VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In case you haven’t heard, tequila is hot right now — so hot that it’s on track to overtake vodka in on-premise popularity. From budget-friendly picks to splurges for those special to you, this is the ultimate list for the best tequilas to gift this holiday season. Look no further than Destileria Santanera’s Tahona Blanco.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

At NYC’s beloved Dante (#1 Best Bar in North America, 2019 & 2020) , Beverage Training Director Renato Tonnelli, who was recently crowned 2023 US World Class Bartender of the Year, has reimagined the 90’s classic Appletini, highlighting the seasonal flavor to create a crisp, herbaceous and elegant drink. Beezwax Belvedere 0.5

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It’s clear that vodka is beloved worldwide: It’s a centuries-old staple in Eastern Europe, Americans love it , and it remains the world’s second-largest spirits category behind only baijiu. Earlier this year, the Spirits Business examined the top 10 best-selling vodka brands with case sales over 1 million in 2022. million in 2022.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In addition to intense competition from tequila, domestic whiskey and the ready-to-drink (RTD) segments, brandy and Cognac had to contend with economic pressures, as inflation put a crimp in some discretionary spending. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8

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Dry Atlas

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

My rebellious side has embraced a love for Monday since 2020. Vodka Substitutes Damrak Virgin 00 Seedlip Garden Anything Amethyst Ritual Zero Proof Gin Alternative People are always asking me for an alternative vodka! To those people, I ask: “what is that you like/liked about vodka?” Monday Gin tastes like gin.

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Cheers

APRIL 30, 2025

The drink combines Espolon reposado tequila, Ancho Reyes chile liqueur, mango puree, fresh lime, agave, and a Tajin spice rim. It features Wheatley vodka, Owens Espresso Martini mix, Mr. Black liqueur, Evangelines praline liqueur and a cinnamon and sugar floater. Drink prices range from $12 to $14.

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VinePair

JULY 19, 2024

According to BevNet , the number of hard tea brands on the market has nearly doubled in just three years, swelling from 80 in 2020 to approximately 150 in 2023. Narragansett Hard Tea While Narragansett is undoubtedly most popular for its cult-favorite lager, the Rhode Island-founded beer company launched a hard tea in June 2020.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The hospitality industry added 588,000 jobs in 2023, but it still requires an additional 86,000 jobs to reach the seasonally adjusted employment level recorded in February 2020. 2023 Spirits Category Trends The top 5 spirits categories by revenue: Vodka sales nearly flat totaling $7.2 billion Tequila/Mezcal sales up 7.9%

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Since 2020, there has been a palpable shift in how service plays into the overall dining-out experience. From stocking stuffers to gift sets, bar tools, and show stoppers, give the gift of premium California wine this holiday season. Head to theprisonerwinecompany.com to shop now, and order by Dec. 14 to receive in time for the holidays.

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

So, we got to work tracking down every line we could find, from Vida Tequila to Loverboy. While the lineup — which sold to Beam Suntory in 2011 — has since expanded to include several other cocktails, wines, vodka, and even salad dressings, we stuck to the OG Marg. tequila boom. tequila boom.

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Cheers

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Revenge of the Kraken serves six tequila-based cocktails in a display shaped like the sea octopus. The Revenge of The Kraken, also at the Wheelhouse, serves six tequila-based cocktails (two each of three different drinks) from Diageo brands in a display shaped like the legendary sea octopus. “We

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Just Drinks

JUNE 6, 2025

link] US vodka producer Timeless Spirits and Drinks has filed a case in Texas against Bacardi for an alleged trademark infringement. The suit filed at Houston District Court claims the rum, Bombay Sapphire gin and Grey Goose vodka owner has committed infringement, accusing it of unfair competition and trademark dilution.

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Cheers

MAY 20, 2024

Rising Star winner Dulce Vida in 2023 launched its tequila-based RTDs in May 2023. Mom Water features six different vodka-infused RTD flavors, all boasting women’s names that align with the “Mom” brand. Fast Track winner High Noon Sun Sips launched a tequila-based seltzer variety pack in 2023 with a “Sun’s Up” marketing campaign.

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VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

growing by over 38 percent in volume from 2020 to 2022. Originally, this product was a 100- percent rye vodka inspired by Medoff’s Russian heritage, but the two also wanted to produce a gin that was distinctive from others coming from the European distillers that were dominating the industry.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Unlike, say, the silly Empirical x Doritos mashup clearly designed to get press, or any number of other low-brow culture products that have infiltrated the cocktail scene — Arby’s Curly Fry vodka and the like — there’s no evidence whatsoever that Dr Pepper has had a direct hand in any of these trends.

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Spiritz

JUNE 24, 2024

By 2020, he was ready to start the business and launch a brand that would be the backbone of his whiskey business- Shankar Distillers and Varchas Premium Spirits. In the near future, the company will launch three tequila brands (Tequila Blanco, Tequila Reposado and Tequila Anejo), and vodka and gin labels.

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Medium of Mixology

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As 2020 has been a dozen dumpster fires inside of another dumpster fire, we could also use a few good drinks to numb the pain of this year from ever harming us again. Pama Pomegranate Liqueur mixed Pomegranate Juice with Vodka and Tequila for an interesting sweet and tart flavor for a cocktail.

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Bar Magazine

APRIL 29, 2024

Steve will be responsible for the family-owned company’s commercial operations in the UK & Ireland and driving the growth of its iconic brands including: BACARDÍ® rum, MARTINI® vermouth, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, GREY GOOSE® vodka, ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur and ultra-premium PATRÓN® tequila.

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Spiritsfully

JANUARY 9, 2022

People’s desire for high-quality cocktails really grew in 2020 and 2021. Tequila + Gin & vodka. Vodka, gin and brandy are in high demand globally and are among the top five spirits consumers are expected to drink in 2022 (look at this study by Bacardi ). They’ve enjoyed honing their cocktail skills.

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Dry Atlas

JUNE 19, 2024

We launched in December of 2020 after a year and a half of formulation and organizing our production. So, we set out to create like real non-alcoholic cocktails that actually taste like you’re drinking a Cosmo, a lemon drop, a tequila-based margarita. With Duchess, we use a commercial-grade vodka—but we use a top-tier one.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million cases in 2020. In 2020, Diageo scooped up Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin (founded in 2006 by Christian Krogstad and Ryan Magarian) for $335 million, with a further payout of up to $275 million. The deal mirrored Diageo’s acquisition of George Clooney’s Casamigos tequila brand, and it proved to be savvy.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Across all markets tracked by IWSR in a 2021 study, spirit-based RTDs — especially those made with vodka — held 45% category volume share and are driving innovation. New York gastropub Due West began offering canned cocktails at the start of the pandemic in 2020.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Modeled after a 1920s train car, Platform 18 serves cocktails like The Gibson Girl (gin or vodka, dry vermouth, sake, orange bitters, and lemon oil) and 54th Street Club (popcorn-infused reposado tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, togarashi, and pandan). UnderTow is a tiki bar with tropical drinks.

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VinePair

MAY 5, 2025

As people partied like it was 1999, they were almost certainly drinking vodka, which at the time accounted for about a quarter of the spirits market. But it was tequila that I think, ultimately, would define drinking in the first quarter of the 21st century. Craft beer was just on the precipice of booming.

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VinePair

MAY 28, 2025

Theres no denying that Americans love tequila. Over the past two decades, it has steadily increased in sales to become the countrys second best-selling spirit just behind vodka. In Oaxaca, the heartland of mezcal production, annual visits have skyrocketed by 77 percent since 2020.

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Chilled Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

to F+B workers nationwide, and since 2020, has provided over 6,000 no-cost counseling sessions to F+B workers and their children in select states. Pernod Ricard employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide, is listed on Euronext (Ticker: RI) and is part of the CAC 40 index. To date, Southern Smoke Foundation has granted more than $13.4M

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides. Vodka – Belvedere 10 Vodka ($150) – If you absolutely have to give someone vodka as a present, give Belvedere 10 a try.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 15, 2025

He earned two Daytime Emmy Awardsone for producing The Bay in 2020 and another in 2021 for his supporting role as Caleb McKinnon in a daytime fiction program. And then if its a night out, Ill start my night with an espresso martini and move towards vodka, tequila or gin and soda. I typically stick to red wine.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2020, VinePair has released our annual ranking of the 50 best spirits of the year. Agave spirits, in their myriad guises, enjoy similar billing, as well as eye-opening gins, vodkas with distinctive character, and a healthy showing of sugar- and grape-based distillates. Check out the best spirits from previous years here !

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Boston-based distilling operation produces a lineup of whiskeys , rums , gins, vodkas , and amari, many of which are on display in this offering. Espresso Negroni Launched in 2020 amid Covid-19 lockdowns, New York Cocktail Co. Bottle Size: 750 ml / Average Price: $28. The Best Rum-Based Bottled Cocktails The New York Cocktail Co.

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VinePair

JULY 4, 2025

Kendall Jenner Credit: 818 While Kendall Jenner isn’t necessarily known for her kitchen prowess (may we remind you of the cucumber cutting incident ), she was the first of the Kardashian-Jenner squad to break into the alcohol industry with 818 Tequila. though he sold his stake to Diageo in 2020).

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

After Solomon and Pope’s departure in 2020, the hotel brought on Sanchez, an award-winning bartender and owner of beloved local bar Black Swan Saloon , to reopen the underground cocktail lounge. Mol Colada: mezcal, reposado tequila, apple, mole spices, and coconut cream.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

tequila, amaro, Old Fashioned, etc.), Founded in 2020, Wilderton was originally a non-alcoholic distillery crafting non-alcoholic spirits with botanicals from the Pacific Northwest. Targeted for reposado and aejo lovers, the tequila offers plenty of vegetal agave notes along with some cracked black pepper, lime zest, and vanilla.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Things were not looking great for Bar Louie in early 2020. But Bar Louie quickly and quietly emerged from bankruptcy in June 2020, after secured lender Antares Capital LP purchased the company and acquired $82.5 Anything with tequila is incredibly popular, Welby says. Covid-19 would then envelope the U.S. million of debt.

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