My friend, Ruth Berman, just sent me this press release about her company Bon Beer Voyage. Major congratulations on winning a FoodTrekking Award from the World Food Travel Association!
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Updated book cover for The Drinkable Globe worldwide booze book
Just a quick tweak to the cover of my upcoming book coming this fall from Turner Publishing. It’s now called “The Drinkable Globe: The Indispensable Guide to the World Wide of Booze. Pre-order it now and! Amazon is selling it, at least temporarily, for the extremely low price of $11.85! Get it before the price climbs back…
George Washington’s Rye Whiskey Distillery gets spirited birthday party
It’s been 10 years since George Washington’s Distillery at Mount Vernon re-opened and to mark the occasion, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed a bill Sunday officially naming George Washington’s Rye Whiskey the Commonwealth’s official spirit. Not a bad tenth birthday present (or 220th birthday, depending on how you look at it).
WSWA: Winestar brings French wine in cans to the U.S.
Wine in cans can be a polarizing concept, but if the French can embrace, it’s probably okay for the rest of us. Winestar shows off its line of aluminum-packaged wines at the 74th WSWA Convention
WSWA: Call for Cocktails Mixology Competition
As if bartending weren’t a high-pressure gig in and of itself, imagine racing against a countdown clock to mix a high-quality craft cocktail for folks scrutinizing your every move. That’s the scene at the Call for Cocktails Mixology competition at the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s 74th annual convention at the Grande Lakes Resort…
Draft does genever
One of the greatest boozy adventures I’ve enjoyed over the past year has been getting better acquainted with genever (or jenever, if you prefer). Last summer in New Orleans, Myriam hendrickx, master distiller at Rutte Distillery in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, spoken on a panel at Tales of the Cocktail. I was so intrigued by the spirit…
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