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  • Best New Bourbons Of 2024

    Best New Bourbons Of 2024

    Spirited’s best new bourbons of 2024 list includes offerings from brands in Kentucky and beyond, as well as classic names like Weller along with distilleries just beginning to make their mark Can bourbon keep getting…

  • What’s Next in Spirits: Colombian Aguardiente

    Colombian Aguardiente has become one of America’s fastest growing spirits, breaking into cocktail bars and Michelin star restaurants from Miami to New York and beyond Aguardiente, or aguardente in Portuguese, is one of the most…

  • Bottle Break Down: Champagne Telmont Talks Sustainability, Terroir, And Reserve De La Terre

    Over the past decade or so, the wine world has moved in the direction of sustainability, focusing on how to make both liquid and bottle less negatively impactful to the environment. It’s a shift seen…

  • Just Bought A Cadillac Margarita (Throw Some Grand Marnier)

    America’s favorite Margarita riff continues to be its most divisive, carrying an off-brand-esque luxury that can drive all sorts of emotions, much like its namesake Cadillac Roll into any of Los Angeles’ oldest, over-sized Meixcan…

  • US Bartender Of The Year Talks Shanghai, Cocktails, And World Class

    “One drink could change your life,” says Jonathan Stanyard, winner of the 2024 edition of USBG Presents World Class Sponsored by Diageo, and the current wearer of the crown of U.S. Best Bartender. It all…

  • Best Cocktail Bars in Marseille

    France’s second city might not be known as cocktail destination yet, but these seven cocktail bars shouldn’t be missed on any trip to Marseille At what point did Marseille take over from Cannes and Saint…

  • A Vegas Restaurant Is Cooking A Wagyu Steak In $2000 Whiskey

    Cathédrale at ARIA in Las Vegas is offering a 48 oz wagyu tomahawk steak that has been cooked in $2,000 Woodford Reserve Baccarat Edition bourbon One thing you learn if you spend enough time in…

  • Diageo And The USBG Are Searching For The 2025 U.S. Bartender Of The Year

    America’s best bartenders have less than a month left to apply for the 2025 season of USBG Presents World Class Sponsored By Diageo Each year, the best bartenders and mixologists in the U.S. take part…

  • Sweet Mash, Yeast, And Kentucky Roots: How Wilderness Trail Became A $600 Million Whiskey

    We sat down with Dr Pat Heist to learn more about Wilderness Trail Distillery, the whiskeys they create, and how they came to strike a $600 million USD partnership with Campari Wilderness Trail Distillery makes…

  • What is Rosolio?

    What is Rosolio?

    After years in the shadows, Italicus has brought the Italian aperitivo Rosolio back to the masses, giving everyone an opportunity to enjoy a centuries-old tradition Simply, Rosolio is an Italian liqueur made from a base…