https://www.davidwondrich.com/ Cocktail History, Spirits & the Art of the Drink en Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:36:06 GMT https://www.davidwondrich.com/bourbon-global-obsession-kentucky-japan-whiskey-future/ https://www.davidwondrich.com/bourbon-global-obsession-kentucky-japan-whiskey-future/ Bourbon was once the most American of spirits — regional, idiosyncratic, and largely indifferent to foreign opinion. Today it commands auction prices in Tokyo, inspires Japanese distilleries to attempt their own interpretations, and anchors a global premium spirits market that shows no sign of cooling. Whether this transformation represents a triumph for American craft or a quiet dilution of something irreplaceable is a question worth examining with some care. David Wondrich Spirits & Industry Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:30:57 GMT https://www.davidwondrich.com/lost-pre-prohibition-cocktails-america-forgot/ https://www.davidwondrich.com/lost-pre-prohibition-cocktails-america-forgot/ Before the Volstead Act silenced the American bar in 1920, a generation of skilled bartenders had spent decades refining drinks of genuine elegance and complexity. Thirteen years of enforced abstinence did more than shutter saloons — it severed a living tradition, consigning dozens of sophisticated recipes to the margins of old manuals and fading memory. The craft cocktail revival has rescued some of these classics, but the most interesting ones remain stubbornly overlooked. David Wondrich Cocktail History Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:30:57 GMT