Laura Townsend

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Toast to Summer with Sparkling Wine

Summer is the season for celebrations. You might be celebrating graduations, or weddings, or Independence Day. Maybe you’re celebrating the warmth of the air or a family vacation. Regardless, celebrations mean clinking your glasses, toasting to love, family, to happiness, to summer. This summer, consider toasting with Hoffman and Rathbone’s …

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Indulge in the Extraordinary

When a wine is created from the vigilant selection of the finest grapes from the finest vineyards, it is destined to delight. It warms the senses with its smooth finish. It energizes the palate with its daring flavors. It makes you feel invincible and delicate all at once. Sussex, England’s …

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Fine Soil for Fine Wine

Every winemaker will agree that the quality of the vineyard’s soil has everything to do with producing the finest tasting wines. At Vilarnau Barcelona, their alluvial soil is surrounded by the coastal Serrelada mountains and the Montserrat mountains. Soil rich with layers of clay, pebbles, and deep compacted sand called …

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Rock Rose Gin Spring Edition

Martin and Claire Murray’s passion for making fine gin and vodka goes beyond distilling their award winning spirits. Dunnet Bay Distillers is treated like more of a family member than a family business. They lovingly named their traditional copper pot still Elizabeth. Their familial love for their spirits extends to …

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Strong Woman, Strong Wine

The story behind San Antonio Winery’s Maddalena Wines is a love story. They are produced in honor of the winery’s matriarch, 94-year-old Maddalena Riboli. When founder Stefano Riboli first laid eyes on Maddalena over 70 years ago, he fell instantly in love. After they married, Maddalena’s influence on the family …

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Oh Brother: Brothership

Two long treasured whiskey heritages, one sleek bottle. Connacht Whiskey Company is innovating age-old whiskey traditions with Brothership Irish-American Blended Whisky. One Irishman and three Americans had a vision to create a whiskey that combined the best of American and Irish traditions in the form of fine spirits. Brothership Irish-American …

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