


El Bandido Yankee Tequila, 100% Certified Additive-Free, oxygenated for extra-smooth flavor, launching in June.

Solano, founder of the John Barleycorn Society John McCarthy, New York Times’ Clay Risen, tequila national sales manager with The Sazerac Company and Gemini Spirits and Wine David Grapshi, Nationally-recognized spirits educator Robert Gonzales, Director of Brand Strategy & amp Innovation for TKT & amp & Associates Andrea Meriwether, The Daily Beast’s Lew Bryson, award-winning boutique wine and spirits agency founder David Moritz, New Jersey Monthly’s Tara Nurin, Wine & Spirits Magazine’s Rachel DelRocco Terrazas, photographer and blogger Susie “O”, and bourbon columnist Susan Reigler. ASCOT Awards judges included Minnick, brandy authority Flavien Desoblin, bar owner Martin Cate, special events bartender Tiffanie Barriere, author Dan Dunn, founder of the nationwide organization Bourbon Women Peggy Noe Stevens, mixologist Molly Wellmann, Global Director, Spirits Sourcing at Total Wine & More Michael Lowry, Bourbon legend and Hall of Famer Jim Rutledge, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits National Director of Education Beam Suntory Bridget Albert, Curator to the exclusive Distiller’s Club Greg Wilson, Wodka Bar owner Sarah Dworak, cocktail entrepreneur Denaya Jones, world-renowned mixologist Francesco Lafranconi, Whiskey Raiders’ T8KE, Head of Whisky Education for Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Nevada Max A.
