Glory days with Scotch, whisk(e)y and Highland Park specifically, are still flowing. This past weekend, a sunny, cool October weekend on the Pacific Ocean coast just roughly 50 miles south of San Francisco, I (along with a few other media, photographers and writers) spent an unforgettable couple days with our west coast HP team at Costanoa, an eco-camp and lodge in Pescadero where we “glamped” in nicely outfitted tent cottages. Read more →
Reviewed this issue:
— Fortaleza Tequila Winter Blend 2022
— Lost Lantern Whiskies (Independent Bottler of American Whiskies)
— Linden Leaf 88 Organic Molecular Gin (Cambridge, U.K.)
— Tattersall Distilling RTDs (Minneapolis, MN)
— Sake High! (Los Angeles)
— Hop Mez Mezcal (Oaxaca, Mexico) Read more →
Published March 1, 2022 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits and RTDs, with taste ratings (last month’s column here): — New Alchemy Distilling Fylleangst Aquavit (El Dorado Hills, CA) — Sazerac de Forge & Fils “Finest Original” Cognac (Cognac, France)— El Pintor Blanco (Tequila, Mexico)— Ortolan Rosolio (Berkeley, CA)— Mulholland Spirit of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)— Philadelphia Distilling’s Bluecoat Gin for Seltzer (Philadelphia, PA)— Martini & Rossi Non-Alcoholic… Read more →
Published January 1, 2022 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits and RTDs, with taste ratings (last month’s column here):
My bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits and RTDs, with taste ratings:
Published October 31, 2021 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits and RTDs, with taste ratings
Published July 2021 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits, with taste ratings (last month’s column here): REVIEWED/RATED:—Heirloom Liqueurs Pineapple Amaro (Minneapolis, MN)—Rhum Barbancourt 15 years Haiti (Haiti)—Alfred Giraud French Malt Whisky (France)—Siete Misterios Doba Yej (Oaxaca, Mexico)—Rampur Double Cask and Asava Single Malt (New Delhi, India)—Bayab African Grown Gin (South Africa)—Portofino Gin (Portofino, Italy)—Dry Gin XII Gin Distille En Provence (Provence, France)—Severo Tequila (Jalisco, Mexico)—Fabrizia Spirits… Read more →
Published April 2021 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits, with taste ratings…
Published November 2020 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits here, with taste ratings:
Published August 2020 at Distiller Magazine, my bottle column covers trends and reviews international spirits here, with taste ratings: