Also known (wrongly) as Holland Gin or Dutch Gin, Genever or Jenever, depending on how you spell it, is not gin at all. Genever is its own category protected by its own AOC. It was created over 100 years before gin, it is not made using the same process as gin, and it doesn’t carry the same taste profile or properties of gin.

Jeff Bartfield has joined Proximo Spirits as their new VP of National Accounts.

President / CEO Cruzan Rum Distillery

Gin, with its history and properness, resides high in the ranks of regal cocktail creators. Gin is almost always laced with the king of botanicals, juniper, which gives it the piney forest scent it’s famous for. Then other botanicals are added by the distiller to create the unique flavor desired.

This biggest island of the U.S. Virgin Islands-roughly twenty-eight miles long by seven miles wide-is home to the Cruzan Rum distillery.

Two thousand feet up, in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Dahlonega, Georgia, you will find wineries, lots of them. There are still the quaint and unassuming, but also the large and expansive outfits you would expect to see in Sonoma or Oregon.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The Burning Bush with Bushmills Original Irish Whiskey.

If Sailor Jerry (Norman Collins) was still alive, he would have turned 100 this past January. Besides being an interesting character, he was also the inspiration and theme for William Grant & Son’s Sailor Jerry Rum, a flavorful spiced Navy rum bottled at 92 proof. So, like any self respecting liquor company would do, in his honor they had a little party . . . for four days! In Hawaii!

Vodka samplings of flavored organic and traditional. 28 Vodkas are tasted with Reyka taking editor’s favorite.

Champagne and sparkling wines have always put more fun into everything, including music, art, food, and socializing. From a weekday dinner, to New Year’s Eve, these wines give you a party in a glass. I’ve taken a look at many types of sparkling wines from prosecco to brut, from pink to white, from all over the world – and they all have their distinct personalities and uses.

Suggestions for seasonal cocktails

A look at some American distilleries and their whiskey.