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/12 May 2016
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Brockmans Gin Hosts World Gin Day Cocktail Contest

Brockmans Gin invites bartenders from around the world to enter Brockmans’ International Cocktail Contest to find the world’s best “Brocktail” hosted on June 11, World Gin Day in the UK. “We have crafted an exceptional liquid and now we get to experience creative cocktail interpretations on how to make it...
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/23 Mar 2016
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Strongbow Marks The Official Start Of Summer

Strongbow Hard Apple Cider marks the official start of summer with its Made for Ice program. The comprehensive, 360⁰ program educates consumers on the benefits of pouring Strongbow over ice to unlock the refreshing taste of the brand’s award winning ciders through TV advertising, POS materials, social and digital media...
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/31 Jul 2012
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Dry Chenin Blanc From South Africa

As a dyed-in-the-wool Chenin Blanc fanatic who has been preaching its gospel faithfully over the past five years, it’s wonderful to follow the emergence of the grape from its previous incarnation as an over cropped workhorse, to today’s star performer, in the vineyards of South Africa.  Chenin’s versatility, and its...
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/31 Jul 2012
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A Drink With . . . Ben Sandrof

Ben SandrofNortheast Sales Manager, St-Germain (Cooper Spirits) BEN SANDROF is someone who knows the world of wine and spirits from all sides of the business.  From crafting the perfect cocktail to attending sales meetings, he’s represented brands from behind the bar as well as out in front, working as both...
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/31 Jul 2012
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RYAN & WOOD DISTILLERIES

“You ever been up to see Bob Ryan, taste his whiskey?” Jeremy Goldberg and I were sharing a couple pints at his Cape Ann Brewery one beautiful Gloucester morning last year, talking about how the town was developing and sustaining local businesses. I didn’t even know there was a distillery...
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/31 Jul 2012
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Painkiller

Who doesn’t love a whimsically named Tiki drink served from a skull or ceramic highball resembling a totem pole?  Invented in the ’7Os somewhere in the West Indies, a tiny bar accessible only by boat was mixing up a cocktail with a high-test brand of Navy rum called Pusser’s that...
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/29 Jun 2012
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SUMMER BEER DRINKING

NOTHING MATCHES THE SPLENDORS OF SUMMER DRINKING.Enveloped in warm evenings, with heavy breezes casting down upon you, surrounded by nature and friends, and accompanied by your favorite beverage companion, it can seem like the perfect moment.  When it comes to choosing the right beer, global brewers invite you to enjoy...
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/29 Jun 2012
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PROFILE: GREG CRONE

GREG CRONE • 45 • OwnerCroney Estates & Liquid Brands, Scituate Greg Crone’s come halfway round the globe making, then selling, quality wine; now he’s gone back to the Southern Hemisphere to bring good bargains to the States.  He’s made New Zealand wines for Brancott, marketed them for Seagram’s C&E...
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/29 Jun 2012
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AQUITAINE: A PARTNERSHIP REDEFINING BORDEAUX

Bordeaux wine merchants, Jean-Christophe and Margaret Calvet, gave a presentation at the Boston Wine Expo on January 21 entitled “2OO9 Bordeaux – The Best Vintage Ever?” They own the Aquitaine Wine Company. They stood side-by-side at the podium and shared the presentation. Not only is it rare to find a...
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/29 Jun 2012
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VINO FROM TRURO

Dave Roberts, having set out on a bicycle ride in 2OO7, returned owning a vineyard and winery, Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod, thus starting a new career and way of life. His Connecticut family had summered in outer Cape Cod since he was a boy of eight. He and Kathy...
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/29 Jun 2012
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TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN YOUR WINE?

There may be a growing resistance to wines with alcohol contents above 14 percent, perhaps in reaction to the growing number of wines of that strength. Unfortunately for the objectors, such wines are likely to become more and more common as the world warms. The venerable Michael Broadbent has led...
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