California’s Original Craft Spirit Isn’t Vodka or Gin. It’s Brandy.

San Francisco Magazine | By Camper English

Thirty-five years ago, there wasn’t any American craft spirits movement to speak of—just a handful of distillers using California fruit to make brandy…

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Rethinking American Brandy

Market Watch | By Kimberly Tharel

For decades, the brandy category has consisted of two distinct parts—value-driven brands on the domestic side, and Cognacs and other high-end spirits…

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Seven Reasons Why Brandy’s Time Has Come…Finally!

The Brandy Authority | By F. Paul Pacult

After viewing recent statistics and after talking with numerous industry executives and bartenders, what’s become clear to me is…

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California Brandy once was known as a fine spirit – could those days return?

Beverage Media Group | By Jack Robertiello

When the E. & J. Gallo Winery calls for journalists and bartenders to visit an obscure distillery in the San Joaquin Valley, curiosity springs naturally…

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F. Paul Pacult announces the creation of The Brandy Authority educational program for bartenders, slated to begin in 2018

Spirit Journal, Inc.

Since 2011, The Rum Authority and The Whiskey Authority educational programs have rewritten how spirits categories should be taught …

California Brandy seeks to head off sales stagnation

Wine Enthusiast | By Kara Newman

California brandy producers met last month in Fresno, California, with bartenders, journalists and others for what they called a summit to focus on how to promote their product…

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Brandy has a branding problem

VinePair | By Laura Burgess

Brandy is currently engaged in a fight against its image, which until now has turned would-be connoisseurs away. Unlike wine, it doesn’t have an army of salespeople…

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American Brandy is surging, even in Whiskey country

The New York Times | by Clay Risen

Three years ago, Joe Heron, a pharmaceutical executive turned beverage-industry entrepreneur, moved here from Minneapolis to open a distillery…

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How bourbon is driving American Brandy forward

Wine Enthusiast | By Kara Newman

Time to get excited about America’s “other brown spirit.” A relatively unloved category is getting new traction and wonderful bottlings from distillers…

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The American (Brandy) Revolution

Playboy | By Jason Horn

In the booze world today our country is best-know for bourbon, but a couple hundred years ago it wasn’t the only popular domestic spirit in the young United States…

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How Brandy could become the next big thing in the Spirits world

Forbes | By Brian Freedman

Brandy is exploding in the American market. It may not get the popular-press attention and cultural buzz that other spirits do, but the numbers don’t lie…

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American Brandy making a comeback driven by craft distillers

Chicago Tribune | By Brandy Gonsoulin

In the late 19th and earlier part of the 20th century, American brandy was a booming industry. The period of Prohibition and its subsequent repeal would be its Achilles heel…

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