Whiskeys To Enjoy With A Perdomo Grand Cru By Kurt Maitland As many fans of whiskey love to partake in the occasionally cigar as well, matching a fine cigar to a good whiskey is a popular topic for conversation, seminars and workshops. My own game plan for creating these pairings is to take one cigar and try several options, including ...

The Big Whiskey Pinch Isn’t In Scotland Or Kentucky, But Japan By Richard Thomas Arguably the hottest ticket in the world whiskey scene today is Japanese whisky, buoyed by a rising tide of attention in recent years that culminated with it knocking Scotch whisky off the top slots in many rankings. This interest from international whiskey enthusiasts has been mirrored ...

Looking Back To The 1970s Prompts Both Caution And Enthusiasm By Richard Thomas Last week the mainstream media was abuzz with stories that bourbon stocks in Kentucky were approaching the 1975 high water mark of a stock of 5.8 million barrels. According to the Kentucky Distillers Association (KDA), the end of 2014 saw 5.7 million barrels in inventory, so in ...

Why The World’s Best Selling Single Malt Is Also One Of It’s Most Underappreciated By Richard Thomas My first understanding of the pathology of the angry nerd came hand-in-glove my once being labeled an ignoramus, a poseur and a heretic for nothing more than the simple pleasure I took in listening to R.E.M. It was 1991, I was a DJ ...

By Richard Thomas Imagine that a wine and travel magazine, such as Wine Spectator or Food and Wine, wanted to do a piece on the rose wines from Ibizia, and how they were so enjoyable in the hot climate there and would therefore be just as enjoyable in similar places in the United States. Now imagine such a magazine giving ...