Competition Sponsors

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Competition Partners

American Spirits Exchange

Founded in 2011, American Spirits Exchange is a national importer and distributor serving the alcoholic beverage industry. ASE receives all spirits shipped from outside the US that enter ADI’s International Spirits Competition. With their help international distilleries without COLAs can receive waivers so that their spirits can enter the US for the competition.

Corning & Company

Corning & Company serves Brand Owners and Distiller Entrepreneurs in the incubation, launch and scaling of distilled spirits brands with their Production, Packaging, and Warehousing services. Corning & Company receives all domestically shipped spirits entered into ADI’s International Spirits Competition. They help us insure that all entries are received and accounted for until the start of the competition.

Competition Sponsor

Glencairn Crystal

Glencairn CrystalGlencairnCrystal is a family run business that in the past three decades have become leaders in their industry. In 2006 they were awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its Glencairn Whisky Glass. Glencairn has generously sponsored ADI’s International Spirits Competition by providing both glassware and our Best of Class crystal trophies. Our judges find the Glencairn’s copita nosing glass to be one of the best glasses available for evaluating a spirits nose, color and flavor.

 

Acqua Panna & San Pellegrino

Acqua Panna Natural Spring Water comes from the Apennines Mountains of Tuscany, 3700 feet above sea level. First bottled in the 1860s from a natural spring on the Villa Panna estate formerly owned by the Medicis, Acqua Panna has grown to become Italy’s most famous spring water.

Founded in 1899, San Pellegrino bottles its natural spring water from a natural spring near San Pellegrino Terme, nestled in the foothills of the Italian Alps. The water takes at least 30 years to travel through the Dolomite Mountains absorbing the naturally occurring minerals along its journey. When the water reemerges from the earth it is carbonated and bottled, prolonging the water’s natural character enjoyed throughout the world.

Acqua Panna and San Pellegrino generously supply ADI’s International Spirits Competition with their natural spring water and sparkling mineral water for our judges to refresh and cleanse their palates during the competition.