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PLCB Limits 43 Products, Including Jack Daniel’s, Hennessy, Patron

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Bars, restaurants, other license holders and customers of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board are being limited to two bottles a day per customer of a number of popular products owing to supply shortages, And it’s not just Pennsylvania.  Liquor stores, … Continue reading →

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Manhattan’s 1st Whiskey Distillery Since Prohibition Opens

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Great Jones Distilling Co. is the borough’s first and only whiskey distillery since Prohibition.  It’s at 686 Broadway.  The rooms which holds a 500-gallon pot still made by Vendome is described at “completely explosion proof” by Andrew Merinoff, Great Jones … Continue reading →

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Wine Spectator Gives Napa Valley College $10 Million, Doesn’t Even Get a Press Release

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Marvin Shanken’s Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation donated $10 million to Napa Valley College to expand and update the teaching facilities of Napa Valley College (NVC) and its Viticulture, Wine & Technology (VWT) program. The donation was announced on Wine Spectator’s … Continue reading →

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Corralejo Tequila Launches New Permanent Expression

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

The new expression, Extra Añejo is made with 100% Blue Weber agave, hand-harvested from the Hacienda’s fields, slow-cooked in stone clay ovens for 36 hours, then fermented with a specialty strain of yeast developed in-house. The tequila then goes through a … Continue reading →

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UV Vodka Has a Sunlight-Activated Bottle

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Phillips Distilling Co., a pioneer in breakthrough flavors and spirits innovation for more than 100 years, today announced that UV Vodka will get a rebranded, modern look with the launch of a photochromic bottle design that activates a spectrum of bright … Continue reading →

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Behind the Heaven Hill Strike: Healthcare, Overtime Pay

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

The central issues in the United Food & Commercial Workers union strike against Heaven Hill Distillery are a cap on health insurance premium increases, reduced overtimes, and, as previously reported, weekend shifts. Some 420 workers struck the distillery over the weekend.  UFCW … Continue reading →

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