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(image via Savage & Cooke) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Savage & Cooke has emerged in recent years as one of the more interesting craft whiskey outlets in California. Often, these have a wine cask influence, owing to Phinney’s wine industry experience.
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Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. California’s renowned Napa Valley is known much more for world class wine versus whiskey. Phinney’s operation, known as Savage & Cooke , opened on the historic Mare Island back in 2018.
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