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New wine and whiskey barrels are typically charred. This photo represents a barrel being charred at Yalumba Winery in Angaston, South Australia. Notice the embers peeking through.
Yalumba is one of the few wineries in the world that has their own Cooperage (crafting of oak barrels).
The late Walter Schug talking about the 1975 vintage Pinot Noir he made at Joseph Phelps Winery. Walter was one of the great Pinot Noir pioneers in California. Schug Winery.
Beer Lovers’ Bucket List: Oktoberfest in Munich. Lots of beer, salty chicken, and (if you’ve never been)… you need to be seated in one of the beer halls to order beer!
Mrs. Whiskey-Dude’s grandfather proudly came from Sammichele di Bari Italy with family name of d’Alessandro. For many years, I represented an Italian winery by the same family name. Our family visited and were graciously invited to dine with owner Massimo d’Alessandro and stay at his 200-acre Cortona estate…a very memorable trip! Tentimenti d’Alessandro.
Barrels resting at Wolfburn Distillery in Thurso, Scotland. Wolfburn is the northernmost distillery on mainland Scotland.
With a good friend, I recently had the treat of sampling this whisky from Sweden’s High Coast Distillery, one of the world’s northernmost whiskey distilleries. The distillery is located at 63 ° N. Just where the 63rd latitude cuts through their warehouse, this unique bottling is aged for 63 months in 63-liter bourbon barrels, 63 decimeters (20.6 ft) above the ground, and at 63% ABV. There was a very pleasant peatiness on the nose. The heat hit hard and fast on the palate but dissipated quickly. You were left the most wonderful long mouthfeel I can remember in awhile from a whisky. A trip to Sweden would be worth it to purchase one of these gems!