Seven of A. Smith Bowman Distillery’s spirits took honors at the 2020 International Spirits Challenge, receiving gold, silver and bronze medals. The list of winners includes four whiskeys, three of…
KO Distilling announced the launch of its Bottled-in-Bond Distiller’s Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Hand-crafted from local Virginia corn, wheat and malted barley in one distilling season, the bourbon is aged for…
The Top Wineries, Craft Beer, Spirits And More. The Results Are In For Our Annual Reader’s Choice Awards. Thank you to all of the lovers of a good cocktail, beautiful…
“It’s just like building houses,” Alex Toomy, the founder of Ragged Branch Craft Distillery, says. “You learn the fundamentals from a person who knows. And then you do it yourself and build up…
Honoring Virginia’s legacy as the birthplace of bourbon, distillers will return to compete in the second annual Virginia Bourbon Invitational on Nov. 2 on the great lawn of the prohibition-era…
Co-hosted by The Cavalier Hotel and Tarnished Truth Distillery, the first-ever Virginia Bourbon Invitational on Nov. 3 at The Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach featured over 50 bourbons from 22…
In September, Ragged Branch Distillery released its highly anticipated four-year Wheated Straight Virginia Bourbon Whiskey. The bourbon that was once exclusively poured in the Charlottesville tasting room is now available…
In celebration of Virginia Craft Spirits Month, A. Smith Bowman Distillery is releasing two limited edition whiskies as a part of the Truman Cox Commemorative Series. The release honors the…
Taking a drive through the Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia, I eased into the lush landscape of the Davis Valley Distillery, an operation outlined by grapes used in the…
A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg announced the addition of a new, boldly flavored bourbon to the distillery’s permanent line of spirits. The Isaac Bowman Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in…
Honoring September’s celebration of National Bourbon Heritage Month and Virginia Spirits Month, Virginia ABC will host 683 free, in-store tastings across Virginia. This is a record increase of 256 tastings…
On April 19, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the Commonwealth is partnering with Albemarle County and Ragged Branch Distillery by investing $250,000 to open a craft spirits production operation. Through…