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Trois Rivières, the landscape in the glass

Trois Rivières unveils a new bottle for its aged rums: the Martinican cane landscape engraved in the glass, the mill and 1660 embossed. The liquids remain unchanged. Cet article Trois Rivières, the landscape in the glass est apparu en premier sur Rumporter .

Experience the exciting new wave of California Zinfandel with these 18 wines

An American classic reborn...

Apollo’s Praise: Meeting New York's most exciting new producer

Sing paeans, muse, of golden wines...

The Third Growths: Reviewed, reappraised, reclassified

Emerging from the shadows...

Bordeaux's 2016 vintage: Revisiting & retasting 10 years on

Instant enjoyment yet ageworthy...

A new Talisker mini-verticale

Talisker 33 yo 1992/2026 (60.1%, OB, Rare Series, 331 bottles) Talisker 27 yo 1989/2016 (51.6%, Whisky Lovers Hong Kong, for Rex Tong, hogshead, cask #912, 138 bottles) Talisker 39 yo 1987/2026 (51.4%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, refill sherry butt, cask #22601101, 300 bottles)

World’s Best Infused Spirits According to the 2026 High Spirits Awards

By Mike Gorman, The Best Drink Ever Presented by L.A. Spirits Awards Published June 07, 2026 These Infused Beverages Cut Through the Noise. Here’s What Made the List. The infused beverage category is growing fast. Faster than consumers and retailers can keep up with. Every month brings another wave of THC seltzers, infused cocktails, cannabis sodas, spirit alternatives, and functional drinks all promising a better buzz, cleaner experience, or smarter way to unwind. Some deliver. A lot don’t. That’s where blind judging matters. At the High Spirits Awards, products are evaluated without branding, packaging, marketing copy, or hype entering the equation. Our judges — including beverage buyers, bartenders, operators, educators, and industry professionals — focus on what actually matters: balance, flavor, aroma, structure, drinkability, and overall execution. No marketing. No politics. Just what’s in the glass…or can. This year’s High Spirits Awards showed how quickly this category is evolv

Bruichladdich Black Art Sapero

Black Art Sapero is the first expression in a new spin-off of the Bruichladdich Black Art series exclusive to global travel retail. It made its first appearance at Changi Airport in Singapore at the end of 2025 and was then listed in other airports. Future releases include Black Art Propheta and Black Art Empresse, scheduled for November 2026 and 2027 respectively.Black Art is about embracing the unknown, so the cask types used for this composition are undisclosed. 

15 Berry Mocktails That Taste Like Summer

If you've spent any time around here, you'll know I have a slight obsession with berries, so it was absolutely time for a round up of my all time favorite berry mocktails. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries...if there's a punnet in season, there's a really good chance I'm turning it into a mocktail! Not only do... The post 15 Berry Mocktails That Taste Like Summer appeared first on The Mindful Mocktail .

Wild Turkey Debuts Austin Nichols Archives Collection with 16-Year Gold Foil Edition Bourbon

Wild Turkey launches Austin Nichols Archives Gold Foil Edition, a 16-year, 120-proof bourbon led by Bruce Russell and inspired by vintage 12-year “Cheesy Gold Foil” bottles, with a $400 SRP. The post Wild Turkey Debuts Austin Nichols Archives Collection with 16-Year Gold Foil Edition Bourbon first appeared on BourbonBlog .

Fisher & Paykel 373L Vertical Refrigerator + MKII Temperature Controller - Brisbane $150

<div class="bbWrapper">Fisher & Paykel 373L Vertical Refrigerator + MKII Temperature Controller<br /> <br /> Located Brisbane.<br /> <br /> $150<br /> <br /> Reliable Fisher & Paykel 373L Vertical Refrigerator (Model E373RW1), set up and lightly used

Replay: Log Still Distillery Virtual Tasting

Last night, we had Wally Dant from Log Still Distillery out of Gethsemane, Kentucky, join us for a virtual tasting, and I'll say this upfront — he was more than worth the invite. Big thanks to Steven Edds for making it happen on their end, and shoutout to

botti da orbi rum variations: guyana 2004 High proof (2025, velier, 50%)

Continuano le nostre scorribande nei sentieri avventurosi del rum, dove non siamo a nostro agio ma sappiamo divertirci, come quando ci capitano delle feste in cui si balla. Oggi una chicca dal mostruoso caveau di Velier e di Luca Gargano, uno che di rum in fondo qualcosa ci capisce, dai… Trattasi di blend di differenti… Continue reading →

Piedrasassi Viognier 2022

Bruichladdich 2010 versus 1969

Bruichladdich 13 yo 2010/2024 ‘release 9.1’ (63%, Dramfool’s Jim McEwan Signature Collection, premier grand cru supérieur Sauternes barrique, cask #2339, 236 bottles) Bruichladdich 15 yo 1969/1985 (54%, Gordon & MacPhail for Intertrade & Turatello)

Bowmore 2005 (The Whisky Jury)

I sometimes get the question 'which distillery should I look into?' and then Bowmore is always one of my answers. They've taken an impressive leap forward from the horrible violet-infused production and the mediocre wine finishes. A few years ago we started to see a new style of spirit, full of fruits, even tropical fruits. Today these can be found in several official bottlings. At the same time independent bottlers seem to have access to more Bowmore again, and seem to embrace the new style.At the Limburg Whisky Fair a lot of people talked about two Bowmore 2005 expressions, the one from TWA and this one from The Whisky Jury .&nbsp;

June 7: Dean Martin’s Birthday

It's Dean Martin's birthday. Born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio in 1917, Dean was the very epitome of the suave drinker. He did it all: he crooned, he acted, he did comedy, he was a bootlegger, he dealt blackjack in a speakeasy, he boxed, he was a key member of the Rat Pack, he hosted highly successful shows on TV for 20 straight years. And he drank heroically all the while and, what's more, he made it look easy. After he ascended to the Great Lounge in the Sky in 1995, the people he was least likely to drink with, namely his children and Jerry Lewis, tried to discount Dino's boozing prowess. But those he did drink with, namely the Rat Pack and assorted other carousers, said Dean, as Frank put it, was the Captain of their Olympic Drinking Team. True story: When the great man died, the lights of the Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor. And rightfully so.

An Evening with Dunville’s Irish Whiskey

Replay available below ***** Join us for a special Stories & Sips online evening dedicated to one of the great names in Irish whiskey: Dunville’s. Once produced at the Royal Irish Distilleries in Belfast, Dunville’s was among the most famous Irish whiskey brands in the world before disappearing for almost eight decades. Its revival by […] The post An Evening with Dunville’s Irish Whiskey appeared first on Stories & Sips Whiskey Club .

IL GIOCO DELLE COPPIE: CLEY HERITAGE 40 YO ORIGINAL GEORGE B. (2025, 41.5%) VS CLEY HERITAGE 40 YO AFTER BOTTLE WOOD MATURATION (2025, 41.5%)

Recentemente due di noi si sono recati nella Stalingrado d’Italia per visitare un piccolo angolo di paradiso. Sì, perché a Sesto San Giovanni c’è la sede di Dives Vinum, vero e proprio tempio del buon bere tra vini e distillati. Così, tra una chiacchiera e un sorso, un sorso e una chiacchiera, i nostri eroici… Continue reading →

Alcoholic Daze - Chapter 4

&nbsp; The continuing saga of Alcoholic Daze.... Over the coming years, we repeated our August booze cruises to France or Germany, taking Snoopy with us. It was a great way of holidaying abroad&nbsp; with the dog , getting the satisfaction of being somewhere foreign and enjoying life under canvas. Snoopy used to hate the return part of the journey as it involved visiting an extremely tall, dark and handsome young vet near Calais who produced awfully thick hypodermic needles to inject the anti-worming preparation necessary for the pet passport paperwork at Dover. As before, we used a nearby camp-site to Cite Europe on our return journey and, as before, stocked up with a years' supply of wine. Again, as before, we were always lucky if we had a single bottle left to celebrate at Christmas, but very little of it was consumed by me. &nbsp;I was beginning to see a pattern forming. By the time we were nudging our fifties, Greg suddenly became ill. He first had a series of small heart attacks