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The Newly Reopened Waldorf Astoria Honors New York’s Glorious Drinking Past

VinePair

In its most recent incarnation, which lasted until 2017, Peacock Alley sat opposite the front desk and seating was behind a partitioned area. The original Dr. Cook was a gin drink with lemon juice, egg white, and dashes of Maraschino liqueur. Bell has converted it into a vodka cocktail with Maraschino, lime juice, and grapefruit juice.

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What Is a Coffey Still? The Secret Behind Nikka’s Award-Winning Spirits

VinePair

Although he didn’t live to see it, his philosophy is perhaps most evident in Nikka’s gin and vodka, both introduced in 2017. Nikka Coffey Gin & Coffey Vodka — What Does “Coffey” Mean? And that makes for truly extraordinary gin and vodka. The Vodka is lightly filtered with white birch charcoal.

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Christine Cooney, French American Spirits Importer Gets Knighted

Chilled Magazine

There are 38 states where the company is currently selling its carefully curated catalog of Armagnac, Calvados, Cognac, absinthe, gin, rum, vodka, whisky, vermouth, and various liqueurs and apéritifs. Since 2008, she has distinguished herself as a leading importer of award-winning French spirits in the United States.

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Where to Drink in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Imbibe Magazine

One of the only bars where I regularly order a vodka cocktail (the Local Stranger, with vodka, Averna, ginger, yuzu, and honey), Achilles Heel continues to hit the mark more than a decade later. Bar Americano The raison d’être at Bar Americano is aperitivo hour.

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Review: Naud Cognac VSOP

Drinkhacker

If you didn’t think you’d find room for innovation and new blood in old school Cognac, look no further than the Naud family, which revived an old distillery and has been making Cognac here since 2017. The operation also produces gin and vodka in addition to its four expressions of the iconic French brandy.

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Save the Bees With Every Pour of Barr Hill

VinePair

There are so many different bottles of gin on liquor store shelves these days, and most are flavored with a wide range of botanicals. Barr Hill Gin, however, takes this concept in the opposite direction, using just two ingredients to create its unique palate — juniper and regional raw honey.

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Spirit of Gallo Re-Enters Luxury Rum Category with Ron del Barrilito

VinePair

It was purchased in 2017 by rum-industry veteran Joaquin Bacardi. The company announced its entrance into the super-premium gin category earlier this year with an agreement to be the exclusive U.S. importer of Condesa Gin, and it invested in luxury tequila company Tequila Komos in 2022.

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