Fall / Winter 2014 Vol. 3 LEGACY-SPIRITS Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, LTD WWW.LEGACY-SPIRITS.COM 6600 WEST HOWARD STREET NILES, IL 60714 8 47.965.3625 LEGACY-SPIRITS Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. ORDERING Thank you for choosing Legacy-Spirits, a division of Heritage Wine Cellars. We appreciate your business and will work diligently to provide you with the personal, prompt and professional service you deserve. We look forward to serving you. Order Department Hours 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM, Monday–Thursday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, Friday (847)965-3625 All orders called in after hours cannot be guaranteed next day delivery. All Prices Quoted are List Prices. All Prices are subject to change without notice. Please contact your Heritage Sales representative for actual net case pricing and availability. Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of this list price, we reserve the right to change or correct any pricing errors as necessary. All invoices due 30 net days from delivery. Our minimum order is $150.00 or 3 cases. Split case charge of $1.00 per bottle. For Current Events, Company Information and Links, Please Visit our Websites: www.heritagewinecellars.com www.legacy-spirits.com LEGACY-SPIRITS Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. © Heritage Wine Cellars, LTD 2014. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, LEGACY-SPIRITS modified or distributed without the express prior written permission of the copyright holder. Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS Map of our Spirits . 3. Portfolio . 7. Absinthe Brandy Cognac Gin Liqueur & Bitters Mezcal Non-Alcoholic Mixers Pisco Rum Scotch Tequila Vermouth Vodka Whiskey - American Whiskey - Irish Supplier Portfolios . .13 123 Tequila . 15 Manana . 33 1921 Tequila . 16 Mata Hari . 34 Aveze . 17 Meadowside Blending . 30 Bicerin . 17 Meletti . 35 Blaum Bros . 18 Merlet . 35 Breckenridge . 19 Mezcales de Leyenda . 34 Brinley Rum . 20 Old Man Guavaberry . 36 Cavangh . 21 Pickett's Ginger Beer . 36 CCU Pisco . 22 Pinckney Bend . 37 Combier . 23 Sanity Spirits . 39 Coppercraft . 22 Seven Fathoms . 38 Copper & Kings . 25 SIA Scotch . 39 Covington . 26 Spirit Works . 40 Distillery Acha . 27 Still the One Distillery . 38 Dashfire Bitters . 28 Square One . 41 Douglas Laing & Co . 30 SW4 . 40 Employees Only . 28 Tesseron . 42 Hammer & Son . 29 Thomas Tews Rum . 43 International Spirits . 29 Treaty Oaks . 43 Koval . 31 Vya Vermouth . 44 Macchu Pisco . 33 Warres . 45 Classic Cocktail Recipes . 46. LEGACY-SPIRITS Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. 1 MISSION STATEMENT our story Heritage Wine Cellars is a fully equipped state-wide sales force, located in Chicago, IL. Legacy Spirits is a proud division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd (est. 1981). We are family owned and have 40+ salesman in the market with a self managed warehouse and delivery team. We use the most up-to-date technology and are committed to developing win-win relationships with all our customers. Legacy-Spirits will be the best spirits division in any market we are in by adding true our ission value to our: • Suppliers, Customers, Employees, and Community. • Creating value to our suppliers through “Win-Win” Relationships • Exceeding their expectations • Executing the Strategies & Tactics that will lead to long-term profitable brand growth • Anticipate to Supplier’s changing needs to Sell Through to consumer • Premium Service: Aggressive, Innovative, and Fundamental sales execution • Invest in People – they are the reason we build brands to the next level • Give back to the community The only constant in our business is: CHANGE New Profitable Products New Strategic Accounts New Relevant Competition LEGACY-SPIRITS 2 Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. MAP OF OUR SPIRITS LEGACY-SPIRITS Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. 3 MAP OF OUR SPIRITS LEGACY-SPIRITS 4 Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. SPIRITS DEFINITIONS Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic "para todo mal, mezcal, y para todo bien tambien" ("for everything bad, (45–74% ABV / 90-148 proof) beverage..It is an anise-flavored spirit mezcal, and for everything good, as well"). derived from botanicals, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia It is unclear whether distilled drinks were produced in Mexico before the absinthium (a.k.a. “grand wormwood”), together with greenanise, sweet Spanish Conquest. The Spaniards were introduced to native fermented fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. Absinthe traditionally has drinks such as pulque, also made from the maguey plant. Soon the a natural green color but may also be colorless. It is commonly referred conquistadors began experimenting with the maguey plant to find a way to in historical literature as “la fee verte” (the green fairy). Although it is to make a distillable fermented mash. The result was mezcal. sometimes mistakenly referred to as a liqueur, absinthe is not traditionally Today, mezcal is still made from the heart of the maguey plant, called bottled with added sugar, and is therefore classified as a spirit. Absinthe the "pina", much the same way it was 200 years ago, in most places. In is traditionally bottled at a high level of alcohol by volume, but is normally Mexico, mezcal is generally consumed straight and has a strong smoky diluted with water prior to being consumed. flavor. Bitters is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical Liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit that has matter such that the end result is characterized by a bitter or bittersweet been flavored with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers or nuts and bottled flavor. Cocktail bitters are typically used for flavoring cocktails in drops or with added sugar or other sweeteners. Liqueurs are typically quite sweet; dashes. Most bitters contain both water and alcohol, the latter of which they are usually not aged for long after the ingredients are mixed, but functions as a solvent for botanical extracts as well as a preservative. may have resting periods during their production to allow flavors to marry. The alcoholic strength of bitters varies widely across different brands and Most liqueurs have a lower alcohol content (15–30% ABV) than spirits, but styles. some contain as much as 55% ABV. Gin Is a spirit which derives its predominant flavor from juniper berries Moonshine (meaning illicit distillation, also called white lightning, (Juniperus communis). From its earliest beginnings in the Middle Ages, mountain dew, hooch, “Tennessee white whiskey”, and many other gin has evolved over the course of a millennium from an herbal medicine names) is a very high proof, often 190 proof (95% alcohol), distilled spirit. to an object of commerce in the spirits industry. Today, the gin category The word is believed to derive from early English smugglers and illegal is one of the most popular and widely distributed range of spirits, and is Appalachian distillers who clandestinely (i.e., by the light of the moon) represented by products of various origins, styles, and flavor profiles that produced and distributed whiskey. all revolve around juniper as a common ingredient. Pisco is a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored grape brandy Vodka is a distilled beverage. It is composed primarily of water and ethanol produced in winemaking regions of Peru and Chile. Pisco was developed with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation by Spanish settlers in the 16th century as an alternative to orujo, a pomace of fermented substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits brandy that was being imported from Spain. There are several theories and/or sugar. Traditionally prepared vodkas had an alcoholic content about the origin of the word pisco. Pisco may have received its name from of 40% by volume. Today, the standard Belarusian, Polish, Russian the port town of Pisco, located on the coast of Peru in the valley of Pisco, and Lithuanian vodkas are 40% alcohol by volume (ABV) or 80 proof. by the river with the same name. The European Union has established a minimum of 37.5% ABV for any Port is a Portuguese fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro “European vodka” to be named as such Products sold as vodka in the Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet, red United States must have an alcoholic content of 40% or more. Homemade wine, often served as a dessert wine though it also comes in dry, semi- vodkas and distilled beverages are commonly referred to as “moonshine”. dry, and white varieties. Under European Union Protected Designation of Mezcal, or mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the Origin guidelines, only the product from Portugal may be labelled as port maguey plant (a form of agave, Agave americana) native to Mexico. The or Porto. Port wine is typically richer, sweeter, heavier, and possesses word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli metl and ixcalli which means a higher alcohol content than unfortified wines. This is caused by the "oven-cooked agave". addition of distilled grape spirits (aguardente similar to brandy) to fortify The maguey grows in many parts of Mexico, though most mezcal is made the wine and halt fermentation before all the sugar is converted to alcohol in Oaxaca. There is a saying attributed to Oaxaca regarding the drink: and results in a wine that is usually 19 to 23% alcohol. LEGACY-SPIRITS Division of Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd. 5 SPIRITS DEFINITIONS Rum Is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by products The typical unifying characteristics of the different classes and types are the such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation of grains, distillation, and aging in wooden barrels. fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged Bourbon is a type of American whiskey – a barrel-aged distilled in oak barrels.