Cakebread Cellars Releases a $140 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Cakebread Cellars is releasing a new estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon just in time for Thanksgiving and the holidays. (SRP: $140).

It’s sourced exclusively from Cakebread’s Suscol Springs Estate Vineyard in southern Napa Valley. The wine has a complex nose of blackberry, fresh boysenberry, and violet with attractive hints of gravel. On the palate, layered, fresh expressions of blackberry, boysenberry, and black cherry are balanced by fresh acidity and supported by a firm tannic structure. The finish reveals a hint of minerality underlying the deep, dark fruit.

Grapevines at their Suscol Spring estate are planted amid rocky outcroppings that overlook the valley floor. The effort to develop roots in these rocky soils creates a beneficial stress that causes vines to yield smaller berries of great concentration, balanced acidity, and supple tannins. This vineyard also experiences arm, sunny days and cool breezes.

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Austin Eastciders Adds Spiced Peach to Line

Austin Eastciders adds Spiced Peach to is line.  It’s said to be a delicious crisp apple cider with a burst of ripe peaches, and undertones of mulling spices such as cinnamon, and nutmeg, Spiced Peach is a perfect balance between fresh fruit, and warm spices.

Austin Eastciders wanted to marry the flavors of fruity freshness, with a kick of warm spices to create the best cider for the changing seasons. The brand aimed to create a cider that is fruity and refreshing enough for those hotter Autumn days, yet warm and complex to fulfill consumers needs when the weather starts to cool.

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Jack Daniel’s New Single Barrel Release Is Highest-Proof Ever

Jack Daniel’s announces the release of the 2021 Single Barrel Special Release, Coy Hill High Proof. This high-proof Tennessee Whiskey was aged on the top ricks of the oldest barrel houses on Coy Hill, the highest hill on the Jack Daniel Distillery property in Lynchburg, Tenn.

The limited offering whiskey is bottled at proof points ranging from 137.4 up to 148.3 and marks the highest proof whiskey ever released from the Jack Daniel Distillery. The Coy Hill High Proof gives an aroma of seared oak and dark brown sugar with flavors of bold baking spices and a lingering finish of toffee, smoke and rich leather.

Coy Hill High Proof is made from Jack Daniel’s classic 80% corn, 12% malted barley and 8% rye grain bill. The whiskey is mellowed drop by drop through 10-feet of sugar maple charcoal before entering barrels located within Coy Hill barrel houses #8 and #13. The whiskey is then matured until it is later bottled, uncut, from those single barrels.

“The Coy Hill High Proof is all about pushing the limit for single barrel maturation to create one of our boldest, most innovative whiskeys we have ever released,” says Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller Chris Fletcher. “It highlights one of the unique attributes of the Jack Daniel Distillery – the dry air of the highest floors of the barrel houses – and the amazing impact it has on whiskey making.”

Each single barrel annual expression highlights the craftsmanship and innovation mindset in whiskey-making at the Jack Daniel Distillery. The Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel annual special release is hand-selected from the highest parts of our barrel houses and bottled from single barrels just like the Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select, Rye & Barrel-Proof collection.

The limited-edition Coy Hill High Proof bottle is bottled at barrel strength and will hit shelves starting in November, available in a 750ml size with a suggested retail price of $70. Due to the high barrel strength, the bottle should remain upright at all times unless being poured into a glass for drinking in a responsible manner.

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Belle Glos Wines Promoting Love Letters with a Stationary Kit

Joe Wagner, fifth-generation winemaker and owner of Belle Glos Wines, and luxury stationer Dempsey & Carroll are partnering to help bring back the long-lost art of love letter writing.

Together, Belle Glos and Dempsey & Carroll have created limited-edition Belle Glos Love Letters stationery kits (SRP: $90) that feature the Belle Glos stationery, a custom pen, wax in the classic and easily recognizable Belle Glos red, and a custom wax stamper, all perfectly nestled in the classic Dempsey & Carroll navy box. Belle Glos has partnered with world-renowned romance novelist Nicholas Sparks to kick off the program, resurrecting the long-lost art of writing love letters— an art that has been valued for lifetimes.

The promotion comes on the 25th anniversary of the publication of Sparks’ best-known novel, The Notebook.

The bespoke kits are available on their own (SRP: $90) at quiltandco.com/product/belle-glos-love-letter-stationary-setand will be included when you purchase your three favorite Belle Glos wines for $1 starting Friday, October 8th. Additionally, a 10-pack of the custom cards and envelopes only will be available through the Dempsey & Carroll website.

“After going through an unprecedented chapter in our lives, we’ve learned to cherish our connections more than ever before,” says winemaker Joe Wagner. “I created Belle Glos in 2001 as a love letter to the land, Pinot Noir, and my family, in particular my grandmother Lorna Belle Glos Wagner. I hope you’re inspired to do the same – whether about your favorite restaurant halfway across the world, the love of your life, or your most beloved pastime.”

Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 105 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 75 million copies in the United States alone.

Best known for his romance novels including but not limited to The Notebook (1996), A Walk to Remember (1999), Dear John (2006), The Last Song (2009), and The Longest Ride (2013), his novels have also been adapted into films including, The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Dear John, and more. Looking ahead, Sparks is excited to release his upcoming novel, The Wish, and recently shared the news that earlier this year, the feature film rights for one of his well-regarded novels, The Return, were acquired.

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Aberfeldy Launches Aberfeldy 18 Year Old Limited Edition

The 18 Year Old is aged in Côte Rôtie French wine casks which provide a sensuous sipping experience with notes of rich, fruity raspberry, lingonberry and red currents smothered in honey.

The brand is offering special Gold Bar Gift Boxes available across their House of ABERFELDY as well as a Trial Pack featuring 200ml bottles of the brand’s core range allowing consumers to sample all three age statements (12 Year Old, 16 Year Old and 21 Year Old).

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Busch Family Group Takes Over Grant’s Farm Operations

If you remember those classic Budweiser Clydesdales commercials from 30-50 years ago, a pair of gates swing open and the Clydesdales came prancing out.   Those were the gates to Grant’s Farm, the Busch Family Estate outside St. Louis.  Other scenes in the commercial were also shot at Grant’s Farm.  On Monday, five members of the Busch Family, as expected, assumed control of the operations of Grant’s Farm.

Anheuser-Busch will continue as a prime sponsor of the facility which includes a tour through a wildlife preserve, paddocks where the Clydesdales Road, restaurants and similar facilities. Other sponsors include a credit union, a health care system, dairy farmers and Coca-Cola.

When Utah (finally) decided to dump 3.2 beer, Estabrook Photography, Park City, Utah, celebrated with this long version of “Here Comes the King.”  According to Eat This, Not That!, Budwweiser is Utah’s most popular beer.

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