Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking history. Although famous medical texts like the 16th century Ming Dynasty’s Bencao ...

In recent years forest fires have become a perennial problem for West Coast winemakers. When wood burns a range of phenolic compounds are released into the air. The closer a vineyard is to a fire, the ...

Last fall Sean Smiley, founder of State 38 Distilling in Golden, put out a call to friends and neighbors to bring in their unwanted backyard apples so that he could distill a batch of local fruit ...

Deerhammer Distilling Company, a whiskey distillery located in Buena Vista, is spreading some holiday cheer with its limited-edition Buena Vista Brandy. The holiday drink was made in conjunction with ...

We chart new passages through the dark waters and mysteries of the fermentation of grapes in this week’s column. Our quest takes us to products that are extracted from the wine making process. Today’s ...

RAISING THE BAR: Brenda Coates' Hendersonville business, The Brandy Bar, is unique in Western North Carolina in that it offers nearly four dozen varieties of the grape-based spirit. The bar also ...

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