BUCK SHACK BOURBON BARREL CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Aged 12 months in French and American oak, with an additional three months in bourbon barrels, this velvety Cabernet has notes of black currant and tobacco with rich hints of bourbon. Suggested retail is $27.99. AVAILABLE FROM Trio Wine Company.
HEAVEN’S DOOR WHISKEY
Heaven’s Door is a small-batch collection of handcrafted Tennessee Whiskies developed in partnership with Bob Dylan. The line consists of three expressions, Tennessee Bourbon, Double Barrel and Straight Rye. Suggested retail for the Bourbon and Double Barrel is $49.99 and $79.99 for the Straight Rye. AVAILABLE FROM Horizon Beverage Company.
NINETY PLUS CELLARS
There are two new wines available from 9O+ Cellars: the Reserve Lot 163 Merlot from Anderson Valley and the Collector Series Lot 164 Pinot Noir from Sebastopol. The Merlot has aromas of red plum, dried raspberries, strawberries and rose. Mild notes of cedar, toast and smoke. The wine is full-bodied... Read More
JOSE CUERVO AUTHENTIC ORANGE PINEAPPLE MARGARITA
This is the newest flavor in the Jose Cuervo Authentic Margarita line. Suggested retail for a 1.75L is $17.99. AVAILABLE FROM United Liquors.
OLD FORESTER KENTUCKY STRAIGHT RYE WHISKY
This is the distillery’s first new grain recipe in nearly 15O years. The whisky was made with a recipe inspired by Normandy Rye, a brand which Brown-Forman acquired in 194O. The mash bill consists of 65% rye, 2O% malted barley and 15% corn. Suggested retail for... Read More
SVEDKA ROSÉ
This new release from Svedka has flavors of strawberry and pineapple with notes of hibiscus and blended with rosé wine. This is the first flavor that Svedka will introduce in clear glass bottle packaging. Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $13. Also packaged in 5Oml,... Read More
WHEN SABERING GOES WRONG
This falls in the category of downright embarrassing. When done right, sabering a bottle of bubbly is nothing short of impressive. Done wrong and well, it’s quite the opposite. On New Year’s Eve, the General Manager at Napa Valley’s famed French Laundry restaurant unsuccessfully sabered a Nebuchadnazeer (15-liter bottle) of... Read More
SOTHEBY’S WINE SALES BOOM
2018 was quite a year for wine sales at Sotheby’s. The auction house recently announced that its wine and spirit sales for the year crossed US$100 million for the first time. After a bumper series of results which included a bottle of 1945 Romanée-Conti selling for $558,000, another seven Methuselahs... Read More
THE PERILS OF TOO MUCH SUGAR IN PROSECCO
In the end, the sugar sacks gave them away. Two Prosecco producers based in Valdobbiadene and Refrontolo, in the province of Treviso, were raided this past fall when officials grew suspicious after finding two tons of sugar in sacks. Italian police seized 750,000 liters of Prosecco from the two producers... Read More
MORE RED WINE BENEFITS
Well, it’s certainly tastier than an apple a day! A recent Harvard study has found that a glass of red wine a day keeps the doctor away. Those who enjoy a libation, but not too much, are less likely to be admitted to hospital than teetotalers. The study looked at... Read More