Hard liquor is showing a softer side as producers shake things up with new blends that put wine and spirits in the same bottle. "Companies are going out of the box," says Ted Carmon, spirits buyer ...

Victor Hugo called cognac the "liquor of the gods." It's become known as a symbol of French luxury, the best brandy money can buy—because, yes, cognac is a brandy. But just as not all wine is ...

Lucio Co-led Montosco Inc. expects to capture 10 percent of the country’s growing light brandy market as early as 2015, given the robust sales of its imported Excelente brandy.

Top 10 Bars for Sampling New York’s Cocktail Renaissance, #6 When Hemingway wrote about a man needing “a clean, well-lighted place” for drinking, he probably didn’t have a spot as plush as ...

Copper & Kings American Brandy Company may only be a year old, but founders Joe and Lesley Heron are pros on the beverage scene. The South African-born duo founded sugar-free soft drink company ...

My husband and his friend, who christened the bartender Otto, ordered the drink and liked it enough to return — often. We’d ask Otto about the Abergut, but the National Liquor Bar closed in 2005.

When push comes to shove, most of us submit to ordering something simple at the bar, like a pint of beer or a vodka soda. While a spirit like brandy may seem better left for those who tinker with ...