Recent Press

• “Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery has been distilling the local berries into their beautiful Black Currant Cordial cassis since 2005 as part of their American Fruits line of fine brandy and liqueurs... Edible Manhattan, Message In a Bottle: The Currant's Second Coming
• “...tastes like ripe fruit drizzled with honey.” Saveur Magazine, Fruits of their Labor: The Fruit Cordials of American Fruits.
• “In New York State, Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery in the Hudson Valley makes a black-currant cordial with a bright aroma and tannic grab that pull the drink in a fresh direction...” The New York Times, Case Study | The Bramble
• “Recent changes in state license laws facilitated the establishment of three new craft distilleries in the Hudson Valley—Warwick Winery, Harvest Spirits and Tuthilltown Spirits—and their shiny copper stills can spin apples into liquid gold...” Edible Manhattan, The Spirit of 76: Never mind the tea party—it's time New York staged a hard-cider revolution.
• “I couldn't decide among four beautifully packaged American Fruits cordials and liqueurs, made in a traditional German copper still by the Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery, in Orange County — so I bought them all...” The New York Times, A Cornucopia of Stocking Stuffers
• “Unrefined and charmingly astringent, this is a throw-back to the rustic fruit brandies of days gone by. Its small-batch distiller, in upstate New York, uses local fruit for all of its distillations.” Saveur, 14 Schnaps Bottles to Try

Awards

• 2011 Finger lakes International Wine Competition:
  American Fruits Pear Brandy DOUBLE GOLD
  American Fruits Bartlett Pear Liquer GOLD
  American Fruits Sour Cherry Cordial SILVER
  American Fruits Black Currant Cordial BRONZE
  American Fruits Black Apple Brandy BRONZE
  
• American Fruits Apple Brandy
  Beverage Testing Institute, 89 • (Highly Recommended)
  A stalwart apple brandy that will shine in artisan cocktails. (tasted on Apr-27-2011)
• American Fruits Apple Brandy
  Beverage Testing Institute, 89 • (Highly Recommended)
  Golden yellow color. Floral apple blossom and Anjou pear skin aromas follow through on a silky, soft entry to a dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body with a warm creamy texture and notes of clove, cinnamon bark, and pink peppercorns. Finishes with a drying dried apple and wet stone accented fade with spicy heat lingering. A pure, somewhat rustic yet elegant fruit brandy. (tasted on Mar-25-2009)
• American Fruits Black Currant Cordial: Best Buy
  Beverage Testing Institute, 89 • (Highly Recommended)
  Nearly opaque garnet color. Dense, earthy dried currant, pickled beets and peppers, and waxy honeycomb with a tangy, supple fruity medium-to-full body and a pure currant and tart, appropriately bitter, cranberry finish. Nice purity and balance. (tasted on Sep-28-2010)
• Double Gold for American Fruits™ Pear Brandy (Eau de vie de Poire) at the 2009 Fingerlakes International Wine Competition.