The 2020 Cheval des Andes was harvested from the last of February for the first time ever. It was Gabillet's second vintage at Cheval des Andes, and that year, he had to start without waiting for Pierre Olivier Clouet and Pierre Lurton from Cheval Blanc; ...
One of our most requested non vintage Champagnes, Deutz has been out of the market for a bit of time, but we are thrilled that now it's back. We are the DC exclusive importer for this outstanding house!
The 2017 Chablis Mont de Milieu 1er Cru is blessed with one of the finest aromatics from Lilian Duplessis this year: very complex pressed white flowers, cold flint, just a hint of wild mint all very succinct and delineated. The palate is well balanced wit...
WHISKY ADVOCATE REVIEW: Although Louisville’s Kentucky Peerless Distillery uses sweet mash to create its rye and bourbon, Baker and Heist believe that Wilderness Trail was the first Kentucky distillery to embrace the process as the sole mashing technique. (In fact, Baker and Heist assisted Peerless in selecting their yeast strains and designing their sweet mash process.) As with clean steam, sweet mashing—rather than the practice of sour mashing, where a small amount of fermented mash is included in the following batch—is meant to produce a softer, cleaner distillate. 'Sour mashing is often used for bacterial control, but you lose the flavor consistency in the stillage,' explains Heist. 'With sweet mashing, the yeast, grains, and water are consistent from batch to batch.