Articles by Kevin Pilley - Upscale Living Mag

This is the Season for The Best Hot Toddy

WINES, SPIRITS + VINEYARDS Kevin Pilley - 12/30/2020

This is the hot toddy snobbery season when the hot toddy snobs amongst us argue about the best and most status-enhancing ways to keep warm through winter. Everyone knows what makes the perfect,...

The Devil’s Keep, World’s Most Expensive Whiskey Launch

FEATURES Kevin Pilley - 12/30/2020

The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. has launched its limited-edition bottle, “The Devil’s Keep,” a triple distilled, 29-year-old single malt. It became the world’s most expensive-ever inaugural whiskey release ever when it fetched...

Buying Sagacity, Great Cask Finished Rums

WINES, SPIRITS + VINEYARDS Kevin Pilley - 12/30/2020

Produced by Saint Lucia Distillers and available exclusively through the Whisky Exchange at $84.50, he 45% ABV “Admiral Rodney Officer’s Release No.1 Rum” was filled ex-Bourbon oak casks in 2006 and left...

The Belgian Owl Single Malt Whisky

WINES, SPIRITS + VINEYARDS Kevin Pilley - 12/30/2020

Kentucky has its Owl. Now Belgium does too. And its own Weasel. Having given other distillers a head start, Belgian whisky makers are catching up fast. And making a splash. Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher’s “Belgian Owl” distillery...

Zinda Beauty Unveils New Moisture Rose Cuvée

BEAUTY Kevin Pilley - 12/30/2020

January 2021 sees the launch of a former lawyer and wine tourist’s exclusive transformative skincare cream. Zinda Beauty’s new Moisture Rose Cuvee showcases the beneficial properties of “Resveratrol” and other skin-enhancing natural...

Hine & Early Landed Cognac

LIFESTYLE Kevin Pilley - 12/25/2020

Since 1962, as the holder of the Royal Warrant by Appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the House of Hine has been the only official cognac to the British monarchy. Now run...

Bottling The Northern Lights

LIFESTYLE Kevin Pilley - 12/25/2020

The Aurora borealis has been bottled. The French company responsible for the bottle designs of drinks like “Cuervo Tequila,” “Italicus,” “Graham’s Tawny Port,” California’s “Caldwell” wines, “Grey Goose Vodka” and “Plymouth Gin”...

Best of The Irish Whiskey

LIFESTYLE Kevin Pilley - 12/25/2020

Irish whiskey sales are set to overtake Scotch in the US within a decade. The value of Irish whiskey exports from Ireland reached €890m (US$1.1 billion) in 2019. The US remains by...

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