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A total of five whiskeys, four Irish whiskeys and one Japanese whisky, were awarded the coveted Gold Outstanding medal at the 2022 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC).

This month's whiskies cover both ancient and very young selections, as well as different styles across Scotland, Ireland and England.

Just in time for National Beer Day, Coors Banquet has released limited-editions, collectible cans, and they’ve created a new apparel line to match.

A wine grape grower comes up with an innovative way to make an affordable Napa Cab while also showing another way that avoids destroying forests just to plant new vineyards.

Though the traditional gin and tonic gives a reason to celebrate on April 9 (National Gin and Tonic Day), there’s always room for a twist on the classic, including these recipes with grapefruit, elderflower and pomegranate.

Breaking Ground is a bi-lingual storytelling series highlighting Washington-based vineyard farmers and workers, that launched last month.

In the American Whiskey category, a total of six whiskeys, five bourbons and one rye whiskey were awarded the coveted Gold Outstanding medal.

The Glen Scotia distillery is among the smallest whisky producers in Scotland. It is also, among the oldest. Famed for its iconic whiskies, it is unfortunately little known in North America. That’s a pity, because its whiskies are world class.

Boisson began as an alcohol-free shop in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, but quickly expanded to Williamsburg, the West Village, Upper East and Upper West Sides, as their co-founders share plans to grow nationwide, as well as five delicious non-alcoholic cocktails.

Historical old vines are time machines, prophets, and cherished family heirlooms. They also produce some of the world's most intoxicating wine.

Rice whisky is definitely different in taste and profile. It produces a much softer style of distillate/whisky and the interaction with the wood is much different. It only requires one distillation where two or more for malt Rice whisky also gives you a distinctive Umami character on the palate.

Sangrita, “little blood” in Spanish, is a fruit and vegetable juice based chaser that often accompanies a Blanco Tequila. The practice widely adopted in Mexico, but unusual elsewhere, dates back to the 1920s.

From classrooms to vineyards, French wine regions offer myriad ways to study wine.

A 154-year-old spice and extract company has turned its bittersweet history into, well, bitters. The Watkins Co. makes spices, extracts and gourmet flavorings, and this Winona, MN-based company just expanded its offerings into bitters with Watkins Aromatic Bitters and Watkins Orange Bitters.

It’s long been considered common knowledge: Light or moderate drinking can contribute to heart health. A new study suggests otherwise.

Whisky, with a splash of bitcoin. This April, global restaurant group Chotto Matte will debut a specialty cocktail that can only be purchased with bitcoin.

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