Category: trips
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China Baijiu Trip Miscellany, in Pictures
Pictures from the cities of Luzhou and Chengdu, including starfish and pandas!
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A Belvedere Distillery Visit and Vodka Terroir in the Single Estate Series
I visited Poland with Belvedere Vodka to see how the vodka is made and to learn about the then-forthcoming Single Estate Rye series of vodkas, in which the same rye was grown in two different parts of Poland and separate, unfiltered vodkas were made from each. We got super deep into the science of terroir.
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Lunch in a Teepee, Dinner in a Castle: A Luxe Trip to The Glenlivet
A lovely trip to The Glenlivet distillery in Scotland.
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Distillery Visit: Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey in Denver
A detailed visit to the Stranahan’s single-malt whiskey distillery in Colorado.
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Domaine Du Tariquet Armagnac Distillery Visit
We walked all around this property, up on top of huge wine tanks (I’m scared of heights but I do it for you, dear reader), to a super modern bottling line, and then to the completely incongruously ridiculously small room in the middle of it all, where the single wood-fired armagnac still is slowly churning…
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Armagnac Maison Gelas Visit
A visit to the stylish armagnac house of Gelas, where they’re making single-varietal bottlings and even barrel-finished armagnac.
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Distillery Visit: Armagnac Delord
Armagnac Delord is located at the edge of the town of Lannepax in the Bas Armagnac region. It is one of just three armagnac houses that uses pot stills along with the typical armagnac continuous stills.
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Distillery Visit: Domaine Boingneres Armagnac
A visit to armagnac house Domaine Boingneres with a nighttime dinner next to the still and a visit to the warehouse to drink from the barrels.