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Kentucky's bourbon distillers are seeking a change in state law to promote more sampling of their whiskey.

A responsible drinking message is to be included in all future adverts and printed point of sale materials for Scotch whisky, it has been announced.

A unique decanter of whisky that was blended from some of the finest whiskies of the last 140 years has sold at auction for 23,000. The Dalmore Oculus had been expected to fetch between 15,000 and 20,000 at the Bonhams auction in Edinburgh.

Beam Global Spirits & Wine says it plans to close its Cincinnati bottling plant in two years, shedding 184 jobs.

A North Carolina mother accused of offering her 5-year-old daughter for prostitution is expected to appear in court.

A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.

In perhaps another sign of a recovering economy, millions of dollars worth of wines and spirits sold at three different auctions in New York over the weekend.

OWENSBORO, Ky. - Some aluminum manufacturers in Kentucky have formed a group with a goal of raising the industry's profile with state leaders.

Blaise Burry never shys away from a good bargain, especially when it comes to his liquor.

Vodka is funny stuff. Purity is the catch word, and vodka is pretty much supposed to be pure alcohol , with the final product being, according to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Trade and Taxation Bureau, a oewithout distinctive character, aroma, or taste.a And vodka is just that, on paper.

Bacardi -- And The Long Fight For Cuba by Tom Gjelten, Penguin '09 paperback, $17, 528 pages, ISBN #0143116320. Notes, two groupings of b&w glossy images.

Loading... Still takes you back to pre-Prohibition days with concoctions like the Ramos Gin Fizz, which ingredients include egg whites.

A Scott County highway that was closed for most of the day Wednesday after a tanker carrying whiskey overturned was closed again shortly after the road re-opened because of another accident at the same spot.

Looking for something new? Try something old. One of the most ancient of liqueurs is making a comeback: Benedictine.

An newly awakened Eastern Hemisphere thirst for great Scotches is changing the way the market for vintage single-malts functions.

High Plains Inc. makes two brands of vodka and two brands of whiskey, as well as distilling spirits under other labels.

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Eds: APNewsNow. Will stand. CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has signed into a law a 30-year revenue deal with the owners of locally produced Cruzan Rum, which has a heritage on St.

Living in the Colorado High Country is pure joy. Baking in it isn't. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level.

Tequila is a lot like snowflakes - no two blends are exactly alike. And Javier Martinez, and president and CEO of Pasadena-based Tequila Holdings Inc., figures he's crafted a winning blend that sets his high-end PaQui Tequila apart from others.