However, section 6.1.1.1 states that the products defined in 5 sections, including 4.36.1, allows for “edulcorantes, colorantes, aromatizantes y/o saborizantes permitidos por la Secretaría de Salud” (sweeteners, coloring, aromas and flavors allowed by the Health Secretary.)” In the 2012 NORMA, section 4.36.1 says that blanco tequilas should be “sin abocante” (without additives). “** – There are some confusing rules in the NORMA that appear to allow the use of additives in a blanco. In that story, and right after that claim is an asterisk, which states (at the bottom): We are granted full access to all areas of the distillery, and have permission to take samples from any part of the process. These are some images taken during our additive free visits. Updates include when brands are added, removed, expired or renewed. Use this form to receive email alerts of any changes to this list. If you are a brand and you want to be added to this list, you can start the process by using this form. You can use the form (below) to subscribe to email alerts any time this list changes. This list will be updated each time a brand is added (or removed) from the program. You can read more about our methods and program goals, here. In addition to auditing the production, we ask a lot of questions and perform a sensorial analysis throughout various stages of the tequila-making process. Inspections are done on-site and can last from a few hours to a few days, depending on how many brands and products we are reviewing at the distillery. It is an opt-in program, which needs to be renewed each year. With a thirst for knowledge, good beer and wine he is always willing and ready to check out the latest releases from his favorite haunts.In 2020 we launched our Tequila Matchmaker Additive-Free program for brands and distilleries that want to be super transparent about their production processes and their non-use of additives. Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York and Red Hook in Brooklyn, New York complete the list for the time being. And right in our own backyard he frequents Veracious Brewing in Monroe, Connecticut as well as Two Roads Brewing Co. Closer to home in New England he has visited the Portsmouth Brew Pub and Smuttynose Brewing Company in New Hampshire, Tree House Brewing Company in Massachusetts, Hill Farmstead Brewery and Fiddlehead Brewing Co in Vermont. Then it was on to Pennsylvania to check out Stoudts Brewing Company and Lancaster Brewing Company. In Delaware he took a memorable trip with his brother, Scott to Dogfish Head Brewed Ales near his mom's hometown. While touring the Napa Valley and Sonoma areas of California he had the pleasure of visiting Opus One, Charles Krug, Whitehall Lane Winery, Cakebread Cellars, Chappellett Vineyard & Winery, Russian River Brewing Company and the Lagunitas Brewing Company. Lohr Vineyards & Wines and Firestone Walker Brewing Company. On the Central Coast of California he has toured Justin Vineyards & Winery, Tablas Creek Vineyard, J. The following is a list of the many places Chris has visited over the years gaining an incredible amount of information he generously shares with his customers. Having a true passion for craft beer and a keen interest in wine he rapidly gained a vast amount of knowledge by learning as much as possible through experience, tasting events and visiting numerous breweries and wineries throughout the years on business trips and personal adventures with his wife of five years, his brother and friends. Chris posts regularly on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and is a feature writer on the store's Beer Blog. A marketing guru since his school days coupled with a engaging personality he is at home both on social media forums and in person assisting customers and working with his staff and vendors. He began working in the liquor industry for Yankee Discount Wine in the Spring of 2007 as a sales associate and became a manager from 2011 to 2014 at that location as well as a second store in Newtown for the previous owners. Chris became the general manager and owner of Yankee Wine & Spirits in September of 2015 when the business was purchased as a family joint venture.
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