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“Extreme” Rums, via France, for Gifting (Keeping?)

December 18, 2020

THE GIFT GUIDE:  WHAT TO GET FOR THE HARD TO GET FOR When it comes to meta-level rum innovation, it …

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YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: El Freson

November 20, 2020

El Tesoro tequila is produced at the La Altena distillery in Arandas, a village in the Jalisco Highlands. As with …

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TASTING NOTE: Santera Tequila

November 20, 2020

Albeit with a light hand, Santera Tequila folds some edgier processes, like additional filtration steps and even some blending, into …

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The Tequila That Comes with Its Own Hotel, and Vice Versa

November 14, 2020

Our month of Agave Weekends continues … As a keen fan of tequila, I ought to have known more about …

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YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: “The Freshest Margarita”

November 13, 2020

We have to go back to 1998, when entrepreneurs Danny Schneeweiss and Moy Guindi, inspired by Mexico City’s thriving cultural …

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TASTING NOTE: Bribon Tequila Blanco

November 07, 2020

From it’s squared-off bottle to its regal blue labelling and typeface, Bribon Blanco ($20), produced in the heart of tequila …

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YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Brown Demon

October 31, 2020

“Chamuco” is Spanish slang for “devil” and generally refers to a mischievous person. Tequila Chamucos Reposado ($45) embraces the naughtiness, …

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Toast the Angels with a Bold, Modified Paloma

October 30, 2020

Editor’s note: For the next few weekends, we’ll focus on the splendors of agave. Today, a heavenly variation on the …

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TASTING NOTE: New Collaborations from Plantation Rum

October 28, 2020

One thinks, of course, of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America when one thinks of rum. But, point of …

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The Name Is Rum. Blackwell Rum.

October 16, 2020

Wait—doesn’t James Bond drink vodka martinis, shaken not stirred? Or at least some close variation thereof? Well, if you’ve read …

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The “Lost” Bourbon Lives? Hirsch’s Intriguing Re-Birth

October 08, 2020

This back story is as deliriously arcane and legend-fueled as any in American distilling: In 1974, investment banker Adolph Hirsch …

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TASTING NOTE: Espanita Tequila

September 21, 2020

In the dense fog of tequila lore, it is speculated that within a decade or so of the Spanish conquest …

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TASTING NOTE: Knappogue Castle Marsala Cask

September 03, 2020

The cask-finishing movement may have started with scotch, but the idea of delivering that extra kiss of flavor, and often, …

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Scotch. Sort of. Straight Out of Seattle.

August 10, 2020

With its industrial-hip distillery and hosting facilities in South Seattle, across from Harbor Island, Westland Distillery represents a terrific intersection …

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The Global Spirit of Equiano Rum

July 31, 2020

Perhaps helping recast the tragic history of the slave/molasses/rum trading triangle of old with some positive global-sharing innovation, new Equiano …