Market Watch, January 2020

mwNEW PRODUCTSkey barrels for two years and like all Jaja releases is made from 100 blue agave Jaja Añejo is initially available in New York California Nevada Illinois and Florida with national expansion planned For more information visit Jajatequila com Kirk Sweeney XO3 Badge Beverage Corp has launched Kirk Sweeney XO a new luxury priced Dominican rum The 655 abv rum 230 a 750 ml is sourced from Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic distilled from blackstrap molasses and bottled at cask strength Kirk Sweeney XO is avail able in select markets For more infor mation visit Kirkandsweeneyrum com Bardstown Bourbon Co The Prisoner Wine Barrel Finished BourbonBardstown Bourbon Co has partnered with minority owner Constellation Brands to create a new whiskey finished in barrels from Napa Cali fornias The Prisoner Wine Co The whiskey 125 a 750 ml is a 50 abv Bourbon sourced from Tennessee thats bottled at 9 years old including an 18 month finishing period in French oak barrels used to age The Prisoners flagship wine The whiskey is avail able in six states with expansion planned For more information visit Bardstownbourbon com St Elder Pamplemousse Pink Grapefruit and Blood OrangeMassachusetts based importer and distributor M S Walker has debuted two new expressions within its St Elder liqueur brand The 20 abv St Elder Pamplemousse Pink Grapefruit and 35 abv St Elder Blood Orange both 20 a 750 ml join the flagship Natural Elderflower liqueur in the St Elder line up The liqueurs are available nation wide For more information visit St elder com F E W Cold CutEvanston Illinois based F E W Spirits part of the Samson Surrey portfolio has launched Cold Cut a new Bourbon whiskey with cold brew coffee The 465 abv spirit around 50 a 750 ml starts as a cask strength version of F E W s Bourbon before being proofed down with cold brew coffee instead of water F E W Cold Cut is available nationwide For more information visit Fewspirits com Stravecchio BrancaNew York City based Branca USA has launched Stravecchio Branca brandy the first new release since the company estab lished its wholly owned U S import unit in 2019 The 40 abv brandy 40 a 1 liter is distilled from Trebbiano grapes and aged for over four years in oak casks Before bottling the brandy is finished in the botte madre Brancas massive mother barrel Stravecchio Branca is available nationwide For more informa tion visit Brancadistillerie com Egans CentenaryLeVecke Corp has added Egans Cente nary a special edition Irish whiskey commemorating 100 years since the pass ing of brand patriarch Henry Egan from the Intrepid Spirits portfolio The 46 abv whiskey 100 a 750 ml is a blend of single malt and grain whiskies married in XO Cognac barrels Egans Centenary is available in select markets For more information visit Eganswhiskey com Southern TierBottled in Bond BourbonLakewood New York based Southern Tier Distilling has announced its first bottled in bond Bourbon The 50 abv whiskey 50 a 750 ml was distilled in the fall of 2015 shortly after the company received its New York State distillers license and has spent the last four years maturing Southern Tier Bottled in Bond Bourbon is available in New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Washington D C For more information visit Southerntierdistilling com Domaine NicoLaura Catena has partnered with Winebows MundoVino division to introduce Domaine Nico a new brand focusing on high altitude Pinot Noir from individual parcels in Mendoza Argentina The project is over a decade in the KIRK SWEENEY XO16 MARKET WATCH MARKETWATCHMAG COM JANUARY FEBRUARY 2020BARDSTOWN BOURBON CO THE PRISONER WINE BARREL FINISHED BOURBONF E W COLD CUTST ELDER PAMPLEMOUSSE PINK GRAPEFRUITMW0120_