VinePair

JULY 8, 2024

importer until it was acquired by Brown-Forman in 2022. The lineup’s offerings are made through all-natural maceration and are aged in Oloroso sherry white oak barrels for three to 35 years before they’re bottled without added sugar, coloring, or artificial ingredients. This move marks Spirit of Gallo’s return to luxury rum.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the fall of 2021, when Patrón decided to discontinue XO Cafe, the tequila-based coffee liqueur the brand first launched in 1992, it seemed like a smart idea. Tequila sales were booming, up 30.1 Eduardo Ureña, another spirits collector from New Jersey, has only been purchasing bottles of Patrón XO Cafe since June.

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VinePair

APRIL 4, 2024

Over the past decade, tequila has experienced a meteoric rise in sales in the U.S. But after years of unencumbered growth, it seems the consequences of the tequila boom are catching up to the industry. Now, as these plants reach a productive age, there’s an abundance of agave for tequila production.

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Spiritsfully

JANUARY 9, 2022

The trends that were already there in 2021 will continue in 2022. While recyclability and zero-waste cocktails formed the thrust of sustainable action this year, 2022 will see more initiatives shaped by a focus on how spirits are made. Tequila + Gin & vodka. I could have written the same article as last year. New Products?

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

A neighborhood mainstay since 2002, Angèle serves bistro fare like oysters, French onion soup, and roast chicken alongside house and classic cocktails, an expansive global wine list, and bottles from local and international breweries. “I Cocktails at Angèle. Photo courtesy of Angèle Restaurant Kayla Mays at Folklore.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

In this country from 2021 to 2022, the luxury tier of spirits as defined by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) showed strong annualized growth of 4%. Irish whiskey has come a long way since the wave of consolidation resulted in just two remaining functioning distilleries in the 1980s.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

If the Negroni Sblagiato was the social media cocktail of 2022, and the Espresso Martini and Hugo Spritz dueling for the distinction last year, the most viral TikTok cocktail of 2024 had improbably become the oddball Dr Pepper Margarita. But Dr Pepper seems hyper-aware of what young people are drinking.

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Australian Bartender

JANUARY 31, 2024

Mark Watkins & Jez Spencer For Watkins, the love of agave began 12 years ago on a trip through Jalisco, the heartland of tequila production, and quickly turned into an opportunity, with Watkins identifying numerous similarities between the terroir of Jalisco and the Atherton Tablelands. and Byrdi all pouring the innovative spirit.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite recent challenges — like stiff stateside competition in tequila, American whiskey , and rum as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine impacting sales and exports in the region — vodka maintains strong standing globally. million in 2022. percent sales increase year-over-year in 2022. million in 2021 to 341.5

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Good Spirits News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Origin Series Wheated Bourbon This High Wheat Bourbon is a new addition to the brand’s estate-distilled Origin Series with 100% of production including distilling, aging, and bottling handled by the brand in Bardstown. Aged for 6 years, this is bottled at 106 proof (53% ABV). Bottled unfiltered and uncut at 140.2

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

So, we got to work tracking down every line we could find, from Vida Tequila to Loverboy. The watery palate wasn’t any better: The drink burst with an unattractive, artificial lime flavor that prevented our taste buds from picking up any tequila notes. tequila boom. tequila boom.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

La Ruina Built out in the historic (and long neglected) Robitzsch Brothers Building in San Antonio’s eastside, this cocktail spot from local bar veterans opened in the fall of 2022 and leans into its namesake vibes reminiscent of places like Old Havana and Colón, Panama. Little Death is housed in a 90-year-old gas station on the legendary St.

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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. Rotating doughnut flavors are available each Friday and Saturday, with offerings like the Mango Margarita with a tequila-mango glaze, and the Maple Bourbon Pecan. Crooked Tooth Brewing Co. “The

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

And it doesn’t get more handmade than Creador which dropped their second set of bottlings late last fall. The rarest, a Tobala expression, was an exclusive 50-liter batch bottled for Mezcaleria Tobalá in Austin, Texas. 388 bottles. 764 bottles. 129 bottles. 782 bottles.

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VinePair

JUNE 3, 2024

In its standard form, the tequila – triple sec-lime juice concoction is the third most popular cocktail in the world , and the most ordered in the United States. The easy-to-make cocktail calls for just tequila, triple sec, and lime juice, though its simplicity should not be underestimated. ounces of fresh lime juice.

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Simple Syrup Tequila Infusions Muddling 119

Cheers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

(And for more bubbly ideas suggestions, here’s our New Year’s drinks roundup from 2022.) cocktails 1 bottle Laird’s 7 ½ Year apple brandy 1 bottle St. Fresh lemon juice 1 bottle Champagne or dry sparkling wine Instructions Combine ingredients in a punch bowl. . Demerara sugar 6 oz.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 21, 2023

There were heists and high-speed chases over stolen Champagne , drunk animals and tequila bottles filled with liquid meth — and that’s just the beginning. Mexican Officials Discover Nearly 12,000 Tequila Bottles Filled With Liquid Meth Credit: Semar Yes, you read that right.

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VinePair

MARCH 5, 2024

In this excerpt from the book, out on March 5, I tell of the unsung American who may have got the ball rolling in turning tequila into the nearly $10 billion global industry it is now. 1 icon to vintage tequila collectors. Robert Denton is the No. Denton reintroduced Chinaco to America in 1993.)

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

And, as luck would have it, an hour before I hit the road, a bottle of Tequila Ocho Añejo Barrel Select Widow Jane 2024 landed on my doorstep. It’s the second collaboration between Tequila Ocho and Widow Jane Distillery, and it launched this month. The first collab was a reposado aged for about eight weeks in bourbon barrels.)

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VinePair

DECEMBER 10, 2023

We’re all for buying bottles for our loved ones during the holidays, whether they’re beginner-friendly bourbons , blancos for agave geeks , or stellar Syrahs. With tequila booming stateside with no signs of a plateau, there’s never been a better time to learn the ins and outs of agave spirits straight from the source.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Tequila Ocho doesn’t have a celebrity tie-in. It doesn’t bottle its juice in ornate, art-festooned bottles destined for a second life as a vase. Instead, it references the distilled batch sample that co-founders and agave legends Carlos Camarena and Tomas Estes decided to bottle after painstaking experimentation.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Tequila has been an industry darling in recent time. This other trendy category exploded in popularity years before tequila’s rapid rise. After the combined tequila and mezcal category grew 17% in 2022, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., Tequila sales are up 20%. Depends on whom you ask.

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VinePair

MAY 12, 2024

Despite the supposed translation, low-quality triple sec, which tends to dominate the category, is often on the sweeter side and may present overly saccharine, artificial orange notes, while high-quality bottles provide fresh orange peel and orange zest flavors. as being the true founders, producing the stuff to sell in their drugstore.

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VinePair

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s not news that tequila is near the top of spirits sales in the U.S. Last year, tequila sales totaled 31.6 percent over 2022. Vibrant across the board, tequila is strongest in the premium-and-above tiers, where 100-percent agave brands dominate, accounting for at least 70 percent of U.S. million cases, a rise of 5.7

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Tequila Mixology Vodka Bottling 116

VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

When I lived in Seattle, the Trader Joe’s around the corner from my apartment carried beer and wine but my local Brooklyn Trader Joe’s can only sell beer (the popular Trader Joe’s wine store in Union Square opened in 2006 and was the only one in New York State, but unexpectedly closed in August 2022).

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VinePair

AUGUST 22, 2024

On Thursday, Tequila Ocho announced its release of Plata Puntas 2024. Bottled at 108 proof, the spirit is the third release of the overproof expression at its highest ABV yet. Tequila Ocho Plata Puntas is scheduled to hit shelves nationwide this month for a suggested retail price of $74.99.

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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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VinePair

JANUARY 4, 2024

Amid the menu’s usual suspects — Martini , Manhattan , Americano , and Negroni — lurked a mind-boggling showing of drinks that originated or were popularized during the 1970s: Amaretto Sour , White Russian , Tequila Sunrise , and — it can’t be! — an Alabama Slammer. We ordered our usuals plus a Slammer for the table.

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VinePair

MAY 7, 2024

Cognac shoutouts in rap videos to tequilas backed by Hollywood stars, the world of drinks is rife with celebrity endorsements. From V.S.O.P. The boss level: Those rare brands allowed to feature the coat of arms of the British monarch, along with the phrase “by appointment to” the formal name and title of the U.K. A second point to remember?

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Three Spirit

AUGUST 30, 2023

What I can say about both cultures is that there is an extremity to them, and with that comes, necessary reactions and responses, I believe that's why we have seen such a boom in alcohol free bars, pop ups, bottle shops and products in both the UK and the US.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 12, 2024

Eavesdrop Eavesdrop, opened in spring of 2022, is one of the now numerous “listening bars,” with as much thought directed into the musical programming as the cocktail menu. Little Rascal Functioning as the cocktail-centric annex of the long-beloved Lower East Side restaurant of the same name, Little Rascal opened in summer of 2022.

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Dry Atlas

JUNE 19, 2024

For us, glass bottles were really important—consumers can simply pour them into a martini glass or another beautiful piece of glassware. That was about five or six thousand bottles, which seemed enormous at the time! By January of 2022, seeing all the non-alc options hitting the market, we started to get serious about it.

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Good Spirits News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The distillery which closed its doors in 1992 reopened in 2014 and this 22 year-old Kentucky straight bourbon was aged and bottled there. A limited amount of bottles are released each year with availability limited to select US markets and at the Garden & Gun Club at the distillery. Bottled at 56.3%

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VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

Price: $40 / 4-pack 20 oz bottles De Soi Co-founded by Katy Perry in 2022, De Soi is a range of NA sparkling apéritifs available in four flavors. Offered in single-serve cans and batch-friendly bottles, each option is infused with botanicals and natural adaptogens like reishi mushroom, ashwagandha, and lemon balm.

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VinePair

JANUARY 2, 2024

And the distillery was perilously close to running out of bottles. The price said as much: “We were like, ‘Oh gosh, who’s going to spend $150 for a bottle?” If the 90-bottle run was a little anxiety-inducing, it was also a sign of an emerging, enthusiastic — albeit niche — market for California agave spirits.

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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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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since then, the Duke lineup has expanded from a single bourbon to more American whiskeys as well as tequila, at which surely John Wayne wouldn’t have turned his nose up. Officially, the bottles now say “Legendary Duke” across the top. Officially, the bottles now say “Legendary Duke” across the top.

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