penfolds Bin 798 RWT Shiraz. However, uncorking this 14.5%-ABV

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The actor-turned-bartender has been producing videos on how to make cocktails at home, including everything from cocktail history to tips and hacks, since 2017. Before that, he worked at Cole’s French Dip , the home of award-winning bar The Varnish , in LA for a decade.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

But in 2017, a new obsession took hold. Rachael Petach spent 20 years in hospitality, from Chez Panisse while attending UC Berkeley, to hosting a pop-up restaurant in her Madrid apartment, to operations and programming director for the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn. Petach began to experiment with blackcurrants (illegal to cultivate in the U.S.

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I subsequently joined Old Elk in June of 2016 as a consultant and became a full-time employee as their Master Distiller in March of 2017. I met Old Elk in 2012 when they ask me to craft and produce custom whiskey mash bill’s specifically for them. Talk to us about Old Elk- its history and heritage.

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Australian Bartender

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

With Gregory’s deep roots in Australian bartending (he recently left a long tenure at The Gresham and was Bartender magazine’s 2017 Bartender of the Year), you can expect a stellar cocktail menu. With this kind of hospo pedigree at the helm, Barry Parade Public House (BPHH) is sure to become a staple of the Brisbane scene.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 16, 2024

While you’re preparing for the big reveal, feel free to indulge in some of our previous top 10 whiskey lists: 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , and 2017. Check out our holiday shopping guide. You can also search multiple stores at wine-searcher to find the best prices on all these products and more. Agree, disagree?

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BarLifeUK

MAY 3, 2024

Tequila Ocho “Las Aguilas” 2017 Blanco, La Alteña Distillery 80th Anniversary bottle, 40% ABV, 500ml 13. Tequila Ocho “El Puertecito” 2011 Blanco, 40% ABV, 500ml 10. Tequila Ocho “El Refugio” 2012 Blanco, 40% ABV, 500ml 11. Tequila Ocho “Puerta del Aire” 2016 Blanco, 40% ABV, 500ml 12. Tequila Ocho “El Bajío” 2018 Blanco, 40% ABV, 500ml 14.

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BarLifeUK

JANUARY 18, 2024

The single cask Matt selected was filled in 2017, making it one of the oldest whiskies Nc’nean have released to date, has delicious-sounding tasting notes of spiced banana bread, lemon balm and vanilla ice cream. Matt says of the botting: “ I’m really excited for people to try this single cask from Nc’nean.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Photo by Ryan Brownell The Royal Room Opened in 2017 in downtown Tucson’s Warehouse Arts District, The Royal Room conveys the quirky charm of a Wes Anderson set but minus the affectation. “It is a place to pay homage to craft, history, and connection.” A whiskey and a Crème Brûlée doughnut at Batch. s flagship hazy IPA.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Following a joint venture investment from Heineken in 2017, he opened Cervecería La Tropical brewery and tap room in Miami in 2021. In 1998, Manny Portuondo, the great, great grandson of Federico Kohly, began a decades long mission to regain control of and revive the La Tropical brands.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 12, 2024

Hana Makgeolli Since 2017, Alice Jun has been making both traditional and experimental makgeolli (Korean rice wine) and opened the Hana Makgeolli brewery, with business partner John Limb, in late 2018.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In 2017, she founded the Hue Society to champion inclusivity in the wine industry and was named an Imbibe 75 Person to Watch in 2020. “It’s so profound to me to be invited to these things because I’m not a person that plays by the rules or is trying to be this perfect cookie-cutter image of anything,” she says.

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Just Drinks

AUGUST 1, 2024

Set up in 2017 its markets include the US and UK. The US-based Aether Brand Group has acquired the mezcal producer Corte Vetusto.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

It supports the museums and theater festival, it operates the city’s botanical garden, and in 2017, it launched the Scirocco Wine Fest, bringing poets and writers, chefs, and producers from throughout the Mediterranean to town.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 23, 2024

Bisou Nicolas Munoz, who had previously opened popular cocktail bar Divine, founded this hotspot in the trendy Marais quarter in 2017. We tapped some of the city’s most talented hospitality pros for their recommendations on where to find Paris’ Olympians of mixology.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

APRIL 1, 2024

She helped open Lucky Dorr in July of 2017, hot on the heels of the Cubs World Series win. Biller first worked under chef Matthias Merges at Charlie Trotter’s as a part of the pastry team. She rejoined him on the management team when his first restaurant, Yusho, was still around and Billy Sunday was just about to open.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

The Maison Gabriel Boudier was also awarded by France the prestigious label of “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” in 2017 (translates as “Living Heritage Company”). This will also lead Gabriel Boudier to create their unique Saffron Gin 60 years later.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Julie has been Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of GSK plc since 1 May 2023, prior to which she served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer and Executive Director, Burberry Group plc between 2017 and 2023.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

Around 2017, we got our spirits license. It was a good way for us to gauge what the next questions were going to be regarding spirits. And it became clear that people wanted Japanese whisky and, eventually, shochu. Then in 2019, we moved to the new location because we wanted to have a bar.

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