April 14, 2025 — Round Barn Distillery, located in southwest Michigan, is proud to expand its bourbon portfolio with two extraordinary new releases: Maple Bourbon and Port Barrel-Finished Bourbon. Building […]
The global wine and spirits industry is entering a new era, and Vinexpo America 2025 is at the forefront of this transformation. Taking place on May 7-8, 2025, at the Miami Beach […]
For 2025, Wine Industry Advisor is expanding the Wine’s Most Inspiring People (MIP) articles into a monthly series. We will be profiling individuals from within our industry who showcase leadership, […]
Jiggers are an essential part of any bartender’s arsenal. Without them, recipe proportions get out of whack, drinks can turn out too boozy — or not boozy enough — and consistency goes out the window. But in high-volume sports bars and dives where the cocktail menu doesn’t stretch beyond two- to three-ingredient highballs, many bartenders …
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Few sounds are more joy-inducing than the seductive and universally recognizable “pop” of a sparkling wine cork: an instant Pavlovian call to arms for celebration, good times, and good drinking. But troublingly, the wine world currently has few reasons to toast in its continuing epoch of bewildered reckoning. According to the latest macro analysis from …
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Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection Chapter Six Midleton Very Rare has released the oldest Irish whiskey ever bottled. The Silent Distillery Collection Chapter Six is a 50-year-old single pot still whiskey. The launch comes just weeks after Bushmills unveiled the oldest Irish single malt to date: a 46-year-old that set a new benchmark for Irish …
It’s important not to prejudge quality as the official tasting week for Bordeaux 2024 en primeur gets underway, but tough market conditions mean there is already talk of price cuts in the upcoming releases campaign. Discounts could help ‘rekindle demand’ among consumers, found a survey of global trade professionals by consultancy group Wine Lister. Respondents …
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Tom Hyland takes a deep dive into Barolo’s splendid 2021 vintage.
Most discussions about wine corks typically concern the potential flaws the closure can impart on the liquid. (It doesn’t help that one of the most prevalent wine flaws is commonly known as “cork taint.”) But the cork doesn’t always have to be a negative influence. In fact, producers in Champagne have been experimenting with the …
One of the world’s largest bottle makers is slashing staff as the hits keep coming for the wine industry.