Ron Barceló IMPERIAL

A fine blend where the youngest Rum used is 4 years and the oldest 10 years.

The result of the finest selection of Caribbean sugar cane, the noblest family reserve that is born from a rigorous respect of time. A fine blend where the youngest Rum used is 4 years and the oldest 10 years. These Rums have been aged in new oak barrels. Imperial is characterised by its amber colouring with attractive copper red trims, brilliant, crystalline and brimming with outstanding Vivacity. Its finish is long, soft and aromatic with as pleasant aftertaste that beckons another.
Ron Barceló IMPERIAL received the highest score in 1999 and 2000 given by the Beverage Testing Institute of Chicago (97/100) who labelled it "a superlative world-class spirit".

El Coto - Rioja Crianza 2004

This wine was fermented and aged for a year in new oak barrels and rounded in the bottle before its release. The balance between fruit and oak, and the harmony of its sweet and elegant tannins, make El Coto a wine with a distinctive style.
Abv: 13% Volume: 75cl
Made from the best Tempranillo grapes selected in the vineyards located on high slopes.

Hangar One Straight

Jorg Rupf and Lance Winters figured out how to make straight vodka taste good.

First they pot-distill a vodka from expensive viognier wine. Then they blend it into an excellent column still wheat vodka. Here's the magic: there's no harsh alcoholic smell or taste, just soft beautiful purity.

Hangar One's 'straight' vodka is a blend of grain (wheat) neutral spirit and a vodka crafted from viognier wine. They use the viognier vodka to diminish the alcoholic overtone found in most other vodkas.

Viognier is an old varietal wine grape that makes a delicious white wine, but it's relatively new to California. Viognier grapes are hard to grow, and they don't produce a whole lot of fruit.

To get the full flavour, you have to pick them when they're perfectly ripe. 'But despite, or perhaps because of, this precariousness [the viognier grape] has the most amazing clear, golden colour and the aroma of flowers and fruits at their freshest.'