MAESTRO DOBEL TEQUILA
MAESTRO DOBEL TEQUILAThis silver tequila is created by Juan-Domingo “Dobel” Beckmann the sixth-generation leader of a prominent tequila-producing family. Maestro Dobel is diamond-clear – a result of a proprietary blending and filtration technique. Hand-crafted in Jalisco, Mexico, it is a blend of three aged tequilas: Reposado (rested 15 months), Anejo... Read More
EVAN WILLIAMS
EVAN WILLIAMS SINGLE BARREL BOURBON 1999 VINTAGEHeaven Hill Distilleries’ newest vintage of Evan Williams Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is from sixth and seventh generation Master Distillers Parker and Craig Beam. As with the previous 13 vintages each bottle is marked with the date that it was placed in... Read More
ESPRIT CLASSIQUE
ESPRIT CLASSIQUEThis new eau-de-vie of orange is distilled in small pot stills from orange peels that are imported from the island of Curaçao then blended with Hardy VSOP cognac. Utilizing one of the oldest continuously operating pot stills in France, Esprit Classique is blended and distilled in Dijon, Burgundy, France.
SCAPA SINGLE MALT
SCAPA SINGLE MALTFormerly aged 14 years this single malt from Chivas Brothers is being reborn as a 16 Year Old, due to the availability of precious older whiskies discovered in the Chivas stocks. The island whisky also has new packaging including a taller bottle. The word Scapa means ‘boat’ in... Read More
CRYSTAL SKULL
CRYSTAL SKULLA new super-premium quadruple distilled vodka from Newfoundland is premiering in February – brought to you by none other than comedian Dan Akroyd.
RUBIN BROTHERS HONORED
RUBIN BROTHERS HONORED as MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITALITY HALLof FAME RECIPIENTS On Monday November 17 some very special people in the foodservice industry were honored as Hall of Fame recipients at the 19th Annual Massachusetts Hospitality Hall of Fame Awards Dinner sponsored by the National Restaurant Association (NRA). This dinner has been... Read More
Beam Global Spirits & Wine
Beam Global Spirits & Wine has added communications veterans Paula Erickson and Dan Cohen to its communications team. As vice president of global external communications and brand public relations Erickson assumes responsibility for the Beam Global corporate and brand communications strategies. As a brand Public Relations manager, Cohen represents Courvoisier... Read More
The CURE for the WINE HANGOVER BLUES?
NO ONE LIKES A HANGOVER – they’re awful. But even the savviest and most cautious of wine enthusiasts can succumb to overindulgence with the result being the dreaded wine hangover. Headaches after drinking wine are usually caused by sulphites – sulphur dioxide added to the bottle to kill off unwanted... Read More
FRENCH WINE EXPORTS GO DOWN the DRAIN
WHAT IS BECOMING OF THE ONCE INFALLIBLE French wine industry? Things are appearing increasingly grim for the coming year after exports fell by 15% in volume and 12% in value in October the industry’s export body has warned. The October figures were the latest from France’s Fédération des Exportateurs de... Read More
TOBACCO SALES ALL BUT STUBBED OUT
IT’S BUTT’S OUT TIME IN BOSTON. In December Boston health regulators banned cigarette sales in drugstores and on college campuses, giving the city some of the most stringent antismoking laws in the nation. The rules, approved unanimously by the Boston Public Health Commission, mean that starting in February, about 75... Read More