Wildkale Online Farmers Market, an online farmers market that connects farms directly with customers, has launched a new hyper-local New York state small farm collective at wildkale.market.  Offering grass-fed grass-finished beef, pastured chicken and pork raised on organic micro family farms, Wildkale brings the highest quality protein directly shipped by the farmers to customer’s home doorsteps anywhere in New York state within one business day.  “Coming from North Macedonia, I grew up on healthy flavorful homemade food that my grandmother would cook from scratch daily with lo ..read more

Co-founded in 2016 and launched in 2020 by Mexican PGA golfer Abraham Ancer and Mexican entrepreneur Aron Marquez, Flecha Azul Tequila was authentically crafted to taste like home. Backed by Mark Wahlberg, the premium, additive-free tequila is available in five expressions – Blanco, Reposado, Añejo, Añejo Cristalino and Extra Añejo. As one of the only new world tequila brands with authentic Mexican roots and offerings, Flecha Azul Tequila is hand-crafted in Jalisco, Mexico, from fully-matured 100% single estate-grown Blue Weber Agave and produced by a multi-generational, family-owned and opera ..read more

Club Kokomo Spirits, the company founded by Mike Love, singer, songwriter and co-founder of the Beach Boys, introduces a line of premium rums. The rum collection includes Artisanal White Rum, Barrel Finished Rum and Tahitian Vanilla Rum. The all new line is distilled in San Diego featuring a blend of demerara cane sugar rum and traditional Jamaican pot still rum.   Love’s aspirations started years ago when he was enjoying a perfect mojito while humming the chorus of his co-authored hit song, “Kokomo.” His penchant for wordplay took over as he uttered the word “Kokomojito,” and, ever sinc ..read more

1800 GUACHIMONTON 1800 GuachiMonton is a 100% blue weber agave añejo tequila made with single estate-grown agave from the Tequila Valley. It was aged in American & French oak barrels for a minimum of 12 months and then finished in orange tequila liqueur casks. Inspired by the pyramids and red clay found throughout Los Guachimontones in Jalisco, this tequila is presented in a red ceramic trapezoidal-shaped bottle. Availability begins in California and Texas markets beginning April 2024. (SRP $159.99) 2XO THE KIAWAH BLEND The Kiawah Blend is the fourth release for the 2XO’s Icon Series. Like ..read more

From the makers of award-winning Legacy Batch 001, Outsiders Spirits has announced the release of its all-new Whiskey JYPSI Explorer Series. The Explorer Series continues the brand’s focus on sourcing quality whiskeys and ingredients while finishing these spirits with combinations of distinctive and exceptional woods from around the globe. The series features well-aged, mature whiskeys never younger than six years old and ranging between 100-107 proof. “Our first launch was an ultra-premium product. This next one is going to be more accessible. It’s unique because it’s going to be finished usi ..read more

In the Spring of 1975, Tom Brokamp was working as the manager of the Ship’s Store in Sapphire Village on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and Angie Conigliaro as the bartender. “The concoction was originally thrown together by Angie at my suggestion as a tropical variation on the White Russian. Had it not been for Angie’s single-handed efforts, the drink would have soon been forgotten in a blurry hangover. Not yet earning a name, Angie pushed it on anyone and everyone for weeks as a creamy, kick-butt sort of Pina Colada drink. After she finalized the recipe a few weeks later and during a parti ..read more

15 STARS FIRST WEST BOURBON Following the second release of the brand’s First West Rye, 15 Stars has released First West Bourbon. This release is a blend of straight bourbon whiskeys from Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee aged 15, 9, and 7 years, respectively. Bottled at 106 proof (53% ABV), availability begins March 25, 2024 in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. (SRP $139) ABRAHAM BOWMAN OAK SERIES: FRENCH OAK This is the first release in the brand’s Oak Series, a new set of experimental American whis ..read more

This is the 4th small-batch blend release in 2XO’s ongoing Icon Series. Each blend is different, and bears its own name and symbol, inspired by the story behind its making. Kiawah is founder Dixon Dedman’s happy place, where he goes with his family and friends when he wants to unwind for a while. Many things separate 2XO from other spirits producers, but chief among them for us is that Dedman doesn’t depend on a team to supply him notes on the all-but-final product before releasing it to the public: just his lonesome.  To produce this bourbon, Dixon accessed two proprietary mash bills fro ..read more

Hendrick’s Gin introduces Grand Cabaret, its newest limited release from Master Distiller Lesley Gracie’s Cabinet of Curiosities. Lesley Gracie has long been tantalized by the notion of experimenting with unusual combinations of botanicals, though as the fifth release from the Cabinet of Curiosities in the United States, Grand Cabaret marks the first time she’s wandered into the world of stone fruits. After reading about stone fruit spirits that gained popularity at fashionable celebrations in Paris in the early 1900s, Lesley was incredibly intrigued by eau de vie, a distilled fruit-base ..read more

The New York State Brewers Association (NYSBA) is excited to announce the winners of its eighth annual New York State Craft Beer Competition, presented by Ultimate Brew Service. The awards ceremony was hosted by Malteurop and took place Mar. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Albany Capital Center, as the closing event of the New York State Brewers Conference. Breweries and craft beer enthusiasts throughout the state tuned into the ceremony via livestream on the New York State Craft Beer YouTube Channel. During the highly anticipated awards ceremony, 96 awards were presented across 30 style categories, in ..read more