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Is Craft Vodka Ready for Its Moment?

VinePair

About 15 years ago, the nascent craft spirits industry was awash in vodka. A few distillers did make vodka from whole ingredients, including West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler , which used the same mash bill as its wheated bourbon. “We Vodka usually sells because it’s well priced or well marketed and ours was neither.”

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Tequila Matchmaker’s Additive Free Alliance Relaunches as Independent Nonprofit, Expands Reach

VinePair

The move was in response to what the company describes as “overwhelming consumer demand” for increased transparency in the labeling of not just tequila , but various other spirits. The AFA was initially founded in 2020 by tequila transparency advocacy site Tequila Matchmaker.

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The 7 Best Tequilas to Gift This Holiday (2023)

VinePair

In case you haven’t heard, tequila is hot right now — so hot that it’s on track to overtake vodka in on-premise popularity. From budget-friendly picks to splurges for those special to you, this is the ultimate list for the best tequilas to gift this holiday season. Look no further than Destileria Santanera’s Tahona Blanco.

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The 10 Best Selling Vodka Brands In The World in 2023

VinePair

It’s clear that vodka is beloved worldwide: It’s a centuries-old staple in Eastern Europe, Americans love it , and it remains the world’s second-largest spirits category behind only baijiu. Earlier this year, the Spirits Business examined the top 10 best-selling vodka brands with case sales over 1 million in 2022. million in 2022.

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Drinkhacker’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide – Best Alcohol/Spirits for Christmas

Drinkhacker

For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides. Vodka – Belvedere 10 Vodka ($150) – If you absolutely have to give someone vodka as a present, give Belvedere 10 a try.

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We Celebrate 90 Years of Hood River Distillers with President and CEO David Ballew

Chilled Magazine

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. For example, Batanga Tequila is a 100% agave tequila that highlights the agave and enhances a margarita rather than getting overpowered.

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Where to Drink in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Imbibe Magazine

One of the only bars where I regularly order a vodka cocktail (the Local Stranger, with vodka, Averna, ginger, yuzu, and honey), Achilles Heel continues to hit the mark more than a decade later. Bar Americano The raison d’être at Bar Americano is aperitivo hour. Try the nonalcoholic version of Same Same But Different here.)

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