Archive for May, 2018

Spirits & Wine Award Winners, Top Scoring Products, Beverage Industry Trends and Best Wine and Spirits Lists

Ultimate Wine Challenge

Wine Trend: Portuguese Blends With Cabernet Sauvignon

Portuguese wine is getting noticed as one of the best values on offer. As their presence in international markets continues to grow, there has been a uptick in experimentation, especially with blending indigenous varieties with cabernet sauvignon.

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Ultimate Cocktails Challenge

Spirits List: Top 5 Gins For A Martini

A dry gin martini is one of the most iconic and classic cocktails. While the exact origins and ideal ratios of the drink will vary depending on who you talk to, in today's bars a dry gin martini is typically made with mostly gin and just a splash of dry vermouth. It is a cocktail that really lets the spirit shine, and all 5 of our top scoring gins in a dry martini were rated 4.5 or 5 Stars with a Drop Dead Delicious accolade.

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Ultimate Wine Challenge

Wine Score: Les Valentines Le Caprice de Clementine 2016 Cotes de Provence 

It's rosé season, and what better way to celebrate than with our Chairman's Trophy winner for the rosé category from Ultimate Wine Challenge 2017: Les Valentines Le Caprice de Clementine 2016 Cotes de Provence

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Ultimate Spirits Challenge

Spirit Score: Belvedere Lake Bartezek Single Estate Rye Vodka

In the growing age of craft vodka there are more and more spirits of distinction, like 2018's Chairman's Trophy winner Belvedere Lake Bartezek Single Estate Rye Vodka

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