by Paul Gingrich
I have been a Maker’s Mark Ambassador going back to before I got into this wonderful life I live. For those unfamiliar with what a Maker’s Mark Ambassador is, I will explain. Maker’s Mark has a group of core enthusiasts that love Bourbon and more to the point love Maker’s Mark. They have an online program that you join, for free, to become an ambassador for the brand. You swear your undying love for the brand (not a hard thing to do if you love Bourbon) and you are not only assigned a member number, but your name, along with a few others, is put on a plate and attached to a barrel at the distillery in Loretto Kentucky. When your barrel comes mature and ready for bottling, you and the other Ambassadors that have been assigned to that barrel are invited to come down and not only purchase a bottle or two from your barrel, but actually do the red wax-hand dip of the bottles that is the signature of Maker’s Mark. You also get notified, via email, of events that are geared to Ambassadors only. The most famous of these events is the Maker’s Mark Ambassador’s weekend. This year it took
-I had the singular pleasure of doing a bareboat vacation in the British Virgin Islands for eight days at the end of May 2010. Judging by the response I got to my Facebook postings, a lot of friends, customers and family (that seems redundant) of Twin Liquors have been there before me. There are so many things to see and so much Rum to drink, that it’s hard to pack it all in. Even an extended week was not enough. The British Virgin Islands are a place that draws people from all over the world. It would be hard to see it all without having the freedom to move about that a sailboat provides. I have been to Grand Cayman and to Hawaii on land based vacations in the past. That works fine for those places. To truly experience the BVI demands that you do it from the deck of a boat. Seven of us were on a forty-one foot Catamaran for eight days. It was a perfect platform with the perfect crew. We went from Virgin Gorda on the eastern extreme to Jost Van Dyke on the western extreme. 
by Duke Egbert
Not a day goes by that a customer doesn’t ask me for some wine tips. Whether they are looking for something for a special occasion or just an “everyday drinker”, I almost always have the same general advice. 
When I was asked by Freixenet to spend a week in Barcelona (and surrounding Penedès) learning about Cava, I immediately started packing. My friends all know that I have a huge weakness for sparkling wine. When they are all ordering martinis or gin and tonics, I am ordering Champagne, Prosecco or Cava – basically anything with bubbles.