1. Aix Rosé
Now sporting a convenient Stelvin Lux screw cap instead of a cork closure, Aix Rosé, part of the Kobrand Wine & Spirits portfolio, is even easier to serve at convivial gatherings. Made at the Maison Saint Aix estate just north of Aix-en-Provence, the salmon-hued blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Cinsault transports imbibers straight to the South of France.
SRP: $23.99 per 750-ml bottle
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2. Flat Creek Estate Winery & Vineyard
Hearty beef and pork dishes are choice companions to the Estate Montepulciano 2019 from Flat Creek Estate Winery & Vineyard close to Austin in Texas Hill Country. Its ripe tannins and deep flavors of black currant, blackberry, and cherry are bolstered by a whisper of toasted almond.
SRP: $50 per 750-ml bottle
flatcreekestate.com
3. Holistic Spirits Company
Actor and vegan activist Woody Harrelson and wellness entrepreneur Amy Holmwood have founded the Holistic Spirits Company. Fueled by plant science, its inaugural products—the organic white wheat Origen vodka and Harmony gin made with organic corn—are infused with a proprietary, natural blend of artichoke leaves, elderberries, green tea leaves, and muscadine grapes from the American South, rounded out with juniper berries, coriander seed, hyssop, lemon peel, lime peel, angelica root, and orris root.
SRP: $39.99-$46.99 per 750-ml bottle
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4. Goslings
Goslings launched its Family Reserve Old Rum in 2003 exclusively for the Goslings family to savor. Twenty years later the line expands for the first time with a medley of rums aged in former bourbon barrels, then finished in onetime rye whiskey casks for three years. They imbue the liquid with spicy, herbaceous notes redolent of whiskey that shine in riffs on the Old Fashioned.
SRP: $79.99 per 750-ml bottle
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5. Woody Creek Distillers
Woody Creek Distillers ramps up its collection of Colorado-made spirits with the limited-edition William H. Macy Reserve Straight Rye Whiskey. The 100-proof, 10-year-old bottled-in-bond expression, the inaugural entry in Woody Creek’s premium Barrel Select program, features a mash bill of 80 percent rye and 20 percent malted barley that was developed in close collaboration with the actor, who also serves as the distillery’s “spokesdude.” Nutty notes, punctuated by spiced fruit and smoke, make it ideal for sipping neat or over ice.
SRP: $199 per 750-ml bottle
woodycreekdistillers.com
6. Symington Family Estates
Acquired in 2017, Quinta da Fonte Souto, in the Portalegre subregion of the Alentejo in southern Portugal, is the first location from Symington Family Estates outside of the Douro region. Hailing from this cool mesoclimate is the Taifa 2020, a limitededition, super-premium white wine that nods to the area’s Moorish heritage. It marries early-harvested grapes from several plots of mature vineyards with low-yielding vines and tastes of creamy apricot and quince.
SRP: $105 per 750-ml bottle
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7. Código1530
Código 1530, the additive-free tequila and mezcal brand, launched its first Cristalino tequila. The unique offering consists of a blend of their award-winning reposado, aged in French oak Cabernet Sauvignon wine barrels, and their six-year-old extra añejo, finished in Cognac casks. Aromas of rich vanilla and roasted hazelnuts yield depth and warmth, while notes of cooked agave offer a delicate and balanced sweetness.
SRP: $89.99 per 750-ml bottle
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8. Old Overholt
The first cask-strength whiskey from Old Overholt since the mid-20th century, the 10-year-old Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength Rye was aged in one of the James B. Beam Distilling Co.’s last remaining “escalator warehouses” in Clermont, Kentucky. The 121-proof limited-release morphs from vanilla to brown sugar to leather on the palate.
SRP: $99.99 per 750-ml bottle
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9. CK Mondavi and Family
Baking spice, toasted oak, and touches of mocha and blackberry define the 2022 vintage of CK Mondavi and Family’s Dark Cabernet Sauvignon. The Petite Sirah blend is harvested from grapes sustainably grown on the winery’s 1,850 acres of estate vineyards in Dunnigan Hills, California, outside of Sacramento.
SRP: $7.99 per 750-ml bottle
ckmondavi.com
10. Dassai Blue
Dassai Blue, the U.S. extension of Japanese sake brand Dassai, has unveiled its flagship Dassai Blue Type 23. The Junmai Daiginjo is produced in small batches at Dassai Blue’s newly opened brewery in New York’s Hudson Valley from precisely polished Yamada Nishiki rice sourced in Japan and balances delicate floral and pear flavors with a robust backbone.
SRP: $79.99 per 720-ml bottle
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11. Tres Generaciones
In 1973, Don Francisco Javier Sauza created the recipe for what is purportedly the world’s first añejo tequila. To commemorate that milestone, Tres Generaciones has released the limited-edition 50th Anniversary Añejo—its first prestige tequila and the third offering in the Legacy Edition series—aged for 14 months in American oak barrels treated with an in-house charring process that culminates in a gentle smokiness. It’s housed in a green ceramic bottle that aptly calls to mind Don’s original decanter.
SRP: $199 per 750-ml bottle
tresgeneraciones.com
12. Piccadily Distilleries
The Indri Diwali Collector’s Edition 2023 recently arrived stateside, and now Piccadily Distilleries has debuted its Indri Dru single malt Indian whisky in the U.S. An ode to the ancient ritual of offering gods sips of the divine drink, or soma, from vessels of wood, the 114.4-proof spirit was mellowed in former bourbon casks hand-picked by master blender Surrinder Kumar, garnering layers of vanilla, chocolate, and honey.
SRP: $80 per 750-ml bottle
piccadilly.com
