REGION: New York

Greenhook Ginsmiths focuses with laser-like precision on just one category: Gin. Using a custom-made vacuum still, Greenhook distills at lower atmospheric pressure, and thus lower temperatures, capturing subtle aromas from delicate botanicals to make three different styles of gin.

Hermann Wiemer has been a winemaking pioneer in New York since emigrating from Bernkastel, Germany in the 1960s. Since 2007, Fred and Oskar have run the winery and pursue the production of pure Rieslings that speak of the terroir of Seneca Lake, with a not-so-subtle reference to the Mosel.

Founded in 2019 by New York-based musician and producer Eric Kaye, Holmes Cay (pronounced “key”) is an independent bottler of rum dedicated to curating a continuously evolving collection of the best small batch, limited edition rums from around the world, distilled and bottled without additives.