VinePair

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s not news that tequila is near the top of spirits sales in the U.S. right now, outselling even red-hot American whiskey and just a few paces behind longtime leader vodka, according to the Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS). Last year, tequila sales totaled 31.6 percent over 2022. million cases, a rise of 5.7

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 12, 2024

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.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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. million in 2022. Earlier this year, the Spirits Business examined the top 10 best-selling vodka brands with case sales over 1 million in 2022.

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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

MAY 20, 2024

I love sitting at that bar with a lentil salad and the Clear Conscience cocktail,” Bailey says of a drink made with muddled cucumber, ginger, vodka, and fresh lime juice. Request an outdoor table under the thatched awning and striped umbrellas if weather permits, or sidle up to the bar in the cozy, wood-lined dining room.

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VinePair

JULY 8, 2024

importer until it was acquired by Brown-Forman in 2022. by volume) and continues to expand its portfolio, which also includes New Amsterdam Vodka , E&J Brandy, RumChata , Camarena Tequila, RumHaven, Stratusphere Gin, The Dalmore Scotch Whisky , Tequila Komos, Don Fulano Tequila, Horse Soldier Bourbon, Amaro Montenegro , and Condesa Gin.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

And for more bubbly ideas suggestions, here’s our New Year’s drinks roundup from 2022.) Print Amanda’s Holiday Spritz Course Drinks Keyword apple brandy, cinnamon, Crop Meyer lemon vodka, sparkling wine, spiced pear liqueur Ingredients Makes 25 5-oz. Tequila ¾ oz. Pomegranate juice 2 oz.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Here are 10 we rounded up for 2023, and here are the holiday drinks from 2022. Print Let It Snow Course Drinks Keyword blanco tequila, coconut milk, lime, orange liqueur, white cranberry juice Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Blanco tequila 1 ½ oz. Vodka 2 oz. Kahlua 2 oz.

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VinePair

JUNE 28, 2024

And while some of the cocktails on this list feature carbonation, more basic cocktails like Vodka Sodas, Tequila Sodas, and Gin & Tonics were not included, nor were hard seltzers. Epic Western Boat Drink Best known for its Ranch Water, Epic Western produces a number of canned cocktails, all of which feature tequila at their base.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The deal mirrored Diageo’s acquisition of George Clooney’s Casamigos tequila brand, and it proved to be savvy. From 2020 to 2022, the New Western Dry gin was one of the fastest-growing gins in the U.S., Gin is often that step people take from drinking vodka.” percent, and vodka down 3.4 percent, whiskey down 2.7

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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.

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Spiritz

JULY 21, 2024

Mexico’s national drink is a current rage across the globe – statistics released by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) peg tequila as the 2nd highest-selling spirit by value in the US in 2022-23, displacing American whiskey and outranked only by vodka. One might ask: why only this species?

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

in 2022, according to Statista, reaching a value of $4.8 IWSR also expects RTDs to make incremental volume gains from 2022 to 2027, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1%. Cocktails and long drinks will see their share of RTD volumes grow 4% across the key markets from 2022 to 2027, IWSR says. Death & Co.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Empirical is an ‘uncategorized’ spirits company, so it allows us the freedom to experiment with really interesting flavors and not have to be stuck in a gin box or tequila box or whiskey box,” says Lars Williams, Chef/Distiller & CEO, Empirical. They are 42% ABV, and available online and in select New York and California markets.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 26, 2024

Launched in 2022, The TAG Global Spirits Awards recognize the best distilled spirits in the world. From bourbon to scotch, and tequila, industry experts meticulously taste and score hundreds of spirits, awarding “Best In Show” to a select few in each category. also produces Silver Dollar American Vodka. The clue is in the name.

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Spiritz

JULY 21, 2024

Be it the craze for flavoured vodkas that is now a distant memory or the gin revolution that has swept through India in more recent times. In 2022, tequila ousted whiskey as the second most consumed spirit in the USA, and was poised to overtake vodka as the most consumed spirit in the country in the year 2023.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Nikka Coffey Vodka Back in the ‘60s, Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. acquired two unique Coffey stills from Scotland, and has since honored their use with a line of fine whisky, gin , and vodka. Cambio Tequila Blanco Prejudging spirits based on numerical values is reductive and often misleading. Not here, though.

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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. While the lineup — which sold to Beam Suntory in 2011 — has since expanded to include several other cocktails, wines, vodka, and even salad dressings, we stuck to the OG Marg. tequila boom. tequila boom.

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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. 1885) — has leaned into this DIY weirdness.

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VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

growing by over 38 percent in volume from 2020 to 2022. Originally, this product was a 100- percent rye vodka inspired by Medoff’s Russian heritage, but the two also wanted to produce a gin that was distinctive from others coming from the European distillers that were dominating the industry.

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Tales of the Cocktail

JULY 25, 2024

Founded in 2022, the New Orleans Spirits Competition is an international spirits competition that celebrates and recognizes best-in-class spirits from producers around the world. Additionally, the prestigious Distillery of the Year award was unveiled today at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans.

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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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Tales of the Cocktail

AUGUST 2, 2023

Founded in 2022, The New Orleans Spirits Competition (NOSC) is an international spirits competition celebrating and recognizing fine spirits being produced around the world today. The competition also announced their Distillery of the Year today during Meet the Distillers tasting during Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans.

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Tales of the Cocktail

AUGUST 2, 2023

Founded in 2022, The New Orleans Spirits Competition (NOSC) is an international spirits competition celebrating and recognizing fine spirits being produced around the world today. The competition also announced their Distillery of the Year today during Meet the Distillers tasting during Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans.

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VinePair

JULY 19, 2024

Spiked with vodka , the tea is available in four flavors: original, lemon, peach, and raspberry. Surfside Peach Tea + Vodka Launched in 2022 by Philly’s Stateside Vodka team, Surfside started with just a single SKU, but has since expanded to include several standalone teas and lemonades. 1 spirits brand in the U.S.

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VinePair

MAY 12, 2024

Popular Cointreau Cocktails Martha Stewart’s Cointreau Kiss Cocktail Created and popularized by the icon in summer 2022, the Cointreau Kiss is ideal for sipping during aperitivo hours on hot summer days. The relatively low-ABV cocktail combines muddled oranges with Cointreau, tequila blanco, and sparkling water for a refreshing sipper.

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Dry Atlas

JUNE 19, 2024

By January of 2022, seeing all the non-alc options hitting the market, we started to get serious about it. Come March of 2022, we started working on our formulations. So, we set out to create like real non-alcoholic cocktails that actually taste like you’re drinking a Cosmo, a lemon drop, a tequila-based margarita.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s all very tantalizing, esoteric, somewhat mysterious stuff and it’s no wonder so many people (myself included) were eager to read more about this far-flung company that was making neither whiskey nor gin nor vodka but, instead, “freeform spirits.” In total, 12 different batches would be created during Trump’s four-year term.)

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

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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VinePair

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Agave spirits, in their myriad guises, enjoy similar billing, as well as eye-opening gins, vodkas with distinctive character, and a healthy showing of sugar- and grape-based distillates. Profile-wise, it delivers whispers of tequila while also serving lightly fruity and floral notes. 1 spot, but not this year.

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Cheers

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

From 2022 to 2023, both brands grew more than 100%, according to The Beverage Information Group’s Industry Overview Handbook. A Booming Category After first investing in Austin Cocktails in 2018, Constellation Brands bought the remaining stake in the RTD brand in 2022. And Constellation Brands is home to a good chunk of them.

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PubClub

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Guests can pit stop to enjoy shots of Patrón Silver Tequila for $8; the Champion’s Choice Margarita made with Patrón Silver Tequila, Cointreau orange liqueur, lime, and sea salt, priced at $10; and beer buckets of Heineken, Heineken Silver or Heineken 0.0, on Thursday, Nov.

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