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🎧Ep 185 A Dream Written Down: The San Miguel Nested AVA – Featuring Kahal Family Vineyards
🍇 Where Wine Takes You, Episode Highlights 🍷 What happens when you actually follow through on the crazy thing you wrote down years ago? This week, Adam sits down with Dave and Shawn Kahal of Kahal Family Vineyards, whose path to wine country included Orange County, Connecticut, basement winemaking, some memorably bad early wine, and eventually a vineyard in Indian Valley with a San Miguel address. Their story is a good reminder that the finished bottle is usually the least complicated part. The conversation gets into Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, learning the realities of farming, the challenges facing growers in today’s wine market, and what it means to build a winery around experiences and relationships rather than simply making more wine. It’s also the latest stop in our exploration of Paso Robles’ 11 nested AVAs, with a closer look at the history and geography of the San Miguel District. Our Travel Paso Spotlight heads to From the Heart Animal Sanctuary on Fat Goat Farm in Paso
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Let’s try to treat our Bennevissitis with three 1996s
Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2026 (42.3%, The Wealth Spirit, hogshead, cask #1398, 250 bottles) Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996/2026 (47.6%, Maltbarn, bourbon cask, 152 bottles) Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996/2025 (49%, The Wealth Spirits & Milroy’s of Soho ‘Future Legends’, hogshead #758, 120 bottles) Ben Nevis 21 yo 2022/2024 (56.1%, Signatory Vintage for Waldhaus World of Whisky, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #327, 560 bottles)
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WhistlePig Pushes Congress to Declare Rye America’s Official Whiskey Ahead of 250th Anniversary
On Wednesday, WhistlePig Whiskey unveiled a national campaign urging Congress to recognize rye as the official whiskey of the United States, tying the initiative to the country’s upcoming 250th anniversary. The campaign, which runs through July 4, centers on a public petition that, if it reaches 1,776 signatures, will be formally presented to lawmakers. The […]
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Benriach 1996 / Glen Keith 1993 (Whisky Dreamers)
The Whisky Dreamers keep a steady pace. In September we heard of them for the first time and now they already have a third batch of whiskies. Always from the most exclusive corners of the Malts of Scotland warehouse. Currently on offer: Glen Keith 1993 and Benriach 1996. Glen Keith 32 yo 1993 (44,6%, Malts of Scotland 'Rare Casks' for Whisky Dreamers 2026, bourbon barrel, 158 btl.) Nose: a very fine fruitbomb, full of peaches, nectarines, gooseberries and green mango. A lot of honey and warm waxy notes, along with some honeysuckle and vanilla cake. Almond oil. Over time it also shows a grassier note and mild white blossoms, adding a sense of vinho verde to it. Mouth: even better than expected. Totally exuberant fruits, Bushmills style. We have pineapple, mango, papaya and hints of lime juice. Very juicy, who dropped the vitamin tablet? Later also creamy vanilla and a drop of calvados, as well as greener notes like mint leaves and eucalyptus. Finish: quite long, now getting citrus
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Frey Ranch Farm Strength Uncut Rye
I’d like to thank the folks at Frey Ranch Distillery and their PR team for providing this bottle with no strings attached. Now, I don’t know about you, but I seldom think of farming and Nevada in the same sentence. Mostly because I’ve really only been to the areas that tourists go to. I’ve been to Vegas, visited nature in the area, and driven through Northern Nevada on I-80 a couple of times. And honestly, I never thought about grain farming as I drove through. But apparently I should have. Just over the southern horizon (poetically speaking) from I-80 lives a small town named Fallon. And when you look for Fallon on a satellite view, you notice one thing quite clearly: there is a lot of green on that image. More than my brief visits to the state would have ever led me to believe. I must not be the only one with those thoughts, as the press release spends a few words explaining just that: Using his own slow-grown grains that take Northern Nevada’s climate, topography, and terroir into a
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The Time That Made Balmorhea
If you’ve never been out to Balmorhea, it’s hard to explain what it feels like the first time you see it. You drive for hours through West Texas, past land that looks like it’s given up on trying to impress you. Flat stretches of scrub and rock. Fence posts leaning into the wind. Heat that […]
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Maker’s Mark’s Award-Winning Star Hill Farm Wheat Whisky Is Back
Maker’s Mark announced on Wednesday the 2026 return of its Star Hill Farm Whisky, marking the second annual release of the brand’s first new mashbill in more than 70 years. The release follows recognition as the “World’s Best Wheat Whisky 2026” at the World Whiskies Awards. Unlike Maker’s Mark’s core lineup, which has long relied […]
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How to Buy Scotch Whisky Casks for Investment
Buying casks as a private individual looking for a potential investment comes with different considerations compared to looking for casks as a whisky fan intending to mature and eventually bottle their own cask for enjoyment. The considerations differ again for an independent bottler looking for long term or immediate bottling propositions.How do you buy a […]
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Weekly Cellar Round-Up
Over the course of a week, I taste a bunch of wine, usually with friends, and almost always with my wife. Here are some of the wines we tasted over the past few weeks. These are wines that were not sent … Continue reading →
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VinExpo’nun Ardından
Şubat ayında Paris’te katıldığım dünyanın en geniş katılımlı şarap ve içki fuarı olan VinExpo izlenimlerimi Adcommunity dergisinin İlkbahar Yaz 2026 VinExpo’nun Ardından yazısı ilk önce Meleklerin Payı üzerinde ortaya çıktı.
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Review: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Special Release 2026 – Boiler Hill #2 Rye
Jack Daniel’s has been dropping ultra-proof whiskeys since the launch of the original Coy Hill Special Release, each one seemingly more popular than the last. For 2026, master distiller Chris Fletcher has a new trick up his sleeve for us: Five batches of barrel proof rye, including two from Coy Hill and three from two… The post Review: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Special Release 2026 – Boiler Hill #2 Rye appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking .
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Sweet and Spicy notes highlight Maker's Mark 2026 'The Stewards Release'
Since Maker's makes no bad whiskey, what's in the bottle is good sipping whiskey. Not a fault with it. But I prefer the two others in the Wood Finishing Series, The Keepers and The Heart, better.
video100-Year-Old Wine: Poison or Perfect?
Angus thought he had spent $450 on a bottle of wine from 1927. Then Master Sommelier Carlos Santos revealed that the label did not tell the whole story. In this episode of Got Somme, Angus and Carlos open a rare Seppeltsfield 1927 Para Liqueur Tawny and investigate what the date on the bottle actually means. Is the wine genuinely almost 100 years old, or does it contain only a small portion of wine from 1927? Carlos explains how these historic Australian fortified wines were blended, why the year represented the oldest component in the bottle and how ageing in oak transforms a dark red wine into an intensely concentrated Tawny. They also explore the difference between Tawny and Ruby fortified wines, how long an opened bottle can last, the best temperature for serving fortified wine and what food you should pair with it. Was this historic bottle worth $450? Watch until the end for Angus and Carlos’ verdict. Shop the RIEDEL range here: https://www.riedel.com/en-au Australian liste
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3x Ben Nevis: Spheric Spirits / Hielander / Ingelred
A review of three Ben Nevis, including ones bottled by Spheric Spirits, Ingelred and for the Hielander Whisky Festival.
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TWE outlines new operating model
The new regional model is part of the global TWE Ascent program aimed at delivering long-term sustainable growth.
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Lark delivers seventh consecutive quarter of net sales growth
CEO Stuart Gregor says Lark’s growth is a powerful demonstration of the strength and appeal of the distillery’s whiskies.
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Australia’s Champagne imports revealed
Australia remains a key market for exports of Champagne from France, with the latest Champagne shipments revealed.
videoGot to Love Vouvray 🇫🇷
2023 Domaine Pichot Vouvray from the Loire Valley of France. The wine is made entirely from Chenin Blanc. I picked it up at Total Wine for $20. Please checkout my video on Chenin Blanc. #winetasting #loirevalley #totalwine #2023 #frenchwine #winelover #winenot #france #mwlife #masterofwine #bobpaulinski
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Ben Nevis, Benriach, Tullibardine, Balmenach (Maltbarn)
The Limburg festival is coming up. Since some people are asking me about it: yes, I will be there on Saturday. Don't hestitate to come over and say hello. Maltbarn will present a series of new releases in Limburg, six if I'm not mistaken. We've had a sneak peak so here are our first thoughts on the Ben Nevis 1996, Benriach 1995, Balmenach 2002 and Tullibardine 1993. Most of these are names and vintages that we've seen before, perhaps split casks. Ben Nevis 29 yo 1996 (47,6%, Maltbarn 2026, bourbon cask, 152 btl.) Nose: bingo. A very waxy profile, quite sophisticated. Ripe pears, some quinces and hay. But really it is mostly about vegetal oils, some rubbed lemon skins and green leaves, along with subtle drops of menthol and whiffs of wool and grist. High complexity, but no fruit overload yet. Mouth: still not bursting with fruits - mostly about the sweetish oiliness again. Beeswax, paraffin and pollen, mixed with chalk. Mid-palate some mango and peach comes out, with candied lemon
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Mortlach 2006 vs 1969
Mortlach 18 yo 2006/2025 (56%, The First Editions, for HNWS Taiwan, refill hogshead, cask #HL21494, 126 bottes) Mortlach 22 yo 1969/1991 (50.5%, Cadenhead, Black Dumpy)
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Malta & Gozo: a wine story shaped by the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo have a wine history shaped by centuries of settlers, traders and empires. Each has left its mark on the islands’ culture, agriculture and relationship with the vine. Joséf Bonello, Brand Ambassador for Wines of Malta & Gozo, takes us on a brief journey through Malta and Gozo’s long and eventful wine history. Inhabited as early as 6500 BCE and home to some of the world’s oldest free-standing stone temples, the archipelago has always absorbed influences from afar and shaped them into a distinct identity that continues to evolve today. One of the most enduring cultural legacies arrived with the Phoenicians in the 8th century BCE. Skilled seafarers and traders, they introduced organised viticulture to the islands, laying the foundations of a wine story that stretches back millennia. Some of the earliest physical evidence of Maltese winemaking lies beneath the sea off Gozo, where a Phoenician shipwreck dated to around 700 BCE revealed amphorae pro
videoSeptember 2026 Trophy Wine Night
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Meleklerin Payı ile MALTIN PEŞİNDE İSKOÇYA
Uzun yıllardır viski kültürü üstüne araştırma yapıyor ve kitaplar yazıyorum. Araştırmalarımın en önemli kaynaklarından biri de İskoçya, İrlanda, Amerika ve Meleklerin Payı ile MALTIN PEŞİNDE İSKOÇYA yazısı ilk önce Meleklerin Payı üzerinde ortaya çıktı.
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Review: Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon (2026)
If it seems like we just visited Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon, you’re not taking crazy pills. The 2025 batch dropped around November, and not even six months later, we’ve got a new release. Indeed, along with a new (age-stated) rye, this year’s bourbon is part of a double-header that coincides with the company moving… The post Review: Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon (2026) appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking .