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June 30, 2017

MIJA WHITE SANGRIA

This new White Sangria is made with lychee, guava, lime and orange.  It has a refreshing sweetness and bright acidity.  The portfolio also includes Red Sangria which is made with superfruits, including pomegranate, açaí and blood orange.  It is fruit-forward, yet balanced, with the pulp, aroma and flavor typically found in homemade...
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KONA HANALEI ISLAND IPA

This Hawaiian IPA from Kona Brewing Co. is made with passionfruit, orange and guava that balance the bitterness of aromatic Azacca and Galaxy hops.  A coppery, session-style ale with tropical flavors.  Suggested retail is $9.99 to $1O.99 per 6-pack. AVAILABLE FROM August A. Busch & Co.

SAMUEL ADAMS AMERICAN SUMMER VARIETY PACK

The Summer Variety 12-Pack is now available and includes Summer Ale, Boston Lager, the effervescent and slightly tart Berliner Weiss, Helles Lager style Golden Hour, golden and crisp Hefeweizen and topical wheat ale Topic of Yuzu.  The Beers of Summer Can Variety 12-Pack includes the Porch Rocker Radler, Summer Ale...
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THE COTTAGE PINOT GRIGIO

Made from grape grown in Friuli, Italy, The Cottage is dry, crisp and zesty with apple and tropical notes leading to a clean and refreshing finish. Suggested retail is $9.99 per 75Oml. AVAILABLE FROM Trio Wine Company

BRINLEY SHIPWRECK WHITE RESERVE RUM

This rum from St. Kitts is distilled five times from blackstrap molasses and aged one year in American oak barrels.  Other rums in the portfolio include Coconut, Coconut Cream, Coffee, Mango, Spiced and Vanilla.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $23. AVAILABLE FROM Horizon Beverage Company

COPPER & KINGS FLOODWALL APPLE BRANDY

Copper & Kings has released this new Kentucky brandy named after the Louisville floodwall which protects the city from flooding from the Ohio River.  It is a blend of copper pot-distilled apple brandy aged in bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks.  It contains a minimum of four-year-old brandy and was...
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GLENDALOUGH WILD BOTANICAL GIN

This new Irish gin is made with fresh, never dried, botanicals which are wild from the mountains around the distillery.  Some of the fresh botanicals included are pine shoots, elderflower, rose petals, mountain heather flowers and fraughan berries (wild blueberries) and pine with classic botanicals such as juniper, coriander, angelica...
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THE CORKSCREW GLASS

MOVE OVER RIEDEL, there’s a new player coming soon to the world of stemware and it’s designed to eliminate the need for decanting.  Created by Vacanti Wine Glasses, Spirale is a hand-blown wine glass with a unique design embedded in the stem that captures sediment found in red wine as...
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WINE CRIME DOESN’T PAY

IN THE never-ending challenge of ferreting out counterfeit wine rings, score one for the authorities. A Russian man has been fined and jailed for his part in selling counterfeit Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy. In May, Aleksandr Iugov appeared in court in Dijon and was sentenced to four...
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