Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

While every category of spirit and aperitif wine has grown and evolved in the past two decades, vermouth has shown a surprising stylistic shift. And contemporary producers are increasingly spreading their creative wings, and discovering the potential of this venerable aromatized wine.

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VinePair

MAY 14, 2024

When that feeling hits, we know it’s time for VinePair’s annual ranking of the best rosé wines. While rosé used to be the unrivaled summer beverage, in 2024 it’s going up against orange wines, chillable reds, and the infallible spritz. Here are VinePair’s top 30 rosés of 2024. Average price: $13 Rating: 89 See Review 29.

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VinePair

MARCH 7, 2024

If you drink wine on a regular basis, chances are you have a go-to glass or grape you gravitate to on menus or your local shop. Seeking expert advice, we asked sommeliers for the overlooked and underappreciated bottles, grapes, and wine styles they are currently coveting. Keep reading to see what the pros had to say.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 13, 2024

After featuring a recipe from her newest book, le SUD , in our March/April 2024 issue , we sat down with Peppler to dive deeper into the microcosms of French food and drink and the spirit of connection that underlines a traditional apéro hour. A lot of the aperitif spirits that are made here are made in Provence, or in the south of France.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Napa Valley is perhaps the most famous and well-publicized wine region in the United States. Despite its relatively compact size, the region produces almost 50 million cases of wine every year, about a quarter of California’s total wine production. The most underrated Napa wines, according to sommeliers: Corison J.

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Drinkhacker

JUNE 27, 2024

Pliny praised its goodness, saying that the Pucino wine, much loved by Livia, the wife of Emperor Augustus, was known for its healing properties which, legend has it, were the reason behind the longevity of the Roman woman. An ideal partner with a dish of pad thai at reasonable levels of heat, or with sliced almonds as an aperitif.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In fact, the Bacardi Global Consumer Survey finds that the Gin & Tonic is the top bar call for 2024, beating out the Mojito at #2 and the Margarita at #3. Priced at $14, it’s made with Harahorn botanical gin, wine-based Pasubio Amaro and a touch of elderberry liqueur, and served “down” in a smoked-pine scented rocks glass.

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VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

Overall, we determined that the bitter profile of aperitifs lends itself best to an NA format, as it’s seemingly easier to mimic without alcohol. Price: $40 / 700 mL bottle Free Spirits Free Spirits offers five NA alternatives to popular spirits: bourbon , gin , tequila, red vermouth , and a bitter aperitif. Price: $30 / 25.4

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Bar Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Each sample will be delivered in person by renowned Shochu educators and JSS Academy graduates (2024), Samuel Boulton and Francesco Braun, allowing participants to benefit from their expert guidance and real-time feedback during the tasting experience as well as understand how each product is to be used in cocktails.

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Good Spirits News

JULY 12, 2024

Available in the US beginning July 2024. Released globally July 1, 2024 with the US getting its allotment later in summer 2024. The single malt was aged for 10 years in a combination of ex-bourbon and European oak casks followed by 8 years in French wine casks from the Charentes region. ABV without chill-filtration.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The competition kicked off with seminars in London, Manchester and Edinburgh led by Shochu educators and JSS Academy graduates (2024), Francesco Braun and Samuel Boulton. Shochu and Awamori are amongst the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world, yet they are not fully appreciated outside of Japan.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 15, 2023

From Parmesan-dusted Espresso Martinis and wine floods to boycotts and bourbon scams, weird moments and flashy trends crossed our radars with shocking regularity. Here are eight drinks trends we hope never see the light of day in 2024. This year, the drinks industry was in for a wild ride.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. The Vesper-inspired Honeypenny incorporates beeswax-washed vodka, a housemade aperitif, and golden raisins in its build, which is then treated with ultrasonic waves to achieve the coldest possible serving temperature.

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VinePair

JULY 1, 2024

Just as easy to make as they are to enjoy, Spritzes are typically made with a liqueur, Prosecco , and a splash of soda water, creating something that’s not quite wine but not quite a cocktail, either. A mix of their orange aperitif, Prosecco , and a splash of soda water thereby became known as the Aperol Spritz. Their first move?

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VinePair

JULY 1, 2024

The Origin of the Spritz Nabbing its name from the German word “ spritzen ,” meaning “to splash,” an iteration of the increasingly popular Spritz now ranks eighth out of the 50 top-selling cocktails of 2024. Perfect for any sunshine-fueled occasion, Le Moné is low in sugar and crafted with fortified wine produced in New York.

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Dry Atlas

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The spirit’s popularity was further amplified due to a series of legislative acts that made it easier and more profitable to produce gin rather than beer or wine. Comparing the best non-alcoholic gins Here are five of my favorite non-alcoholic gins as of February 2024. By the 18th century, gin production was in full swing in England.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MARCH 1, 2024

Their books include Champagne Cocktails, Deans of Drink, The Soul of Brasil, Spirit of the Cane, The Mixellany Guide to Vermouth and Other Aperitifs , the two-volume award-winning Spirituous Journey: A History of Drink , and most recently The Distiller of London. Over the years, many projects seemed to happen by chance.

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VinePair

JULY 1, 2024

When the concept originated in the late 19th century, making a Spritz meant adding a splash of water to wine. This begs the question: What the hell is a Spritz in 2024? Some bartenders run it back to the drink’s original core elements as a White Wine Spritzer, where wine with a splash of soda and a citrus garnish suffice. “If

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 26, 2024

And here we go again, with four wines that span the range of the classic Sonoma winery’s production. B+ / $25 2023 Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay Russian River Ranches – Similar to the Sonoma Coast release, but brighter and cleaner, with a stronger mineral tone that gives the wine some needed nuance. Worth the extra few bucks.

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Drinkhacker

MARCH 1, 2025

This quartet of wines from Anderson Valley-based Domaine Anderson arrived at the tail end of 2024 and represent a cross-section of the winery’s most essential varietal production — chardonnay and pinot noir. Pleasant as an aperitif, but a bit tough to pair with. Outstanding.

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Drinkhacker

JANUARY 29, 2025

While nonvintage, it’s a year-of-release-dated blend of three wines that were all aged for at least 36 months — these particular harvests hailing from 2020 at 70%, 2019 at 15%, and 2018 at 15%. Enjoy as an aperitif if you must, but I think it pairs perfectly with the right main course.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 16, 2024

When the VinePair team isnt busy working at HQ, were in the field doing what we do best: scoping out the best cocktails, wine, and beer in the five boroughs. Sommelier Nikita Malhotra curated a wine list that matches the restaurants seafood-focused fare, but theres a twist: The extensive program exclusively features white wines. (OK,

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The December 2024 announcement confirms warrants for Justerini & Brooks Wine & Spirits Merchants, John Walker & Sons (Johnnie Walker), Royal Lochnagar Scotch Whisky, Tanqueray Gordon & Company, and The Pimm’s Company.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

We found that alcohol-free bitter aperitifs are often the most convincing, as their botanical-driven profiles are more easily replicated than other spirits categories. However, in December 2024, it rebranded to Wilderton Aperitivo Co., As part of this work, VinePairs tasting and editorial staff samples thousands of products every year.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Royal Lochnagar Distillery, one of several Scottish whisky producers awarded a Royal Warrant by King Charles III in December 2024 Royal Warrants have long offered glimpses into the private tastes of Britain’s monarchy, with each new list of appointments revealing shifts in drinking preferences at the palace.

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BarLifeUK

JANUARY 17, 2024

Such a ‘profit first’ mindset is the antithesis of Beesou Bitter Honey Aperitif’s B Corp-certified brand principle, which founder Mark Wakefield describes as: “Always be natural and as sustainable as possible at all times in everything we do. No damaging the environment, even if it means saying no or if it costs more.”

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