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PRODUCTION THE TASTING PANEL MAGAZINE DISTILLERY OF THE YEAR — GLENMORANGIE IMPORTED BY MOËT HENNESSY USA BEST WHITE IN SHOW AND BEST SILVER TEQUILA — Trago Silver Tequila Mexico $40 MHW www.trago-tequila.com BEST BRANDY IN SHOW—Père Magloire 20 Year Old Vintage Calvados France $100 USA WINE IMPORTS www.pere-magloire.com BEST LIQUEUR IN SHOW — Grand Marnier 100th Anniversary Liqueur France $135 MOËT HENNESSY USA www.grandmarnier.com BEST RUM IN SHOW — Vizcaya VXOP Solera Rum Dominican Republic $38 DUGGANS DISTILLERS www.vizcayarum.com DOUBLE GOLD SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS Best Vodka —Chase Vodka England $40 5 STAR WINE & SPIRITS www.chasedistillery.co.uk Best Flavored Vodka — Rain Organics Cucumber Lime Vodka USA $21 SAZERAC COMPANY www.sazerac.com Best Gin —Beefeater Gin 24 England $30 PERNOD RICARD USA www.pernod-ricard-usa.com Best Extra-Aged Rum — Pusser’s 15 Year Old Rum Nelson’s Blood British Virgin Isles $55 Mechanical Sign-Off Intials SHAW ROSS INT’L IMPORTERS www.pussers.com / Date / Time production prod. dir. Traffic Best Cachaça — Leblon Cachaça Brazil $30 MHW LTD. www.leblon.com Best Reposado Tequila — Trago Reposado Tequila Mexico $45 MHW www.trago-tequila.com art director creative dir. account exe. account sup. Best Añejo Tequila (tie) — El Jimador Añejo Tequila Mexico $30 BROWN-FORMAN www.eljimador.com Best Añejo Tequila (tie) — Mujer Bonita Añejo Tequila Mexico $25 MAGAVE TEQUILA www.magavetequila.com Best Mezcal — El Zacatecano Añejo Mezcal Mexico $42 WM. RYAN SELECT www.elzacatecano.com.mx Top Pisco — Pisco “O” Torontel Pisco Peru $35 PURE SPIRITS, LLC www.PiscoO.com Top Cream Liqueur — Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur Belgium $30 DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA www.diageo.com may 2010 / the tasting panel / 37 Top Armagnac — Comte de Lauvia 21 Year Old Armagnac France $35 HOUSE OF BURGUNDY RUM, CACHAÇA, TEQUILA, MEZCAL 10 Cane Rum Trinidad $25 MOËT HENNESSY USA www.10cane.com Best Blended Scotch — The Grand Bark Equinoxe Blended Scotch Scotland $55 SYMPOSIUN INTERNATIONAL www.symposion.nu Best Single Malt Scotch — Ardbeg Single Malt Scotch Corryvreckan Scotland $85 MOËT HENNESSY USA www.ardbeg.com Top Cognac — Comandon Cognac XO France $145 BLACK SEA IMPORTS www.tessendierusa.com Best Bourbon —Elijah Craig Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon USA $40 HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERIES www. bardstownbourbonsociety.com Best Canadian Whisky — Seagrams VO Canadian Whisky Canada $23 DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA www.crownroyal.ca Best Irish Whiskey — Bushmills 1608 Irish Whiskey Limited Edition Ireland $100 DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA www.diageo.com BEST WHISKY IN SHOW — Isle of Jura Prophecy Single Malt Scotch Scotland $70 WHYTE AND MACKAY www.isleofjura.com IMPORTER OF THE YEAR — MOËT HENNESSY USA • • • • • • • • • DOUBLE GOLD MEDALISTS VODKA, AQUAVIT, GIN AND SOJU Chase Vodka England $40 5 STAR WINE & SPIRITS www.chasedistillery.co.uk CÎROC Vodka France $32 DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA www.diageo.com Nemiroff Vodka Lex Ultra Ukraine MEDCO ATLANTIC INC. www.medcoatlantic.com Nemiroff Vodka Delikat Ukraine MEDCO ATLANTIC INC. www.medcoatlantic.com Rökk Vodka Sweden DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA www.diageo.com SF Vodka China Beach Vodka USA $35 TREASURE ISLAND DISTILLERY www.sfvodka.com V-One Vodka Poland $26 VALLEY VODKA INC. www.v1vodka.com Finlandia Grapefruit Fusion Vodka Finland $19 BROWN-FORMAN www.fi nlandia.com Rain Organics Cucumber Lime Vodka USA $21 SAZERAC COMPANY www.sazerac.com Beefeater Gin 24 England $30 PERNOD RICARD USA www.pernod-ricard-usa.com Bellringer Gin USA $18 FRANK-LIN DISTILLERS PRODUCTS www.frank-lin.com Bluecoat American Dry Gin USA $28 PHILADELPHIA DISTILLING www.bluecoatgin.com Gordon’s Gin England $15 DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA www.diageo.com Hendrick’s Gin Scotland $35 WM. GRANT & SONS www.grantusa.com New Amsterdam Gin USA $14 E & J GALLO DISTILLERS www.ejgallo.com Wembley Dry Gin Romania $12 SC PRODAL ‘94 SRL www.prodal.ro