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videoA true food & destination restaurant in the heart of Chianti Classico: Locanda di Pietracupa.
Owned by 2 couples, they serve Michelin quality food with home style service. Perfect destination if you are visiting wineries as they have rooms here for B&B. @locandadipietracupa #chianticlassico
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Best Bars in Detroit
Top Cocktail & Nightlife Spots Where Craft, Character, and Tequila Meet Detroit doesn’t try to impress — it proves itself. […] The post Best Bars in Detroit appeared first on Billy's Tequila .
videoEp. 2810 Buried Italy with Joseph Walker | Book Club with Richard Hough
Welcome to Book Club and Episode 2810 of the Italian Wine Podcast with Richard Hough. In this episode, Richard is in conversation with Joseph Walker, author of “Buried Italy”. Highlights of the conversation include: • Joseph’s personal background and career in the US military • His “origin story” as an explorer of Italian history • The discovery of the submerged Roman remains at Portus Julius • Tourism as a vehicle for sharing history and storytelling • The challenges of managing competing demands of tourism and preservation • How to be a more responsible tourist in Italy • The importance of wine to the Italian visitor experience • What wine can tell us about the history of Italy “Buried Italy” by Joseph M. Walker is available to order on Amazon at: https://a.co/d/06NdhEa3. About today’s guest: The US military sent Jo
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Whisky Month 2026: What’s On
The post Whisky Month 2026: What’s On appeared first on The Scotch Whisky Experience .
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#GlobalWhiskyToast
The post #GlobalWhiskyToast appeared first on The Scotch Whisky Experience .
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Il gioco delle coppie: Springbank 8 yo (2017/2025, OB SOCIETY BOTTLING, 54.7%) vs Sprinbank vintage 1998 (1998/2025, OB, 48.3%)
Interno notte di uno studio notarile stimato. Nel silenzio della Milano industriosa che finalmente si prende una pausa di riposo, due professionisti si versano due bicchieri. La primavera è tiepida, le Olimpiadi hanno lasciato un gradevole retrogusto di Erasmus globale e di overdose da curling. Il clima ideale per bere e recensire due Springbank, che… Continue reading →
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Caol Ila / Bowmore (Douglas Laing Old Particular)
There appears to be a subset of the Old Particular range from Douglas Laing, called The Islay Collection . It celebrates the smoky reputation of the island. Especially in The Netherlands they've made quite a bit of noise about it.Douglas Laing started this series with three finished whiskies (2x port and 1x tequila). If it's really a celebration of the classic Islay character, then why not showcase it in a natural state?
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videoFiano That Tastes Like Riesling? | Fiano Fridays
Fiano Fridays with @thewineanimal, wine one. Poured blind, and the only clue Brenden gets is that it's Fiano. Lemon-lime sherbet, a few flowers, bone dry. He called South Australia. It's Larry Cherubino's Fiano from Frankland River in Western Australia, and without the clue he'd have called it Riesling. Full blind tastings every week on YouTube, link in bio. #fianofridays #fiano #blindtasting #wine
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2x Islay Malt 1991 (The Whisky Jury)
Among the latest bottlings from The Whisky Jury there were two 1991 Islay Malts . One is a general release and the other is for friends: Passion for Whisky in The Netherlands and Lucky Choice in Australasia.I tried both at the Limburg Whisky Fair last weekend and they were really good.
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Ep 188 Featuring Wine Enthusiast Person of the Year Gretchen Roddick
🍇 Where Wine Takes You, Episode Highlights 🍷 Preroll content brought to you by Cork & Cruise and their Nov 2027 cruise featuring Epoch, LXV, and Adam Montiel From a part-time tasting room job in Paso Robles to helping lead the entire California wine industry, Gretchen Roddick has built quite a career. And 2026 has turned into one heck of a year. This week, Adam Montiel welcomes Gretchen, Executive Vice President of Hope Family Wines, newly elected Board Chair of the Wine Institute, and Wine Enthusiast’s 2026 Person of the Year. Recorded at SLOCAL Studios just days after the national announcement, it’s a candid conversation about nearly three decades of hard work, taking chances, building relationships, and helping put Paso Robles on the world wine map. Gretchen shares how a young woman from San Jose found her way to Cal Poly, into the wine business, and eventually into a partnership with Austin Hope that helped grow Hope Family Wines from roughly 1,000 cases a year to nearly a millio
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The First B&B Associate Bourbon Steward Class Is in the Books
Twenty people walked into B&B HQ on Saturday morning. All twenty are now Certified Bourbon Stewards. That's a 100% pass rate, which I'll take — though I'll also admit I was rooting hard for everyone in that room.
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King’s County Distillery, Brooklyn, NYC
Just across the Brooklyn Bridge in a former Navy Yard is a small craft distillery called King’s County, the first in NYC since prohibition. We visited in 2018, so given its history has now doubled since then, i’m sure some things have changed, but i’m sure it’s still worth a visit. The founders were Kentucky … The post King’s County Distillery, Brooklyn, NYC appeared first on Toronto Whisky Society .
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Spring Mill Distillery – Dinner with the Sleemans
A former member visited the Spring Mill Distillery back in early 2020, very early on in its history before they’d even released a fully aged whisky, and in 2024, John Sleeman and his sons Cooper and Quinn invited a busload of whisky lovers to the distillery for a tour, tasting and dinner. Having family in … The post Spring Mill Distillery – Dinner with the Sleemans appeared first on Toronto Whisky Society .
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First Growth Brands Inc. and BGPL USA Inc. Announce 10-Year Exclusive Partnership for Faire La Fête
September 30, 2026 — First Growth Brands Inc. (FGB), owner of Faire la Fête, and BGPL USA Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Barton & Guestier, today announced a 10-year exclusive [...]
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The Macallan Cherrywood Lapsang Tea
In the summer of 2025 The Macallan released two whiskies in collaboration with JING Tea . Both are part of the Harmony Collection - this time inspired by tea. There's Phoenix Honey Orchid Tea (oolong from Guandong) and this Organic Cherrywood Lapsang Tea , a reinvention of Lapsang Souchong.The whisky comes primarily from European oak sherry seasoned casks, complemented by American oak casks.
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videoOLD Vouvray So Good! 🇫🇷
1999 Huet Clos du Bourg Vouvray Sec from the Loire Valley of France. The wine has been aged in ideal conditions. Current releases sell for $50 to $75 per bottle. #loire #winetasting #winelover #old #1999 #winenot #wineaboutit #winevideo #wineshorts #mwlife #masterofwine #bobpaulinski
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Flambeaux Wine Names Miranda Bruehl Tasting Room Manager Ahead of New Downtown Healdsburg Tasting Room
Sonoma County native brings 11 years of wine and hospitality experience to Flambeaux’s new downtown Healdsburg tasting room September 30, 2026 (Healdsburg, CA) — Flambeaux Wine has named Sonoma County [...]
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Announcing Gran Nota Triple Oak Reposado Tequila: A Whiskey Legend’s Modern Twist on the Timeless Tradition of Agave
Crafted at Hacienda El Mexicano by Master Distiller Chip Tate in collaboration with the legendary Bañuelos family, Gran Nota Reposado unites generations of tequila-making expertise with innovative fermentation and signature [...]
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Harrison Ford’s New Glenmorangie Collaboration Is a Box Office Smash
It’s a truth in Hollywood that eventually, every movie star will release a spirit. Previously, the most popular trend to chase was tequila, where the actor claims to have “discovered” the ... Visit Man of Many for the full post.
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Bowmore 2005 / 2x Ben Nevis 1996 (The Whisky Agency)
The first stand that I visited at the recent Limburg Whisky Fair was The Whisky Agency . To say hello to organisers Meike and Carsten, but also to have a look at their latest selections of course. It was an impressive line-up, nicely presented in wooden display holders.
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videoThe Waitlist Club - Oriole | October 2026
Four bottles, four plates, one two-MICHELIN-star kitchen — welcome to The Waitlist Club | Oriole. 🍷 This shipment is drawn from the pairings the kitchen at Oriole actually pours — four bottles chosen to do specific work on specific plates. Members: head to My Cellar for this shipment’s tasting videos and more wine details. New here? The Waitlist Club is a Wine Access club that brings the wines and pairings of celebrated restaurants home. This shipment comes from Oriole, in Chicago. ABOUT ORIOLE Chicago | Chef and owner Noah Sandoval Oriole’s experience begins before you see a dining room. The restaurant sits down a discreet alleyway in Chicago’s West Loop, inside a former industrial warehouse, and guests arrive through a converted freight elevator that opens into an intimate, high-energy bar lounge. Two MICHELIN stars every year since 2017, a contemporary American tasting menu, and a kitchen that treats precision as the baseline rather than the achievement. Sandoval’s start was a
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Afternoon Brief, September 30
Worker Accused of Starting the Pickett Fire Pleads Not Guilty: Juan Luis Gutierrez Marfil, 45, of Napa, pleaded not guilty on Sept. 9 in Napa County Superior Court...
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INSIDER DEAL! 92-Point Gard Syrah $13.33 A Bottle
Deliciously crowd-pleasing single vineyard Syrah from the Columbia Valley. Don’t miss the 92-Point, Bulk Buy rated 2020 Slope Life Hometown ... Read more
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📺Bordeaux: How Climate Change Is Threatening a Famous Wine Region
Bordeaux is home to some of the world's most famous red wines. DW reporter Gönna Ketels explores how climate change is transforming the city and the surround...