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The Rare Wine Co.'s Historic Series has spent over two decades reviving Madeira styles that once defined American taste, working in close partnersh...

Maison Hardy was founded in 1863 by Anthony Hardy, a London cognac importer who, after years of traveling back and forth across the Channel, settle...

From Bill Binder's single-barrel curation label, known for hand-selecting high-proof barrels and giving them playful, pun-heavy names. This 13-year...

The Godet family has been distilling in La Rochelle since 1588, and the house now stands in its fifteenth generation, still favoring rare, nearly f...

New York Malmsey was one of the founding releases of The Rare Wine Co.'s Historic Series, arriving in 2003 alongside Boston Bual and Charleston Ser...

Bottled over six decades ago and matured slowly in glass, this 1963 Rebello Valente Vintage Port delivers the refined complexity expected of a cel...

Maynard's is a Port label owned by Barão de Vilar Vinhos, a relatively young firm founded in January 1996 from a stock of wines acquired by Fernand...

The ImpEx Collection is the flagship series from ImpEx Beverages, a global spirits importer led by President and Keeper of the Quaich Sam Filmus. T...

Bozal takes its name from the Spanish word for "wild" or "untamed," reflecting the brand's focus on rare, semi-wild, and wild agave varieties that ...

Takamine Whiskey is named for Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the Japanese chemist who first developed koji fermentation for whiskey production in Peoria, Il...

The Hikari Distillery has been at work in Fukuoka since 1912, situated on Kyushu Island in Japan's premier region for barley shochu production. Roo...

GlenDronach was founded in 1826 by James Allardice in the Valley of Forgue near Huntly in the Scottish Highlands, and its Gaelic name translates to...

Nikka was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, the man widely credited as the father of Japanese whisky after studying distillation in Scotland i...

From Drew Thorn, the former CEO who helped build Sagamore Spirit into a nationally known rye brand — now running his own small, single-barrel-focus...

BenRiach Distillery sits in the heart of Speyside, in Morayshire, Scotland, built by John Duff in 1898 and drawing its water from the underground B...

Benrinnes distillery has stood near Aberlour in Speyside since 1826, drawing water from the Scurran and Rowantree burns in the shadow of the mounta...

Takamine Whiskey honors Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a Japanese chemist who first applied koji fermentation to whiskey in Peoria, Illinois, back in 1891. ...

Linkwood Distillery has operated in Elgin, in Scotland's Speyside region, since 1821, drawing its water from springs near Milbuies Loch. Now owned ...

Matsui Shuzo has been producing Japanese spirits since 1910 from the town of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture, drawing water from the springs of nea...

This bottling comes from Elixir Distillers, the independent bottler behind the Single Malts of Scotland range, run by brothers Sukhinder and Rajbir...

Murray McDavid is an independent Scotch whisky bottler founded in 1996 by Mark Reynier, Simon Coughlin, and Gordon Wright at the former Coleburn di...

Los Siete Misterios was founded in 2010 by brothers Eduardo and Julio Mestre, who set out to preserve traditional mezcal production centered in Sol...

Fautor Winery is based in the Tigheci microzone, part of the Valul lui Traian wine region in southern Moldova, an area regarded as one of the count...

Glenfarclas has operated in Ballindalloch, Speyside, since 1836 and remains one of the few major Scotch distilleries still owned and run by the sam...

Matsui Shuzo has been producing traditional Japanese spirits since 1910, based in the town of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture near Mount Daisen. Th...

Planteray, previously known as Plantation Rum, is produced by Alexandre Gabriel and the house of Pierre Ferrand, a Cognac producer that has built o...

Izumibashi Shuzo has been brewing in Kanagawa Prefecture since 1857, and the brewery's name reflects its roots directly, combining Izumi, for the r...

Verbena is a family-run estate in Montalcino, where winemaker Paolo Caciorgna works in the Brunello tradition among vineyards, olive groves, and hi...

Drumshanbo Gunpowder Sardinian Citrus comes from The Shed Distillery, the County Leitrim operation founded by PJ Rigney and his wife Denise in 2014...

The 2020 Domaine Glinavos Vlahiko-Bekari PGI Ioannina is a rare and deeply regional red wine from one of the most distinctive and undersung wine l...

L'Encantada was founded in 2011 by a trio of passionate sommeliers who set out to bring Scotch and bourbon-style transparency to Armagnac, sourcing...

Clos Fourtet, one of Saint-Emilion's jewelsClos Fourtet is the heir to the 'Camp Fortet,' a military camp that protected the main entrance of Saint...

Lady of the Glen is an independent bottling house founded in 2012 by Gregor Hannah, built around a name that draws on Scottish folklore and nature....

Los Siete Misterios was founded in 2010 by brothers Eduardo and Julio Mestre after a trip through Oaxaca's Sierra Sur left them determined to bring...

Along the Breede River in Robertson, the Riviersonderend Mountains form a silhouette some see as a dragon, and it was that image, paired with winem...

Clos Fourtet, one of Saint-Emilion's jewelsClos Fourtet is the heir to the 'Camp Fortet,' a military camp that protected the main entrance of Saint...

A store pick selected by Paul & Rodrigo, our tequila gurus Alma del Jaguar is produced at the fifth-generation Vivanco family distillery, NOM...

Château de Laubade has crafted fine Armagnacs since 1870, and the fully independent, family-run estate spans 105 hectares of single-block vineyard ...

Takamine Whiskey is named for Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a Japanese chemist who first applied koji fermentation to whiskey production in Peoria, Illinoi...

Compass Box was founded in London in 2000 by John Glaser, an American who set out to revive the old model of the independent Scotch blending house ...

Christos Zafeirakis is credited with almost single-handedly reviving Limniona, an ancient indigenous grape that had nearly disappeared before he be...

Rui Reguinga is one of Portugal's most respected winemakers, a third-generation vigneron who studied agronomy in Lisbon and pursued postgraduate w...

Tempus Fugit Spirits, founded by historians dedicated to resurrecting rare liqueurs from the pages of the past, built Kina L'Aero d'Or around a nea...

Cruz de Fuego is produced by the mother-son team of Margarita Blas and Carlos Méndez Blas, working under the Productores del Buen Agave banner in S...

Tres Tribus is hand-crafted by fifth-generation mezcalero Juan Antonio Coronel in San Francisco Nuxaño, high in the pine-covered mountains of Oaxac...

The Christian Drouin 1970 Calvados Pays d'Auge is a highly coveted vintage apple brandy from Normandy, France. Distilled in 1970, it is aged in oak...