17 Dec Huffington Post- 5 Cocktails to Make Come Five O’Clock
We love kicking off cocktail hour with a good dirty martini as much as the next gal. But sometimes you gotta switch things up a little, say, with one of these drinks. SLOE 75 The Sloe...
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15 Dec Wine & Spirits Magazine- Spirits Gift Guide 2014
Over the past year, our intrepid spirits writer, Lou Bustamante, tasted through hundreds of newly launched products to recommend a selection for the pages of W&S. Here we’ve organized them by category...
21 Nov Where San Francisco- Distillery Boom: Artisan Spirits Take Over Napa and Sonoma
Napa and Sonoma bring to mind rolling hills and valleys covered in vines and tasting rooms and restaurants where wine flows freely. But there’s more to the New World’s first...
17 Sep Examiner.com- Spirit Works Distillery Sloe Gin: Artisanal Distilling at its Best
It’s pretty impressive when one new spirit can reverse a lifetime of avoidance with a single sip. Let me introduce you to Spirit Works Distillery Sloe Gin. All these years I have...
15 Sep Maxim Magazine- Drinking Hard Liquor in Wine Country
Northern California’s distillers are rebelling against the entrenched vinocracy. Prior to Prohibition, many of Sonoma’s wineries produced brandies and grappa. After the 18th Amendment was repealed by the 21st, the wineries quickly...
10 Sep North Bay Bohemian- Cold, Old Gin
SpiritWorks introduces barrel-aged gin Bandit knows the drill. When Timo and Ashby Marshall lead a tour of their Sebastopol distillery, their Boston terrier trots alongside, pausing for an explanation of the...
28 Aug Wine and Spirits Magazine- Spirits in the Key of Gin
Spirit Works Gin This tiny distillery is located in the heart of downtown Sebastopol, where owners Ashby and Timo Marshall make their own base spirit from California-grown organic red winter wheat....
22 Aug MicroShiner Magazine – Spirit Works
In California's wine country, known for its rolling hills blanketed with grape vines, tourists come to visit the wine tasting fantasy land that is Napa and Sonoma, yet rarely venture...
06 Aug DETAILS- 13 New Gins Bartenders are Raving About
We identify which of the 500 or so new bottles are worth your time (and palate). BY CAMPER ENGLISH In the last few years, hundreds of new gins have hit the market, each featuring an...
10 Jul The Press Democrat- Gin-based Drinks for a Refreshing Summer
After a day of tasting wine is there anything more welcoming than an ice-filled gin and tonic? Not a chance. But it’s worth investigating. The gin and tonic, liquid legacy of...