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National Bourbon Week Returns to Bardstown June 10-15

National Bourbon Week returns to Bardstown, Kentucky, June 10-15, 2025, for its highly anticipated second year. Details on exact events...
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Wine
I take on different personas when I’m wearing my whiskey writer hat and wine writer hat. As a whiskey writer,...
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Fermented
Craig Guillot and I share a tech column in Stores Magazine, where we review cool geeky stuff for retail executives....
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Cocktails
Once upon a time, the Indian spice trade helped establish world empires and opened the seas for commerce. These days,...
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Fred's Friends
What can I say about Richard Auffery? We first met on a press trip to Italy and have traveled to...
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Bourbon
When it comes to whiskey writers, Chuck Cowdery sets the standard for our profession. He delicately walks the fine line...
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Fred's Friends
In the first edition of “Fred’s Friends,” Michele Wojciechowski, “Wojo,” visits with me. An award-winning humor writer and stand-up comedian,...
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