Randy About Brandy

Somehow, I quite enjoy drinking our country’s native spirit, Bourbon (and rye whiskey, for that matter) in the broiling depths of a Kentucky summer. Something about the corn and the barrel an ....

G'Vine: The Flowering of a Great New Spirit

It used to be the only people who cared about grapevine flowers were winemakers. The flowering of a grape vine is a very important moment in the life of a vine and in the making of a good vin ....

Baluarte: Tequila That Makes The Cut

Mostly these days, I am sick of Tequila. It seems like everybody and his brother are introducing a new Tequila brand, complete with heavy glass bottles, too-cool labels, fancy promo campaigns, and, typicall ....

Carribean Rum: 115 Islands, 115 Rums

There aren’t really 115 different kinds of rum. But there are distinct differences, even huge differences, in style between the several main rum traditions in the Caribbean Sea. These di ....

The Beauty of the Grain: Canadian Whisky

Picture endless fields of grain, spreading from horizon to horizon under an endless blue sky. Now pour that scene into a bottle and you have Canadian whisky. At its best, Canadian whisky is all ....