DÈLARON VODKA Wins Silver Award

SAN DIEGO - Aug. 25, 2015 - PRLog -- DÈLARON VODKA WINS SILVER AWARD

DÈLARON Vodka Wins A Silver Award For Excellence at The San Diego Spirits Festival

San Diego, CA , August 23, 2015– DèLaRon Vodka (http://www.delaronvodka.com) has won the elite and coveted Silver Award, for it’s distinctively excellent taste and premium quality, at this year’s San Diego Spirits Festival (http://www.sandiegospiritsfestival.com).

According to the festival’s Founder, “Most spirits would love a Recommended Excellent rating from a spirits competition, whilst few get such a distinction,  DèLaRon Premium Vodka (http://www.delaronvodka.com) has achieved this year’s Silver Award at  San Diego International Spirits Competition.  A highly-qualified panel of spirits judges evaluated the entries using a proprietary scoring system that evaluated each spirit on a number of factors, including taste, appearance, aroma and commercial suitability.” This year’s judging was facilitated by the following expert judges:

Philip Dobard - Director The Museum of the American Cocktail

Dobard is Vice President of SoFAB Institute and plays an integral role in all its programs. He serves as Director of SoFAB’s Museum of the American Cocktail and President of Pacific Food & Beverage, the organization’s Los Angeles-based West Coast operations. He publishes SoFAB Magazine and produces Farm to Table International, the CULINARIA Query & Lecture Series, and Touring the Cocktail.

Forrest Cokley - Writer, Blogger, all round expert, Minister of Culture Haas Bros (http://haas-brothers.com/).

Forest is a  founding (board) member Key-holder for the Orange County Bartenders Cabinet (OCBC);  He is a Society of Wine Educators Certified Spirits Specialist (C.S.S.); he is Bar Smarts Certified, and a member of the Compagnie des Mousquetaires d'Armagnac and he has a blog called 'a drink with forrest' (http://adrinkwithforrest.blogspot.com/).

Michael Politz - Publisher/Restauranteur/Owner Food & Spirits Magazine (http://www.fb101.com/)

Politz is the most anticipated source of behind the scenes info in restaurants and nightlife. He is on the cutting edge with authoritative knowledge of trends in an industry that is responsible for $125 billion in annual sales.

Rich Manning  -  Writer (http://www.tastingpanelmag.com/), Blogger (http://foodenthusiastmag.com/), all round expert (http://www.gayot.com/)

Manning has been in the freelance writing business for over ten years. His publishing credits include Gayot, Tasting Panel Magazine, Laguna Beach Magazine, M Luxury Magazine, Food Enthusiast Magazine, CBSLA.com, Where Magazine and OCFoodies.com. Over the years, Rich has judged numerous International Spirits competitions, Chef competitions and Mixology competitions.

Andrew Faulkner - VP American Distilling Institute (http://distilling.com/)

Faulkner is the vice president of the American Distilling Institute, whom he has been with for 10 years filling such positions as Curriculum Coordinator for distilling workshops, Judging Director and Managing Editor of Distiller magazine. He also writes occasional articles on craft spirits for Whisky Magazine and Fine Spirits, France, and Modern Distillery Age.

Roberto Loppi – Beverage Manager Montage Beverly Hills (http://www.montagehotels.com/beverlyhills/)

Loppi quickly became a prominent Head Sommelier for the Michelin starred Hakkasan in the UK. With the group expanding globally, he took on the task of establishing the beverage operations in luxury settings of UAE (Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi) and India (Mumbai), before being promoted to corporate US Director of Wine for Hakkasan USA in 2012 (NYC, San Francisco and Hakkasan Restaurant & Nightclub at MGM Grand, Las Vegas).

David Rippentrop - Americas Executive Beverage Consultancy (http://www.aebevconsult.com/)

Rippentrop is the Senior Managing Partner of Americas Executive Beverage Consultancy and a true beverage industry professional. He has over thirty years of experience in national and international sales, marketing, and Senior Executive level management in the beverage, consumer packaged goods, recruiting, consultancy, celebrity, and agriculture industries.

Brian Cary - Content Producer, MicroShiner Magazine (http://www.microshiner.com/)

Cary grew up in California's wine country, he was easily found behind a bar - crafting and creating unusual libations that consisted of local, small batch spirits made with farm fresh ingredients. In addition to features about spirits and distilleries, MicroShiner focuses on the people behind the craft and culture. He is currently the magazine's content producer, and is on the quest to discover the next best thing in distillation.

The San Diego Spirits Festival (http://www.sandiegospiritsfestival.com) has been named one of the Top Cocktail Festivals in America. This year’s competition offered some of the most premier spirits available. Those competing were:

Alien Tequila  DèLaRon Premium Vodka  Loft & Bear Artisanal vodka  Sukari Spirits
Ballast Point Craft Spirits  Dennis Rodman Premium Bad Boy Vodka  Marani Ultra Premium Vodka  Tanduay Asian Rums
Belles Organics  Don Loco Tequilas  Owls Brew  Tenth and Blake Beer Company
Bendistillery Small Batch Vodkas & Gins  Dream Catcher Irish Liquer  Papas Pillar Handcrafted Rum  Tuthiltown Spirits - Half Moon Gin
Brown Forman Canadian Mist  Gubba Rum  Pravda Vodka  Tuthiltown Spirits - Indigenous Vodkas
Brown Forman Old Forester  Highspire Whiskey  Pussers Rum  Uncle Vals Handcrafted Gins
Brown Forman Woodford Reserve  House Spirits Distillery  Quick Strain Tinis  Ungava Canadian Premium Gin
Buzz Ballz   Jameson Caskmates Whiskey  Rogue Spirits
Camus Cogna  LIibre Tequila  Saville Rumtini a taste of the Islands
Cold Cock Herbal Flavored Whiskey  Loaded Vodka  Shellback Caribbean Rum

The San Diego Spirits Festival is all about Lifestyle, make San Diego your Lifestyle Destination and Join us in 2015 for Year 7 and have a taste of San Diego Cocktail Culture!

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