Enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres and craft cocktails while hearing from the founder of New Artisan Distillery, Don Short, on the process for distilling gin and bourbon with botanicals. Champagne will also be available to taste or in the evenings signature cocktail, a French 75!
About New Artisan Distillery
Our Spirits are works of art and science. They are curated by founder, Chef Robert Del Grande, a James Beard awarded Chef and PhD in Bio-Chemistry.
Our Approach We love real plants and incorporate them into all our spirits. Yes, we believe real plants make better spirits.
Our Products As plant people, we logically start with an artisan Gin. ROXOR Gin is likely the smoothest, most flavorful spirit you’ve ever tasted. At 90 proof, we utilize fresh zest of grapefruit and lime, which sits slightly above the Italian Juniper. Nine other botanicals provide extraordinary balance. And, the truth? We made this gin for Robert’s wife, Mimi, who doesn’t like gin. At least until now!
Next, we’ve created a Botanical Bourbon, the world’s first. We take a 2 year old bourbon, scented with 21% rye from MGP. We finish the bourbon in Dallas, by incorporating 20 exotic plants into the barrel of bourbon for six months. Our Package The Skyline Bottle was inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and other legendary architects. It is a “Toast to the Architects that Create the Skylines of our Lives” and was developed by our other founder, Donald Short. Don spent 30+ years at The Coca-Cola Company in a variety of CEO roles.
