ASHEVILLE – A group of craft beverage pioneers are being hailed for shaking up traditions to create a better industry and, in turn, a better world. This month, Wine Enthusiast named the “Future 40 Tastemakers” of 2024, which include leading figures in the industry across the country. Lyndon Smith, co-founder and chief operations officer of […]
This Jungle Bird was prepared by the bar team at Rockwell Place in Brooklyn and was the winning recipe in our Blind tasting 2024 of the drink. Judges praised the texture and body of the drink, as well as the balance between the cocktail’s three central pillars: rum, red bitters and pineapple. As Punch editor-in-chief […]
Third place in our Blind tasting Jungle Bird 2024 went to New York’s aptly named Jungle Bird. The bar’s house recipe forgoes blackstrap entirely, using a blend of Don Q pineapple rum and Smith & Cross Jamaican rum instead. Add to that the expected Campari, lime and pineapple juice, and the unorthodox pineapple liqueur. Juicy […]
The deal includes the winery, a house, a commercial kitchen, a natural cave and a sprawling 116-hectare estate, of which only 5 hectares are currently planted with vines. Kelly Fleming Wines is located on the east side of Napa Valleybetween Calistoga and Saint Helena. Kelly Fleming’s property borders Hundred Acre’s Few and Far Between vineyard, […]
The most successful buyer of wineries and vineyards in Napa Valley recently is not a major corporation. It is Jayson Woodbridge, founder of the iconic Cabernet brand Hundred Acre, who has just completed his fourth notable purchase in as many years. Woodbridge has purchased Calistoga Kelly Fleming Wines, a nearly 300-acre property with 12 acres […]
DOWNTOWN CONCORD – A longtime Concord company is leaving downtown to make room for another business. “We are saddened to share this news,” Cabo Winery posted on Facebook Monday afternoon. “After nine years in downtown Concord, we were unable to break our lease. We must close as the building is being sold and the new […]
CLARK COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – Despite all the rain we’ve had this past week, much of our area is still experiencing a mild drought. Many farmers may be concerned about this, but wineries don’t seem to be too bothered by it. While many crops need rain to bear fruit, wineries can actually tolerate drought quite […]
