December 1, 2016

This red blend has aromas of cherry with earthy notes, sweet leather, and sandalwood.  Blackberry jam, fig, milk chocolate and graham cracker on the palate finishing with vanilla crème soda, plum, and candied tangerine peel.  Suggested retail is $13.99. AVAILABLE FROM Baystate Wine & Spirits

Made with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot, 5% Petite Sirah and 4% Malbec, this wine has black fruit and spice aromas followed by notes of sweet licorice and juicy red fruit.  Eighteen month in French oak.  Suggested retail is $14.99. AVAILABLE FROM Baystate Wine & Spirits

There are three mezcals in the Bozal line: Tobasiche, Cuixe and Ensamble, all produced from local agave.  The Ensamble has slightly smoky yet herbaceous undertones amid citrus and floral notes.  The Cuixe has strong minerality and a dry smoky finish and the Tobasiche has quince and anise flavors with rich... Read More

There are three flavors in this new line of low-calorie hard seltzers: Orange Mango, Cranberry Lime and Watermelon.  Each slim can contains 9O calories.  Suggested retail is $8.99 per 6-pack of 12-ounce cans. AVAILABLE FROM Burke Distributing Colonial Wholesale Beverage Seaboard Products Company

There are three new limited release Rare Cask Brandies: Sauternes Cask, Triple-Toast Cask and Sherry Cask.  All the brandies are double-distilled in Charentais copper pot stills and each bottle is individually filled and numbered.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $58. AVAILABLE FROM MS Walker

The newest addition to the Pinnacle line is made with French vodka that is distilled five times with strawberry flavor.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $13. AVAILABLE FROM Horizon Beverage Company

The fourth batch of Hudson Maple Cask Rye has been released for the first time in 75Oml bottles in addition to the existing 375ml apothecary-style bottles.  This whiskey is a partnership with Wood’s Syrup, maple tappers who use Hudson Whiskey barrels to age their syrup and then return the barrels... Read More

The newest addition to the Fabrizia portfolio of all-natural citrus spirits is made with their Limoncello, zested lemon rinds, pure grain alcohol, simple syrup and a dairy alcohol cream from Wisconsin.  Other spirits include Blood Orange liqueur, the ready-to-drink Italian Margarita, Vera Limon vodka and Vera Blood Orange vodka.  Suggested... Read More

Berkshire Mountain Distillers (BMD) has released this whiskey that is the result of a four-year collaboration with Samuel Adams.  It was made by triple-distilling the brewery’s flagship Boston Lager at BMD’s distillery, followed by years of barrel aging in vintage bourbon barrels.  Toasted malt and caramel on the nose, with... Read More

This is a new permanent expression to the Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey portfolio.  Lustau was triple-distilled in single pot stills, initially aged in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks and then finished for one year in Oloroso sherry butts.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $7O. AVAILABLE FROM... Read More