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September 24, 2026

WUSA9

Celebrating Virginia Spirits Month with Catoctin Creek Distilling Co.

September 22, 2026

GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON

Explore Award-Winning Spirits at Copper Fox Distillery in Williamsburg, VA

September 13, 2026

Southern Living

Move Over, Kentucky—Virginia Is Quietly Becoming One Of The South’s Best Whiskey Destinations

August 24, 2026

Could American Single Malt Have Regions Like Scotch? Amanda Beckwith Thinks So

July 16, 2026

From Prohibition to ‘World’s Best Bourbon’

July 5, 2026

Alexandria Living

Celebrate America’s 250th with a Taste of Virginia in Your Glass

June 17, 2026

WJLA

The Virginia Spirits Board is Celebrating America’s Birthday

June 8, 2026

Alexandria Living

First Landing Cup Competition Honors Top Virginia Made Spirits

May 15, 2026

KO Distilling Wins 2026 First Landing Cup With Best in Show Rye Whiskey

May 14, 2026

BevNet

KO Distilling Earns Best in Show, Best in Class at Virginia’s 2026 First Landing Cup

May 13, 2026

Prince William Living

KO Distilling Earns Top Honors at Virginia’s 2026 First Landing Cup

May 7, 2026

VA 250th Trio — Botanical Gin

May 7, 2026

VA 250th Trio — Rum

May 7, 2026

VA 250th Trio — Four Grain Whiskey

April 24, 2026

Northern Virginia Magazine

Virginia Has a Rich History in Bourbon Production

April 16, 2026

AOL

Patriotism by the pint at Omni Homestead’s VA250 pairing dinner

April 11, 2026

The Virginian Pilot

A trio of Virginia spirits, in a limited-edition, marks America’s 250th

April 9, 2026

Axios Richmond

Virginia 250 events ramp up across Richmond this month

April 9, 2026

Richmond Times Dispatch

Central Virginia Distillers create spirits honoring America’s 250th

April 9, 2026

Craft Spirits Magazine

Virginia Distillers Celebrate America’s 250th

March 30, 2026

Southern Living

Virginia Distillers Mark America’s 250th with One-Of-A-Kind Spirits Collection

March 18, 2026

Virginia Living

VA250 Meets the World of Wine, Beer and Spirits

March 17, 2026

Alexandria Living

Celebrate America’s 250th in Virginia

February 17, 2026

Axios Richmond

Virginia distilleries take their spirits to Paris

February 10, 2026

CBS 19 News

Local distilleries step onto international stage in Paris

January 6, 2026

Southern Living

6 Distillers Turning Virginia into a Must-Visit Bourbon Destination

October 6, 2025

KURL-8

Culpeper, Virginia, Is a Small-Town Getaway Straight Out of a Feel-Good Movie

September 17, 2025

Virginia Living

Celebrate Virginia’s Wine and Spirits

August 13, 2025

Staunton bartenders make it to the semifinals in the 2025 Virginia Cocktail Games

August 7, 2025

Captain Gregory’s advances to Virginia Cocktail Games

August 7, 2025

Vault & Cellar bartenders named semifinalists in Virginia Cocktail Games

August 7, 2025

RichmondMagazine.com

Richmond Food News: Aug 7-13

August 6, 2025

History and Hooch

July 3, 2025

This Boozy Virginia Trail Maps Out The State’s Most Incredible Distilleries And Tasting Rooms

June 18, 2025

Virginia Spirits to host second annual Virginia Cocktail Games bartending competition

June 12, 2025

Catoctin Creek’s Hot Honey Rye Gold at 2025 First Landing Cup

June 6, 2025

Old House wins Best in Show for its Estate Brandy XO in First Landing Cup

June 5, 2025

Mt. Defiance, Catoctin Creek, Score Gold in First Landing Cup

June 5, 2025

KO Distilling Earns Two Gold Medals in Inaugural First Landing Cup

June 5, 2025

Winning Spirits in Virginia’s Inaugural First Landing Cup

May 25, 2025

Try Virginia’s cocktail of the year from Hotel Roanoke

April 27, 2025

How one American distillery is navigating Trump’s tariffs

April 27, 2025

NPR

How tariffs are affecting one Virginia distillery

April 17, 2025

Chef Kari Rushing to Serve as Judge for Virginia’s First Landing Cup Spirits Competition

April 17, 2025

The Winchester Gazette

Chef Kari Rushing to Serve as Judge for Virginia’s First Landing Cup Spirits Competition

March 13, 2025

Virginia Distilleries Concerned With Tariff War

March 13, 2025

WTKR

Virginia distilleries concerned with tariff war

February 5, 2025

Virginia’s spirits come to life in the glass

February 5, 2025

C-VILLE Weekly

Virginia’s spirits come to life in the glass

January 9, 2025

Distiller Magazine

All Aboard: State-sponsored spirits boards help distillers with marketing and promotion, positively impacting the industry’s bottom line.

December 24, 2024

WDBJ

Hotel Roanoke bartender shares recipe for holiday cocktails and mocktails

December 22, 2024

NBC29

Hotel Roanoke bartender shares recipe for holiday cocktails and mocktails

October 24, 2024

The Roanoke Tribune

Local bartender wins statewide competition

October 16, 2024

WSLS

Hotel Roanoke Bartender wins “Virginia Cocktail Games”

October 8, 2024

Richmond Magazine

Wave of Grains

October 2, 2024

WDBJ

“No Place Like Home”: Roanoke bartender wins Virginia Cocktail Games

September 25, 2024

Yahoo!

Why fall is the perfect season for a Virginia Beach getaway

September 16, 2024

WSLS

Virginia Spirits Month shines a light on local distilleries and economic impact

September 6, 2024

Axios Richmond

All the can’t-miss fall festivals in Richmond

September 6, 2024

Boomer Magazine

21st Century Virginia Spirits

September 6, 2024

Henrico Citizen

Virginia ABC discounting Virginia-made spirits during September

September 4, 2024

Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal

ABC celebrates September as Va. Spirits Month

September 3, 2024

CBS19

Local bartender up for Virginia Cocktail of the Year

September 3, 2024

The Northern Virginia Daily

Virginia Spirits Sale-A-Bration returns to Virginia ABC this month

August 28, 2024

VA Foodie

September Food Events

August 28, 2024

Cville Weekly

No need for quirky twists, we are crushing it

August 16, 2024

WAVY

Norfolk mixologist makes final round of Virginia Cocktail Games

August 1, 2024

WRIC

Three Richmond cocktails vying for 2024 ‘Cocktail of the Year’ in Virginia Cocktail Games

July 18, 2024

RICToday

VMHC is raising the bar with 3 spirited festivals

June 3, 2024

Axios Richmond

Virginia distilleries generate $1 billion a year for the state’s economy

May 14, 2024

WFXR

Virginia distilleries have been pouring money into the Commonwealth’s economy. A recent study by the “Virginia Spirits Board” showed an economic impact of more than one billion dollars in 2022

May 14, 2024

Virginia distilleries have been pouring money into the Commonwealth’s economy. A recent study by the “Virginia Spirits Board” showed an economic impact of more than one billion dollars in 2022.

May 13, 2024

$1.1 billion. That was the economic impact generated by Virginia’s distillery industry in 2022, according to a study by the Virginia Spirits Board.

May 13, 2024

New study shows Virginia Distilleries contributed over $1B to economy in 2022

February 2, 2024

Prince William Living

Crafting a Virginia Legacy: MurLarkey Distilled Spirits

January 25, 2024

InsideNOVA

Youngkin appoints MurLarkey Distilled Spirits’ CEO to state liquor board

January 24, 2024

Visit Prince William County

Crafting a Virginia Legacy

January 24, 2024

Prince William Economic Development

Governor Youngkin Appoints MurLarkey’s Tom Murray to the Virginia Spirits Board

October 23, 2023

VirGINia Tonic

October 23, 2023