A. Smith Bowman's distilling roots date back to the years before Prohibition. In 1935, after the Repeal of Prohibition, Abram Smith Bowman and his sons relocated to Virginia continuing the family tradition with the distillation of bourbon. The original distillery was located on the Bowman family homestead in Fairfax County, Virginia called Sunset Hills Farm. In response to the rapid growth of Northern Virginia, the distillery was moved in 1988 and is now nestled in Spotsylvania County near the city of Fredericksburg, 60 miles away from the original location.As a small and privately owned company, A. Smith Bowman Distillery continues the time-honored traditions on which it was founded. Considered a micro-distillery by today's standards, A. Smith Bowman produces an assortment of hand-crafted spirits distilled from only the finest natural ingredients and using the latest technology. This micro-distillery focuses on the production of premium spirits honoring the legacy of Virginia's first settlers.

Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley was mostly prune orchards and pastures when, in 1962, Maggie and Harry Wetzel purchased a large portion of a homestead built by Cyrus Alexander, the valley’s nineteenth century namesake. Here, in a rural community of family farms and ranches, the Wetzel family settled. They raised livestock, cultivated bountiful gardens and restored Alexander’s original home, making it the center of family life. With an eye to their neighbors in nearby Napa Valley, the Wetzels boldly planted premium grape varieties, among the first in the area. Then the family built a small winery. Hank Wetzel, oldest son of Maggie and Harry, produced Alexander Valley Vineyard’s first wine in 1975. His wife Linda set up the books and managed the winery office. AVV quickly established a reputation for estate grown wines with distinctive varietal character. Acclaimed for crisp Chardonnay and luscious Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley Vineyards brought recognition to the appellation and became a leading winery in Sonoma County.

It all began in 1927 when Andrew Peller first arrived in Canada from Hungary. Having owned a series of successful businesses, he came here to finally pursue his dream. He envisioned a day when Canadians, like Europeans, would come to appreciate premium quality wines and enjoy sharing them with family and friends. The Company's award-winning premium and ultra-premium brands include Peller Estates, Trius, Hillebrand, Thirty Bench, Sandhill, Copper Moon, Calona Vineyards Artist Series VQA wines and Red Rooster.Complementing these premium brands are a number of popular priced products including Hochtaler, Domaine D'Or, Schloss Laderheim, Royal and Sommet.

Angostura doesn't mind taking the bitter along with the sweet. In addition to producing cognac, rum, gin, and vodka, the company is best known for its line of bitters, a liquid ingredient used in many cocktail recipes. The company also produces Bloody Mary seasoning and a line of soy, Teriyaki, and Worcestershire sauces. In addition, Angostura manufactures fuel ethanol. Company founder Dr. Johann Siegert developed the recipe for aromatic bitters in the Venezuelan town of Angostura in the first half of the 19th century; it was originally used to treat stomach ailments.

Winemaker Kristina Mielke-van Loben Sels the second generation of the Mielke family to oversee Arbor Crest and brings both education and practical skill to her work. A University of California at Davis fermentation science graduate, Kristina came to Arbor Crest after several years at Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery in Healdsburg, California . Her husband, James van Loben Sels, is an experienced viticulturist, which complements Kristina's skills nicely. Together, these two understand the complexities of grapes, soil, trellising, pruning, irrigation, and winemaking. They also share duties as the winery's general managers.

You want proof? The people at Bacardi Global Brands will pour it out for you -- from a bottle. One of the world's leading wine and spirits makers, Bacardi produces 10 varieties of its namesake rum (of which it sells some 20 million cases every year). However, rum is not the only potable offered by Bacardi. The company's portfolio consists of more than 200 brands and labels, including Bombay Sapphire Gin, Martini Vermouth, Dewar's Scotch Whisky, B&B and Bandictine liqueurs, and Grey Goose Vodka. Other types of spirits in its portfolio include tequila, vermouth, cognac, and sparkling wine. Serving more than 100 countries, the company operates 27 production sites around the world.

From its 80-acre estate winery, Badger Mountain Vineyard produces certified organic wines under the Badger Mountain label. The company also makes non-organic wines from fruit grown elsewhere under the Powers Winery label. The Badger Mountain Vineyard transitioned to organic cultivation in 1988. Its wines are available throughout the US through various distributors. Chardonnay, merlot, syrah, and cabernet sauvignon are some of the varietals available.

Banfi is a private concern, founded in New York in 1919 by John Mariani, Sr. and today owned and operated by his grandchildren. The company is focused on the production and import of wine.Banfi Vintners is the sole U.S. importer of the Mariani family’s internationally renowned wine estates in Italy: Castello Banfi of Montalcino, Tuscany, and Vigne Regali Cellars of Strevi, Piedmont. Banfi also imports the wines of several other producers, including category leaders Bolla, Cecchi, Florio, Fontana Candida, Placido, Riunite, and Sartori from Italy, Concha y Toro and Emiliana from Chile, and Trivento from Argentina, Wisdom & Warter Sherries from Spain and Stone's Ginger wine from England. The company has ranked as North America’s leading wine importer for more than three decades.

A dream come true, BARÓN DE LEY is a winery which was devised and founded in 1985 by a small group of prestigious Rioja professionals which decided to create a project which was unique at that time in the Denominación de Origen Calificada Rioja: a winery modelled on the Médoc châteaux, bringing together all the conditions that make a wine a work of art. Con este fin, los creadores de BARON DE LEY adquirieron la finca de Imas, ubicada en el término municipal de Mendavia y sobre la margen izquierda del río Ebro; un lugar privilegiado para el cultivo de la viña por sus condiciones climáticas y las características de los suelos, en el cual 90 hectáreas fueron plantadas.

Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. is the fourth largest premium spirits company in the world, with eight of the world’s top-100 premium spirits in our portfolio and $2.5 billion in revenue. At Beam Global Spirits & Wine, the spotlight is on the world. Headquartered in the US, it offers libations with global origins: Canadian Club Whiskey from our neighbor country just to the north; Courvoisier Cognac from France; Kummerling Liqueur from Germany; VOX Vodka from The Netherlands; Laphroaig Scotch from Scotland; and Sauza Tequila with roots dating back to the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico. The company's Jim Beam is the #1 selling branded bourbon in the world; its DeKuyper, from The Netherlands, is the #1 cordial brand in the US. These and Beam's other premium branded beverages are bound to show up for Christmas parties at Fortune Brands, of which Beam Global Spirits & Wine is a subsidiary.

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