East Coast Beverage added several new brands of spirits and wines, including three California wine line offerings: Lockwood Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Malbec, Chardonnay and Liquid Velvet of Monterey; Joliesse Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay of Healdsburg; and developed by Raymond Vineyards and Boisset Collection is Ticen Ranch Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, from Northern California’s emerging wine country. Spirit offerings expand with Virginia’s most-awarded distillery Catoctin Creek and its Roundstone Rye whiskies and Watershed Gin, made in Purcellville. Bushido Japanese whiskies made by Kumesen Distillery joins East Coast Beverage in collaboration with Aiko Importers, Inc., of Georgia. The unique collection features award-winning whiskies in a range of ages that represent each Bushido Virtue evolved from the Code of the Samurai, which remain part Japanese philosophy and culture: Bushido Makoto [Honesty and Sincerity] Single Grain 23 Year Old Whisky, Meiyo [Honor] Single Grain 17 Year Old Whisky, Rei [Respect] Pure Malt Japanese Whisky and Meiyo [Honor] Pure Malt 15 Year Old Japanese Whisky. In ready-to-drink cocktails, SouthSide Beverage Co. canned vodka sodas offer two clean and crisp sips with Lemon and Cranberry flavors, made with triple-distilled vodka and all-natural flavor essence with no sugar or sweeteners, artificial ingredients or unnecessary calories.
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- Lockwood Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Malbec, Pinot Noir and Liquid Velvet. Lockwood Vineyard was developed under the belief that world-class estate-produced wines are attainable through ideal vineyard location and quality winemaking, a spirit that continues under new ownership by Boisset Family Estates.
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- Joliesse Vineyards Chardonnay is a balanced and bright wine primarily fermented in stainless steel tanks, with a small number of French oak barrels to impart an elegant structure. Joliesse Vineyards Pinot Noir is a dark crimson in the glass, with notes of red cherry, red plum and a hint of baking spice on the nose. Joilesse Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon is a well-balanced wine that presents with balanced acidity and well-integrated tannins.
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- Ticen Ranch Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon newly launched from Raymond Vineyards.
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- Catoctin Creek received multiple 90-plus-point ratings for its Roundstone Rye Distiller’s Edition 92 Proof, Roundstone Rye Cask Proof and Roundstone Rye 80 Proof. Catoctin Creek was founded in 2009 by Becky and Scott Harris as the first legal distillery in Loudoun County since Prohibition.
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- Bushido Makoto Single Grain 23 Year Old Whisky was named “Single Grain of the Year” by “Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible” among its accolades. Also available are Meiyo Single Grain 17 Year Old Whisky, Rei Pure Malt Japanese Whisky and Meiyo Pure Malt 15 Year Old Japanese Whisky.
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- British Columbia-based SouthSide Beverage Co. offers its ready-to-drink canned vodka sodas in Lemon and Cranberry.
