SKYY Spirits News

Skyy Spirits Chairman and CEO Gerry Ruvo

Julie Reiner, Dave Wondrich, Dushan Zaric, Joe Campanale, and Christy Pope Reimagine the Aperitivo Hour with 15 New Campari Cocktails 

NEW YORK (December 1, 2011) — Campari®, the legendary one-of-a-kind red spirit, today announces “Life with a Twist: Aperitivo and Beyond,” a multi-sensory celebration that features 15 new Campari cocktails by five top mixology luminaries.  These spirituous trendsetters rethink and reinterpret the classic Italian Aperitivo Hour through the lens of today’s food trends and year-round dining occasions. Read more »

NEW YORK CITY (November 17, 2011) – Just two days before America’s biggest eating holiday, where more than 45 million turkeys are expected to be served for Thanksgiving dinner[1], the world’s greatest competitive eaters will go head to head to see who can eat the most turkey at the inaugural Wild Turkey® 81 Eating World Championship, on Tuesday, Nov. 22 in New York City. Read more »

LAWRENCEBURG, KY (November 17, 2011) – Wild Turkey® is helping the US fowl population in a Thanksgiving job creation effort with an offer to hire this year’s President-pardoned turkey as “spokesbird” at its bourbon distillery in Kentucky. Read more »

The Original Rock ‘n Roll Tequila Gives a Second Group of  Up-and-Coming Bands a Taste of Rock Stardom 

SAN FRANCISCO (October 7, 2011) – This summer, Cabo Wabo®, The Original Rock ‘n Roll Tequila, took to the airwaves with rock radio stations across the country to find the best unsigned rock bands in the United States.  Cabo Wabo’s annual “Your Shot to Rock” competition, now in its second year, shined the spotlight on hundreds of bands to find top rock talent in seven different cities.  Participating stations and cities included The World Famous KROQ in Los Angeles, WAAF in Boston, The Eagle in Dallas, KBPI Rocks the Rockies in Denver, 101.9 RXP The New York Rock Experience, 91X in San Diego, and Live 105 in San Francisco. Read more »

This Small Batch Introduction Is One of the Last Ever Peated Glen Garioch 

OLDMELDRUM, SCOTLAND (September 21, 2011) – It is not every day that the distillery manager at Glen Garioch^®, one of the oldest operating distilleries in all of Scotland since 1797, can say “we can never reproduce this taste again,” but with the small batch release of Glen Garioch 1994 Vintage, that statement is patently true. Prior to 1995, the year this distillery was mothballed, the barley used to make Glen Garioch was dried with peat, which imparted a smoky taste to its whisky. The 1994 Vintage, having rested in North American oak, ex bourbon casks for 17 years, is the last existing batch of this smoky whisky.  When the distillery was re-opened, it no longer used peat, hence its current unpeated house style. Read more »

LAWRENCEBURG, KY (September 14, 2011) – After only three months, Wild Turkey® is winning the hearts of bartenders, consumers, and critics with its new Wild Turkey 81 Bourbon. Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO (August 6, 2011) -San Francisco got the Top Chef treatment as Bravo’s “Top Chef All-Star” winner Richard Blais hosted “Booze & Bites,” a late night after-party with the city’s own Skyy Spirits during SF Chefs, the premier food, wine and spirits week presented by Visa Signature. Guests were treated to Chef Blais’ nifty liquid nitrogen tricks, three cocktail bars with drinks created by the talented Bon Vivants, delicious signature bites from Namu’s Dennis Lee and 4505 Meats’ Ryan Farr, and music from Hot Pocket and DJ Dojah. Other Top Chef-alumni in attendance included Fabio Viviani (Season 5), and locals Jen Biesty (Season 4), Marisa Churchill (Season 7), Mattin Noblia (Season 6) and Ryan Scott (Season 4). Read more »