An Insider's guide to restaurants, wine, spirits and culinary travel
glass half full: 6/28/2017
A roundup of the most interesting food, wine and spirits stories on the web (because even Al Gore, who invented it, doesn't have time to read them all).
The Billion-Dollar Tequila
The week’s most important story was the billion-dollar buyout by Diageo of Casamigos, a tequila brand founded four years ago by George Clooney and friends. The implications of this deal will be simmering for some time, and I explore the ramifications of it here:
http://www.eatdrinkjourney.com/casamigos.html
Cabernet Franc, meet Cabernet Sauvignon
In other beverage M & A news, Clos Rougeard, the cult Loire Valley wine most sommeliers would kill for, has been purchased by Chateau Montrose:
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2017/06/sale-of-clos-rougeard-confirmed/
The best new restaurants in America
According to someone:
https://www.eater.com/2016/7/21/12226912/best-new-restaurants-2016
Is Vladimir Putin hacking the luxury vodka market?
When elections simply aren’t enough:
In case you’ve forgotten, it’s rosé season
America’s wine critics give their recommendations:
http://punchdrink.com/articles/guide-first-wave-of-best-summer-2017-rose-wine/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/dining/rose-wine-20-under-20-dollars.html?smid=tw-share
Would you pay $700 for a bottle of Wild Turkey?
Apparently a lot of people are doing so, as Wild Turkey “funk” has become the latest obsessive collectible. This is inside baseball, but a fascinating read for spirits geeks:
http://punchdrink.com/articles/how-wild-turkey-bourbon-funk-became-whiskey-geek-obsession/
