In this episode:

• Suntory releases 5,000 bottles of Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 for $300 a pop (You might recall that Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible named the 2013 edition World Whisky of the Year)

• Distillers from Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture visit New York City to whet American’s appetite for shochu.

• Actor and writer Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale, The Usual Suspects), who recently launched BiVi Sicilian vodka, will head to Vegas to cut the ribbon at the 2016 Nightclub & Bar Show