Craft a Cocktail with The Best of Virginia

First Landing Cup cocktails collage

The First Landing Cup, a first-of-its-kind competition just for Virginia-made spirits, shines a spotlight on the craftsmanship and excellence found across Virginia’s distilling community. The inaugural competition took place in April, in which world-class judges gathered to blindly evaluate and score each entry on aroma, taste, mouthfeel, finish and overall balance. Click here to learn […]

Meet the 2025 First Landing Cup Winners

First Landing Cup Bottle Shot

It’s time to toast to the best of Virginia! The results are in for the inaugural First Landing Cup, a first-of-its-kind competition of distilled spirits made right here in the Old Dominion. Last month, a world-class panel of judges came to Richmond, Virginia, to taste 108 craft spirits from 33 distilleries across the commonwealth. A […]