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2020 has been anything but smooth sailing but that doesn’t mean that your holiday whiskey can’t be. So pour a glass of one of these Volunteer State-born brown water blends, cue up some Chris Stapleton, and cozy up to the fire for a safer holiday at home.
Considering that Christmas is nearly here and the USPS is in a state of total chaos, it’s a little bit too late to order those last-minute holiday gifts. Fortunately, one great gift option that keeps on giving is whiskey most especially one that’s distilled right here in Tennesse. Everyone knows the Jack Daniel’s name and story, which of course has its rightful place in Tennessee whiskey history and its ongoing story, but here we shine a light on a few others that’ll wrap up nicely under the tree (or not, for the rest of us in survival mode sans tinsel).
16 great whiskeys for a sip of holiday cheer
Craig LaBan
I can only speak for myself, but after the historic awfulness of 2020, I’d appreciate a gift of great whiskey wrapped up in a bow. I suspect I’m not alone. So I made sure my annual tradition of suggesting several bottles for the holidays was undertaken this year with extra rigor and, of course, adhering to stringent social distancing guidelines for my team of tasters to sniff, sip, and banter our way through the 30-plus candidates to land on this final list of 16.
As always, there’s a range of styles, prices and origins, from Europe to Asia, Kentucky, Philly, and Mexico (yes, for El Whisky). Each has their own virtues. But shared with a special person in your bubble, each can offer a taste to traverse the world, transcend the moment, and warm the mood with a sip of cheer.
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A Tastemakers Holiday will take place Monday December 14, 2020 at a private location in South, Fl. The dinner will host various special invited guests, great music, cocktails and more.
Celebrity Chef Shawn Wilder, The Lipstickroyalty Agency, and Palm Tree Paradise Properties partnered for a holiday dinner party like no other. The private dinner will feature an exquisite menu by Chef Shawn Wilder, signature Uncle Nearest cocktails, accompanied by sounds from ThatDjChris. Chef Shawn Wilder is best known for his top of the line cooking, Wild Foods Miami brand, his featured work on Only Fans, and for his work with many high profile clients.
December 14, 2020
Instacart, one of the leading online grocery platforms in North America, recently released its first New Year, New Cart 2021 Grocery Trends Report forecasting the at-home food trends and grocery shopping habits for the year ahead. Combining an in-depth look at Instacart purchase data with a new Instacart survey of 2,050 U.S. adults conducted by The Harris Poll, Instacart s New Year, New Cart 2021 report reflects five key shifts in shopping behavior, buying preferences, and food attitudes after nearly a year of COVID-19 pandemic living and cultural shifts. The events of 2020 have forever changed how Americans shop for groceries and household goods, said Laurentia Romaniuk, Instacart s trends expert and senior product manager. After months of binge baking, drinking more and indulging in quarantine comfort foods, our findings show that the pendulum is swinging the other way as online consumers set their sights on a new year full of bolder flavors, lower-alcoh
American whiskey brands to watch in 2021 11th December, 2020 by Melita Kiely
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The American whiskey sector has been hit by challenges such as tariffs and the forthcoming expiration of a crucial tax cut for distillers. We present the brands worth keeping an eye on in the next 12 months.
A category brimming with innovation, American whiskey has been another unfortunate casualty in ongoing geopolitical tensions. From August 2019 to July 2020, exports of American whiskey to the EU – the US spirits industry’s biggest market – plummeted by 41% from US$757m to US$449m, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the US (Discus).