Spiritz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Ritual brand’s award-winning portfolio contains alternatives to whiskey, tequila, gin, rum and aperitif, which can all be substituted one-to-one with traditional spirits to create non-alc versions of well-known recipes, enabling the brand to participate credibly in top cocktail serves and occasions.

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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. billion Tequila/Mezcal sales up 7.9% billion American Whiskey sales up 3.8% billion Tequila/Mezcal up 7.9% billion Blended Whiskey up 4.1%

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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. Walk-Ons, which had scored a strategic investment from private equity firm 10 Point Capital in 2020, promoted chief financial officer Chris Porcelli to CEO this past September.

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

Even finding Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz’s joint venture, Toms’ Good Lovin’ whiskey, can feel like a Sisyphean task. So, we got to work tracking down every line we could find, from Vida Tequila to Loverboy. We didn’t get a chance to sample the pink stuff, so we opted for Vanderpump Chardonnay, which debuted in 2020.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Distillers just getting started needed ready cash flow, and the unaged neutral spirit — America’s top-selling category — gave them something to offer consumers while their whiskey matured. But, Little says, the vodka was “an afterthought”; whiskey was always the focus. Once ubiquitous, craft vodka soon gave way to whiskey.

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Cheers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Today, the brand’s portfolio contains alternatives to whiskey, tequila, gin, rum and aperitif, which can all be substituted one-to-one with traditional spirits to create non-alc versions of well-known recipes. In fiscal year 2020, Diageo acquired a minority stake in Ritual through Distill Ventures.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 6, 2024

industry veteran David Grapshi, and Julio Bermejo, American Ambassador of Mexico’s National Chamber for the Tequila Industry. Looking for more award-winning whiskeys? Check out our article on the world’s best American whiskeys, according to the World Whiskies Awards. BUY NOW: $66.99 malted barley, and 1.5%

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

However, as reflected in the 2020 Cocktail Trends Report , the #1 trend is low/no alcohol drinks. In it, you’ll find the guidance to make your own Zero ABV backbar inspired by gin, whiskey, tequila, Triple Sec, mezcal, rum, Amaro, Chartreuse, Fernet, Campari, and classic bitters. Next up is Zero ABV American whiskey!

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Spiritz

JUNE 24, 2024

Triggered by Passion Whiskey has always been a passion of Varchasvi. When he went to the US, he would see the great whiskey brands that had amazing tradition and heritage built into their stories. In the early 2000s, he started working on this passion and purchased a few barrels of whiskey to pursue the beginning of his dream.

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Spiritz

MAY 9, 2024

Luxury tequila brand Komos has announced its debut in the Indian market, marking a significant milestone for connoisseurs of fine spirits across the country with its key markets being Delhi, Haryana, Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad, Bangalore and a few others.

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Good Spirits News

MARCH 29, 2024

This release is a blend of straight bourbon whiskeys from Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee aged 15, 9, and 7 years, respectively. Here, the American whiskey was aged 12 years in French oak barrels — some with char and some without. Also, like the rest of the Michter’s whiskeys supplies are allocated due to the high demand.

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VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

growing by over 38 percent in volume from 2020 to 2022. The spirit was originally a placeholder for whiskey. When Krogstad founded House Spirits Distillery with Lee Medoff in 2004, the intention was to produce whiskey. Now owned by Diageo, Aviation is one of the fastest-growing gin brands in the U.S.,

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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 Wheelhouse bar’s Ship In A Bottle, a large-format drink made with whiskey, tea and port wine, is presented in a glass cylindrical vessel, with a miniature ship inside: You don’t get to see the ship until most of the drink is poured out.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Shorter smuggling routes from Mexico and the Caribbean put more tequila and rum into American’s hands during its decade of Prohibition, and Americans’ preference for those spirits (as well as whiskey) persisted after repeal. Whereas spirits like tequila and mezcal flow fairly easily and inexpensively by truck across the southern U.S.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite recent challenges — like stiff stateside competition in tequila, American whiskey , and rum as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine impacting sales and exports in the region — vodka maintains strong standing globally. The category experienced a 3 percent growth last year, with 9-liter case sales swelling from 331.4

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Cheers

MAY 20, 2024

Rising Star winner Dulce Vida in 2023 launched its tequila-based RTDs in May 2023. Fast Track winner High Noon Sun Sips launched a tequila-based seltzer variety pack in 2023 with a “Sun’s Up” marketing campaign. Rising Star Grey Goose vodka launched a ready-to-serve Martini cocktail in a bottle in April 2023.

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VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

Once restricted to a handful of botanical waters, alcohol-free options have expanded to include ready-to-drink (RTD) mocktails in large and small formats, convincing base “spirits” that mimic the profiles of traditional whiskey, gin, and apéritivos, and party-friendly formulas that offer a different kind of buzz. Price: $39 / 16.9

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

More staid brands like Coke and Pepsi seem stuck in a rut of rum & colas or whiskey & colas — the most viral cola drink of recent vintage is the tequila-spiked Batanga. There was Dr Pepper Dark Berry in 2022 (a tie-in with “Jurassic World: Dominion”), Dr Pepper Cream Soda in 2020, and Dr. Pepper Strawberries and Cream in 2023.

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Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

(SRP $89.99) CASA OBSIDIANA AÑEJO Casa Obsidiana is a tequila brand co-founded by two families: The Beckmann Gonzalez family of Jalisco, Mexico and the Boisset family of Burgundy and California. Each tequila in the portfolio is made with 100% blue weber agave sourced from the estates of the Beckman Gonzalez family.

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Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

2XO GEM OF KENTUCKY Gem of Kentucky is a double-barreled single barrel Kentucky straight bourbon from 2XO (“Two Times Oak”), a brand created be renown American whiskey blender Dixon Dedman. The tequila is packaged in a green ceramic bottled which was inspired by the original 1973 decanter.

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Spiritsfully

JANUARY 9, 2022

People’s desire for high-quality cocktails really grew in 2020 and 2021. Tequila + Gin & vodka. Wood experiment And especially in the production of whiskey and bourbon (and also mezcal). They’ve enjoyed honing their cocktail skills. As the purchasing power of millennials and Gen Z grows, so does this trend.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

” But online you can peruse the 15 pages of offerings—liqueurs, gin, rum, calvados, and whiskey—listed under the heading “Hardcore Porn.” ” Currently, the priciest pour is the 1894 Turf Club Old Rye Whiskey at $1,995. But it was here that Goldfarb tasted 1960s Sauza tequila.

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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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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Favorite Post : The Debate Over Whiskey Age Statements: A Drinkhacker Conversation 14. Favorite Post : Tequila 15. Julia’s writing is fun, on trend, and necessary for any bartender to read in the 2020’s. He’s made it a strict rule to NOT accept cash payments or other financial considerations in return for coverage.

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Chilled Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The Skrewball Baster Set features seven 50ml shot basters, a wooden holder, and a gravy boat for filling with Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey—all for just $11.28 Each Skrewball Shot Baster is designed to deliver the perfect single serve of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey, complete with a baster bulb shaped like Skrewball’s iconic sheep logo.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Well, we can fix that for you, thanks to our guide to the 10 best tequilas (and mezcals) we tasted in 2024. For more great picks, see also our top tens from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , and 2019. For more great picks, see also our top tens from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , and 2019. Or maybe the problem is you’re just thirsty.

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VinePair

MAY 5, 2025

But it was tequila that I think, ultimately, would define drinking in the first quarter of the 21st century. From 2000 until the present, tequila sales have grown over 300 percent, accounting for some $6.7 Though purists accuse it of being artificially sweetened, it made consumers comfortable paying so much for tequila, he says.

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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. As always, watch this space for our top whiskeys of the year list in mid-December, which will offer even more solid picks.

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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 of course, if anyone reading is a Scotch drinker, you need to go to Edinburgh, Scottland and bounce around the whiskey bars. And then 25 different whiskeys.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2020, VinePair has released our annual ranking of the 50 best spirits of the year. Expect to encounter all facets of American whiskey represented, as well as stellar offerings from Scotland and Japan. Most exciting of all: Every year since this roundup’s inception, a whiskey has clinched the No. 1 spot, but not this year.

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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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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Glenturret had a total rebrand in 2020, recruiting the best in the industry, and putting out not only excellent quality aged whiskies but also some of the coolest collaborations going. Annabel’s has collaborated with The Dalmore on a special selection bottling and famed Tequila producer Patron on a charity release.

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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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VinePair

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Maybe 20 percent of them will order the Defying Gravi-Tea, an Elphaba -hued green tea cocktail with Irish whiskey , ginger syrup, lemon and mint; or Witch’s Brew, a Malibu rum-spiked soy milk horchata with orgeat and cinnamon served in a tulip glass. Between 2009 and 2020 AMC opened 50 dine-in theaters, per The New York Times.

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