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Backstory: Plymouth is the closest to an AOC that England offers. All Plymouth Gin must be distilled in Plymouth, England. Today, only the brand of the same name, Plymouth Gin is distilled in the town. However, at the peak of the Empire’s glory, Plymouth boasted many distilleries supplying cosmopolitan clients including the British Royal Navy who traditionally used Plymouth’s Navy Strength gin to christen new ships.
“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.
A Neat Pour investigation revealed donations to 27 objecting Congressmen and three objecting Senators from Bacardi, Beam-Suntory, Brown-Forman, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, and/or the Sazerac Company totaling at least $146,918 over a five year period.
This week, the ISS crew packed the case into a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule and sealed the hatch. On Wednesday (1.13) evening, the capsule (and wine!) are scheduled to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico.