Drinkhacker

JUNE 4, 2024

Today we have the opportunity to try bottles from both ends of the price range: the debut of an accessible and affordable Sauvignon Blanc, and its most coveted, classic Cabernet Sauvignon. Either way, it is another beautiful bottle putting the complexity and charms of Rutherford Cabernets on full display.

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Drinkhacker

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Bottled in Bond Act dates to 1897 and established strict standards of quality for American whiskey that were much needed at that point in history. But in modern America, a bottled in bond designation does not carry remotely the same weight that it did in 1897. How did they do with their bottled in bond debut? 100 proof.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

When I try a new gin, I find myself wondering what sorts of botanicals and ingredients are in the bottle—and why. Husband-wife duo Johnny Livanos and Adriana Solely, two longtime drinks industry professionals, created Stray Dog in 2020. Do they connect me to the place where it was distilled? Are there historical and cultural ties?

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Gin Bottling 279

Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 24, 2023

2020 Domaine Bousquet Ameri Organic Malbec – A 100% Malbec big with dark notes of violet, blackberry and dark chocolate. The complexity is in full effect from start to finish, and spending time with this bottle is a worthwhile, and highly pleasurable, endeavor.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2024

But this region produces some of America’s best bottles, says Erika Frey, a wine educator and co-founder of Saperica , a nonprofit organization that hosts an annual Finger Lakes wine fair, Saperavi Festival. It spends a year in oak barrels before bottling, giving it a textured palate with integrated tannins.

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VinePair

MAY 20, 2024

Kegged wine , TetraPaks , plastic bottles , and even aluminum 750-milliliter renditions all now compete for retail shelf and bar space. An adorably designed 750-milliliter bottle in paper-based form. From our own research, we knew that demand for the bottles existed before its launch in 2020.” The newest contender?

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

These days, when you hear the sound of a cork popping, there’s a good chance a bottle of Prosecco is nearby. million bottles of the bubbly stuff were sold in 2022. In 2020, the sparkling pink wine earned a DOC designation—formerly, the wines were considered IGT—a move indicating a quality revolution for the style.

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Wine Bottling Beer 276

Cheers

JULY 18, 2024

The 1998 vintage from this year’s Hearts Collection consists of a single proprietary marque distilled in a copper pot still, bottled in 2023. The debut Hearts Collection vintages, named to pay tribute to the heart of Jamaica, were released in 2020 and were the first pot still rums from a single barrel that Appleton Estate ever released.

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Bottling Rum 104

Spiritz

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

From 1st March of this year, country made liquor in Haryana will no longer be sold in plastic bottles. Dushyant Chautala also holds the portfolio of Excise and Taxation department in the state He added that in the excise year 2019-2020, the state government of Haryana collected Rs. 6,361 crore as excise duty.

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Liquor Bottling 108

The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 21, 2024

We review Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition, consisting of Heaven Hill bourbon from barrels produced in September 1999, emptied in March 2013 and put away until being bottled in February 2024. What’s on the review table here now, the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition, marks the third.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Thats largely due to the thousands of Willett Family Estate single barrel releases over the last two decades, each packaged in handsome, Cognac-style bottles with cryptic labeling virtually impossible to parse for newbies. Theres even an iPhone app to help collectors track all the esoteric bottlings over the years. Exceeding the Hype?

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Whiskey Bar Bottling 98

VinePair

JUNE 16, 2024

Bottled water is nothing new. While it’s hard to nail down exactly when the very first water bottle was invented, packaging water for transportation dates all the way back to ancient times. It didn’t take long for the environmental impact of these plastic bottles to become obvious.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 2, 2024

Mark Littler shares his five tips for buying and investing in whisky bottles in 2024 Whether you’re looking at whisky bottles, luxury housing, crypto currencies or traditional stocks and shares, 2024 is an interesting time for investment markets. Macallan Private Eye is a sought after, collectable bottle with a good history.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

Amor built its reputation on stirred, bitter-oriented drinks, and this cocktail destination has 20 or more bottles of aperitif wines open at any one time. For those who like what they taste, there’s the option to take a bottle to go. Bring your own bottle to fill with vermouth or take one to go.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

Here are five bottles to get to know the new wave of Mission wines.mimi castle Bichi Listán 2022 From the granite, loamy soils of Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico, comes this fresh, ruby-hued wine. 35.99, astorwines.com Catena Zapata La Marchigiana Criolla Chica 2020 This tart rosé from an esteemed Argentine winery has a savory character.

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 20, 2024

Heaven Hill’s first 2024 release of the Old Fitzgerald bottled in bond series has arrived with extra-special vibes attached: This release commemorates the 25th anniversary of Heaven Hill acquiring the historic Bernheim Distillery (DSP-KY-1) in Louisville — and along with it the Old Fitzgerald brand. 100 proof.

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Bottling Whiskey Alcohol 117

VinePair

AUGUST 26, 2024

And on August 11, the Guinness World Records association officially recognized what is possibly the mother of all vintage spirits: a bottle of 1696 Jules Robin Cognac owned by Cognac collector Lars Janssen in the Netherlands. Despite its age, the bottle has been preserved in remarkably great condition.

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Bottling Wine 98

Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

The result, founded in December 2020, is C. After straining, the tank rests for another month before we bottle. We pull samples from tanks holding finished product, making decisions around timeline, process, and bottling. She ensures we have all items for production in-house—wax, corks, bottles, botanicals, etc.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 9, 2024

But having such a vast sea of options to choose from now can make nailing down the perfect bottle to give an overwhelming task. From the best bottle to give to those just dipping their toes into the category to those ideal for the seasoned spirits pro, these are the seven best rye whiskies to gift this holiday season.

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BarLifeUK

MAY 3, 2024

As such, I am honoured to be able to support Equal Measures in some small capacity, by donating some of my most prized bottles of Tequila Ocho, some of which have been in my private collection for over 16 years, since we launched the brand.” Full auction lot listing Bottles 1. ABV, 700ml 2.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 21, 2025

In 1957, an onsite coppersmith was established at Glenfiddich constructing replicas of existing stills to equip the new Stillhouse 3 in 2020. Glenfiddich also led innovation in packaging, being one of the first brands to use the now-iconic triangular bottle design.

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Drinkhacker

MARCH 18, 2025

In over 20 years of writing about wine, I’d never had the chance to taste Unico, Vega Sicilia’s top-level bottling — until I got a call that its winemaker Gonzalo Iturriaga de Juan was visiting Austin, and would I like to have lunch with him? I promptly changed all my plans and accepted the offer.

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Wine Bottling 70

Imbibe Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Ashburn’s husband, Brock Ashburn, the vice president of facilities, led the project to create the disc golf course (the final nine holes were finished this year) and built the adjacent volleyball courts that opened to the public in September 2020. TPK was initially planned for terrible, horrible, no good 2020.

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VinePair

JANUARY 13, 2025

percent since its debut in 2020. In 2020, Proseccos regulatory body also granted approval for winemakers to begin producing Prosecco Ros starting with that years vintage, providing the category with a splashy new product. market for this very Italian sparkling wine. In an IWSR report, Marten Lodewijks, president of IWSRs U.S.

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Wine Alcohol Beer Bottling 98

Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

Eduard Viader grabs a bottle from a riddling rack, pulls off the metal brace that secured the cork, and with his index finger covering the closure to keep it from flying off, uses his clawlike wrench to ease the cork out of the bottle. He spins the bottle to tamp down the fizz and turns it upright. was established.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

In addition to their signature Old Fashioned, the bar, bottle shop, and part-time bakery crafts cocktails like the Notorious F.I.G. Even more than 60 years later, the space still lives up to the atmosphere espoused on its original sign (sadly destroyed in a windstorm in 2020) as a “go-go boot wearing, martini drinking, swanky, groovy lounge.”

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 12, 2024

Opened by alums of beloved pizza shop Roberta’s (and named in homage to two longtime regulars), Lise & Vito hones a creatively curated bottle list, aiming for smaller producers across the U.S. More than 200 bottles expand the selection further, but don’t worry—they’re here to walk you through it.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As is always the case, we reviewed a ton of whiskey this year more than 400 different bottles, by my count and picking out our ten favorites was an incredibly difficult task. 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.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Matthew Cusworth (of “Hoot and the Redeemer” in Edinburgh) created the Nori Seaweed and won in 2020. We are excited that the new family ownership, Aurelien Piffaut and his team, have decided to use the original iconic square bottle used for our Gabriel Boudier Crème de Cassis de Dijon IGP for the entire collection.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2020, generational family member Ronald Dodge, Executive Vice Chair, handed the reins of the company to industry veteran David Ballew, who was subsequently named President and CEO in 2022. By the late 50s Hood River Distillers had begun blending and bottling spirits for distribution throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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VinePair

APRIL 2, 2024

s Heaven Hill Distillery announced the latest addition to the Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series: the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition. It was bottled in February of this year. The Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series consists of three types of releases: Spring, Fall, and VVS (Very Very Special).

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Bottling 75

Drinkhacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

That means today you can by the current release cabernet — 2020 — but also a bottle of 2010 or 2000. I was fortunate to taste through three cabernets — 2020, 2010, and 2000 — with Albrecht over Zoom and take a deep dive into grape growing and winemaking and Mayacamas. Thoughts follow. No formal Mt.

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Wine Bottling 119

Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

La Familia underlines the connection between its ciders and culinary Mexico at its Salem cider house that opened in 2020 and shares space with Azuls Taco House. Lee Briante, Alma’s Cider & Beer The most customers can spend is about $35-$40 on a bottle, estimates Occam Cider’s Burk. They’re beverage-alcohol drinkers.” .

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Beer IPA Wine Alcohol 275

Drinkhacker

JUNE 14, 2024

These include the more traditionally styled Finca El Otero 2019 and the brand new contemporary El Espino 2020. An entry-level Crianza bottling is thrown in for good measure to round out the trio. Bodegas Áster is a sub-brand of La Rioja Alta , focusing on offerings born in the Ribera del Duero region.

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Wine Bottling 111

Drinkhacker

APRIL 13, 2024

We’ve covered wines from the sprawling Gonzalez Byass portfolio on many occasions, and today we look at a small collection of warm-climate bottlings, made alternately in Spain’s Ribera del Duero, Rioja and the Apalta region of Chile. Ample tannins remain heavy in the bottle here, making for a drying, mouth-puckering finish.

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Wine Bottling 115

Drinkhacker

JULY 21, 2024

It checks all the boxes expected of a Chardonnay of this pedigree and reputation and is certainly a bottle worthy of special occasions and guests. Similar to Robert’s assessment of the 2020 vintage, this is big on plum notes at first, and waiting around a few minutes allows for notes of dark fruit and chocolate to emerge.

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Bottling Wine 114

Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This whisky will be a tribute to the distinctive style of a particular Scotch whisky region, encapsulated in a single bottle, and since launching has landed the #12 spot on the International Whisky Competition’s Top Whiskies of 2023 list, and it stands as the top-rated Blended Scotch with a score of 93.8

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Bartender Bartending Bottling 246