The results are in from the 2024 London Spirits Competition and there are some serious surprises in the mix. As one of Europe’s most prestigious tasting events, the annual judging brings together 40 esteemed palates from throughout all walks of the booze industry. What they ordain as the best of the best—across a total of 29 different…
You’ve got grapevines as far as the eye can see, either lusciously green in summer or soon to be deep crimson and gold in fall harvest colors. Then there’s all that rich red soil around you. And that’s just from your window at the new Grange Dundee Hills inn which opened mid-summer in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Who…
It’s a fun game to track the risers and fallers in each new America’s 100 Greatest and Second 100 Greatest Courses ranking. How courses move up and down from one cycle to the next provides a glimpse of what’s happening at clubs and on the scorecards of panelists. In the 2023-2024 rankings, for instance, Old Town…
Foley Family Wines (FFW), the Sonoma Valley-based family-owned wine company, has announced two new milestones as the company continues to expand its presence in the spirits market. FFW is launching Lighthouse Gin (SRP: $49.99) in the US, an 80-proof, citrus-forward, New Zealand gin produced by Rachel Hall, the country’s first female Head Distiller, and has…
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation President Kim Frank was honored as Humanitarian of the Year at last night’s Vegas Inc. Angel Awards. The 17th annual event, held at the Industrial Event Space in Las Vegas, celebrated Southern Nevada’s most significant philanthropic leaders. “We truly appreciate this recognition of the work the VGK Foundation,” said Frank. “The commitment to…
Family-owned Foley Family Wines announced today that the company has changed its name and corporate identity to reflect its ongoing expansion into the distilled spirits business while it continues to grow the luxury and estate wine business that began nearly three decades ago. The new name is Foley Family Wines & Spirits (FFWS). Bill and…
The Vegas Golden Knights have won The Stanley for the league’s best Game Presentation, the NHL announced Tuesday evening at the NHL Club Business Meetings in Boston. The Stanleys are the NHL’s club business awards recognizing great achievements, creativity and results by teams across the NHL. Vegas has won The Stanley for Game Presentation three…
The Vegas Golden Knights won the Emmy Award for Special Events Program from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Pacific Southwest Chapter, the chapter announced Saturday at the 50th Annual Pacific Southwest Area Emmy Awards Gala in Rancho Mirage, CA. The Golden Knights were honored for their coverage of the team’s 2023 Stanley…
The Vegas Golden Knights announced today, February 19, an extension to the team’s official partnership with Naqvi Injury Law that now includes a helmet entitlement partnership. Naqvi, a local personal injury law firm, will have its logo on the team’s helmets worn during road games beginning with tonight’s game at San Jose. The Golden Knights…
Golf Digest has published America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses since 1966, making it the oldest and most respected ranking in golf. We are proud to say our most recent edition, published in May 2023, is the most scientific ever—with our 1,800-plus panelists submitting more than 85,000 evaluations over our 10-year scoring criteria. Our evaluators play…