Joseph V. Micallef
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The Top Whiskies According To The World Whisky Awards
The World Whiskies Awards recognize the World’s Best Whiskies across a broad array of categories. Winners include The Lakes Distillery’s The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.4, which won World’s Best Single Malt, and Redemption’s Barrel Proof High Rye Bourbon 10 Years Old as the World’s Best Bourbon. → Read More
The World’s Best Rums According To The Global Spirits Masters
The top rum in the world was the Worthy Park Estates, White Overproof Rum. The Global Spirit Masters recently announced the top rums and cachaça expressions in the world. Twenty-six spirits won the coveted Master award. → Read More
Should You Invest In A Whisky Fund?
Whisky investment funds have grown dramatically over the last decade. According to the Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, the benchmark index of rare whiskies saw its asset value grow by a staggering 564% over the last 10 years. This represents a yearly return of around 18.9% over the decade. → Read More
How To Buy Rare Single Malts From William Grant & Sons’ Family Archive
Recently, I sat down with Jonathan Driver, a leading authority on whisky and Managing Director of William Grant and Sons’ newly organized, Global Private Clients Service, to talk about their new initiative and the market for ultra-rare whiskies. → Read More
The 2021 Irish Whiskey Awards Honor The Best Of Irish Whiskey
Under the direction of its founder, Irish whiskey entrepreneur Ally Alpine, they have become the premier awards in the Irish whiskey industry; widely respected among both consumers and industry participants for the scope and quality of their judging process. → Read More
How NFTs Will Transform The Sale Of Ultra-Premium Spirits
In the last month, two beverage companies have released rare bottles of spirits via BlockBar, the world’s first direct to consumer NFT platform for wine and spirit products. → Read More
Why Sazerac’s 2021 Antique Collection Will Lack George T Stagg
The 2021 Antique Collection release however will be missing the George T Stagg expression. According to Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlan Wheatley, the “crop of barrels earmarked to be Stagg back when it was put in the barrel in 2006 did not meet the Stagg profile today.” → Read More
The Spirits Masters Announces The World’s Best Vodkas
The Global Spirits Masters vodka judging, among the largest blind tastings of vodka, picked 23 brands across various categories as the world’s top vodka expressions. These vodkas were awarded Master medals and scored between 90 and 100 points in the judging by a group of independent experts. → Read More
Pernod-Ricard Acquires Online Retail Giant The Whisky Exchange
In addition to TWE, the acquisition of Specialty Drinks will also include The Whisky Exchange’s three retail locations in London, TWE’s retail events, Whiskey.Auction and ABV Global. → Read More
Where No Scotch Whisky Has Gone Before: Glenmorangie’s New Experimental Distillery
Glenmorangie, under the supervision of its Creative Director, Dr. Bill Lumsden, has been pushing the boundaries of the aroma and taste profile of Scotch whisky. Recently it unveiled a new experimental distillery that further expands its ability to innovate its whisky production protocols. → Read More
Are Rare Rums The Newest Alternative Asset Class For Investors
As an alternative asset class Scotch whisky has had an incredible run and in my opinion consumers are now also looking for great investment value in brands that play in other dark spirit sectors as well as Scotch. Rum offers consumers the chance to get in at the ground floor. → Read More
Understanding Japanese Whisky: Why It Isn’t Always What It Seems
The days of picking up decade+ matured Japanese whisky for cheap are long gone. The premium associated with Japanese whisky today is impossible to justify when there’s so much great whisky available from elsewhere. These bottles have made their way across the Pacific and shouldn’t break the bank. → Read More
Greg Jones On The Future Of Southern Oregon Wine
Greg Jones has been a world-renowned atmospheric scientist and viticultural climatologist for the past 25 years. His groundbreaking work has influenced the wine industry across the globe. Greg also has lifelong ties to the Oregon wine community and his family winery Abacela. → Read More
The Best Craft Vodkas According To The American Distilling Institute
Vodka has proven to be a popular spirit among craft producers. The speed with which it can be brought to market to generate revenue is a significant benefit. It has also afforded ample opportunities for innovation. Three vodkas garnered a Best in Class medal at the 2021 Craft Spirit Judging. → Read More
The Top Craft Gins According To The American Distilling Institute
Gin has been a popular spirits category among craft producers, both because gin lends itself to ceaseless experimentation in the combination of botanicals used to flavor it and in its production process but also because, gin can go from distillation to checking account in 90 days or so. → Read More
The World’s Top Craft Whiskeys According To The American Distilling Institute
Whiskeys are the single largest category in the Judging of Craft Spirits. In the 2021 competition there were three whiskeys that garnered Best in Class awards and another seventeen whiskeys that won Best of Category awards. → Read More
Alexandre Gabriel On Ferrand And The Future Of Cognac
Ferrand Cognac is one of Cognac’s oldest houses. The company’s roots go back 10 generations, over four centuries. It’s 625 acres of vineyards, 200 of which it owns outright, are located in the Angeac terroir in the heart of the Grand Champagne appellation termed the “golden triangle” → Read More
Sixth Annual Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction Proves To Be A Rousing Success
Many of the lots represented unique joint collaborations by otherwise rival winemakers featuring fruit from multiple vineyards that had never have never been vinified or blended together before. → Read More
Toast, Basil Hayden’s Latest Innovation, Is A Brown-Rice Based Bourbon
The latest expression set to become part of the Hayden core range is Toast, a whiskey in which brown rice has replaced the 27% rye in the mash bill and that undergoes a secondary finish in heavily toasted barrels. → Read More
Oregon’s Willamette Valley Receives Coveted European Union PGI Designation
The European Union (EU) has granted Oregon’s Willamette Valley Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). That makes the Willamette Valley the second American wine producing region to attain the coveted PGI status. Napa Valley, the first, achieved that distinction in 2007. → Read More