Services/Retailers
Our services and retailers category covers online and offline shops and other sellers of alcohol products. Primarily it consists of reviews of subscription boxes, including by-mail cocktail kits, “spirit of the month clubs,” and various wine clubs.
It’s not just whiskey overcrowding liquor store shelves these days. You’ve probably noticed the same thing happening on the tequila aisle. The rapid-fire launch of new agave-based spirits has been head-spinning, especially of late. Luckily, there are subscription services available like Taster’s Club to help with the inevitable decision paralysis. They’ve got most of the spirit…
If the name Ian Cauble doesn’t mean anything to you, you haven’t immersed yourself in the world of high-end sommeliers enough. He was a central figure in the 2012 documentary Somm, in which he swallows his pride and smiles genially as he fails the Master Sommelier exam — though he subsequently passed and made his way…
Returning to Cantoro Market feels less like a sequel and more like checking back in on a place that never stops evolving. The scale is still mildly overwhelming, the shelves still bowing under the weight of Italian specialties you didn’t know existed or needed, and the wine section continues to emanate a low-grade sense of…
Sure, you can shop for hours for ingredients to put together one of those fancy meat and cheese boards for your next party, or you can hit up Boarderie, and have them do the heavy lifting for you. This artisan company, based in Florida, specializes in charcuterie trays with all the hard work taken care…
Any spirits fan knows that Advent calendars are popular holiday offerings, a handy way for spirits fans to get their hands on single-serve size bottles of a products they probably wouldn’t ordinarily purchase — or, more to the point, have someone purchase for them. Flaviar is the first merchant out of the gate this year,…
The pros at The Whisky Exchange recently began sending regular releases of some of their most recent stock, all exclusives that are available only in its stores and on the TWE website. We’ve got a huge collection of new releases that have dropped over the last few months, including lots of single malt Scotch, some…
The wine world continues its march toward delivery and subscription services at a steady, measured pace. Since our last foray into the enterprise, a few have folded while others made it through the pandemic and other economic challenges with success and growth. 90+ Cellars provides a refreshingly unique angle in a market where surprises and…
Sommsation is a wine shop as well as an experience — an online store which doesn’t just sell you the wines you’re drinking but can also guide you through the tasting process if you’re so inclined. While you can fill up your cart with individual bottles, Sommsation — not “Sommstation,” as I often call it…
On a busy street in Paris’s 8th Arrondisement, you’ll find the official headquarters of Armagnac Castarede, the oldest Armagnac producer still operating. At the end of my recent Cognac-focused trip to France, I called up the office on a lark, only to find that proprietor Florence Castarede was actually on site and would readily welcome…
We receive comments on de Négoce at a steady clip (and feel free to keep them coming). While we aren’t here to play judge and jury over our readers’ uniformly dismal experiences — our original reviews were all based on media samples — I decided to take a spin myself and purchase a few bottles…