Top 5 Tequilas of 2016
#1 CASA NOBLE TEQUILA - ALTA BELLEZA
Spanish for “High Beauty,” Alta Belleza begins with Casa Noble’s award-winning extra-anejo, aged for three years in French white oak barrels. The finishing touch that sep...
Inside the Barrel: Macallan Double Cask
Set on the sprawling lush landscape of Speyside, Easter Etches House is a 370-acre estate with rolling fields of barley and the symbol of one of the world’s best single malt scotches. Although the house was bui...
Camus Borderies XO
A vintner or two have told me that every bottle of wine tells a story. The essence of the wine’s journey is comprised of: who made it? what unique characteristics have been cultivated over time? When did it succeed and enter the public consciousness? where did...
A Project of Passion: Alta Belleza from Casa Noble Tequila
Napa Valley, California. Jalisco, Mexico. Do you know what these two regions have in common? Wine? Tequila? How about both? Late in 2016 I had the unique opportunity to travel to Guadalajara, Mexico to be a par...
Casamigos Valentine’s Day Cocktails
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with George Clooney…kinda
Casamigos Tequila
And now a word from Casamigos co-owners, Messrs. George Clooney and restaurant mogul, Rande Gerber: “We love tequila, on the rocks, by t...
7 Valentine’s Day Drinks
Wow your significant other with these easy-to-order and just as easy-to-create sweet cocktails.
by Melissa L Kauffman
Valentine's Day is the ultimate date night, no matter if you spend it with a new love, old love or prefer to celebrate SAD (Single Awareness...
2016 Old Ebbitt Grill International Wines for Oysters Competition Results
Washington, DC – On November 7, 2016 on the eve of Election Day, a panel of judges convened in the Cabinet Room at the Old Ebbitt Grill for the final round of the Old Ebbitt Grill International Wines for Oyster...
AWARD-WINNING TEQUILA PRODUCER CASA NOBLE ANNOUNCES $1,200 LUXURY EXPRESSION, ALTA BELLEZA
The Superior Extra Añejo Tequila Finished in Rare Wine Barrels is Like Nothing Else on the Market. This Marks the First Edition of New Line of Limited Release Luxury Tequilas —
Colección del Fundador
Only 5...
Cigar & Spirits Reveals The Tasting Panel
There exists a group of men whom are responsible for all the ratings that come from Cigar & Spirits Magazine. The 10 men who comprise this panel all hail from different backgrounds, yet possess a single overarching similarity - their love and appreciatio...
Featured Spirits Rated
It’s always important to keep your home bar stocked with the best spirits available. Read on, and get to know 12 of our favorite spirits, as rated by the Cigar & Spirits Tasting Panel.
Brockmans Pre...
Montecristo White Series Vintage Connecticut No. 3 with Ron Zacapa Solera 23
By Benjamin Winokur
Rare, vintage aged tobacco? Check. Silky Connecticut shade wrapper? Check! Exceptional craftsmanship and construction? Check again. These are just a few of the qualities possessed by the ...
National Bourbon Heritage Month Twitter Party with #MenWhoBlog
By Tom Fischer
Join Cigar & Spirits Magazine on Wednesday, September 21st at 3pm EST on Twitter to celebrate National Bourbon Heritage Month!
We love celebrating whiskey on Twitter via @BourbonBlog and tweeting with enthusiasts. Tomorrow we invite yo...
How Does Your Cocktail Grow
By Kim Campbell Thornton
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are just a few of the fresh and flavorful cocktail ingredients you can grow in your garden, on your deck, or in a kitchen wi...
Roll Out The Barrel
By: Sarah E. Coleman
More than just a transportation vessel, the barrel in which bourbon is stored plays a key role in shaping the final product.
While it might seem that a bourbon barrel is nothing more than...
Golden Monkey: Behind Every Enigma Lies a Great Story
Victory Brewing Company Celebrates the Golden Monkey Though Contest with 'Monkey Tales'
By Sabeeha Dhillon
The company of a good brew can go a long way with blossoming creativity. The Victory Brewing Company has decided to take this notion and put it into ...
Kansas City Hospitality- Pendergast Club
By Jerry Fisher
Even though today’s cigar and cocktail culture evokes the classic sophistication of the Mad Men era, or the exclusivity of the Speakeasy experience, it is becoming increasingly rare to walk int...
The Bourbon Revival: It’s Back and Better Than Ever
By Samantha Dobson
‘After spending a few decades in the shadows cast by the likes of vodka and tequila, America’s only native spirit is finally making a comeback. With deep southern roots and a history of back...
Bourbon…Getting the Right Grains
By Sarah E Coleman
As all bourbon aficionados know, this tasty libation requires one very specific ingredient: corn. The Federal Tax and Trade Bureau, which defines and regulates all spirits, has only one grain stipulation for bourbon: it must co...
Best of Bordeaux
A Guide to Sipping Through one of France’s Most lauded Wine Regions
By Lanee Lee
Located in the southwest, France’s Bordeaux wine region is a big deal—possibly only rivaled by Champagne and Napa in the world ...
Barrel Aged Royalty
BY: Julie Harrington Giffin
If an American Dynasty were to exist in the spirit world, bourbon would sit atop the royal hierarchy. Other spirits may claim the noble granting of an “Honorary Knighthood” so to ...
Classic Cocktail: The Old Fashioned
By Sam Dobson
With the ever-evolving drinking culture in the United States, cocktail fads come and go like fashion trends. Swanky lounges and fancy restaurants adapt to offer the latest and greatest in mixology, but there is something on the menu that never...
Sherry On Top…Again
By Lanee Lee
As they say in fashion, if you wait long enough, it’ll eventually come back in style. Sherry, long associated as granny’s drink, has been one of the world’s most overlooked wines—until now. Th...
IPCPR 2016 – Alpha Cigar Co.
Alpha Cigar Co. was established in 2014 by friends Justin Hansen and TJ Cavenagh as a way to combine premium cigars with a French Absinthe produced by Hansen's family. While one of Alpha's lines is infused wit...
Keurig Kold Cocktails
By: Greg Mays
Keurig has gone from unknown coffee-maker company to household name in just a few short years. Their K-Cup system has become the industry standard for one-cup coffee and you can see it reflected in the wide varieties of K-Cups available on you...
An Extravagant Taste Of Place
By: Mimi Read
We know you’ve tasted every alarming ingredient from baked beans to grasshoppers in your latest craft cocktails. But you’ve probably never sipped from the soul of a marvelous city.
Alan Walt...
2016 Nightclub & Bar Conventions Review In Pictures
Each year the Nightclub and Bar Convention Show descends upon Las Vegas. This year, Cigar & Spirits Magazine was on site to scope out the hottest up-and-coming spirits companies in the world.
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