A champagne cocktail riff, the Air Mail cocktail was wildly popular in 1949 and appeared in print that same year. However, the drink is referenced as early as 1941 by W.C. Whitfeld. On account of the gold rum involved, some historians chalk up the drink’s origin to Cuba.
Regardless of the exact year, we do know that at the time of the drink’s advent, air mail was a cutting edge technology, delivering the post at lightning speeds. Not coincidentally, the deceptively smooth–yet booze filled–Air Mail cocktail had a similar effect on one’s blood alcohol content. As Whitfeld wrote, “This drink will make you fly high.”
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The latest annual report from the industry’s official regulator, Consejo Regulador del Tequila (CRT) detailed a banner yer. 374 million liters were produced in 2020. 286m of those liters were exported to more than 120 countries. Net exports were valued at $2 billion.
During the peak of the Empire, Salcombe Schooners shot across the Channel delivering fresh fruit from the Continent. The town’s docks became synonymous with citrus. Subsequently, the gin pays homage to this heritage through both the obvious, gin-English-nautical-history parallels as well as bright citrus flavors in the spirit.
“Visionary entrepreneur, passionate about finance, speed, sailing and automobiles, Benjamin de Rothschild was also a nature and wine enthusiast, heavily invested in French and foreign wine estates,” memorialized the Group.