THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
The Land of Enchantment has wooed many to its arid, colorful, and some say spiritual landscape of the Southwest portion of the United States. I myself was wooed by what seemed like a mysterious and enigmatic destination, after growing up on the East Coast of the US and criss-crossing this country several times, stopping to survey the beauty of the Mojave Desert and the soul-changing cave paintings and spectacular majesty of the Grand Canyon.
The desert can be an inspiration, and those that have found a connection to it speak of magic. So, I wondered to myself, what are distilleries in these areas producing? Are they as unique as the landscape around them? Are they similar to the hidden gems of colorful cactus flowers and glints of turquoise hidden in the pink dust?
It seems that something exciting is happening here: a new category of American whiskey is revealing itself, with pioneers creating legacies right before our eyes. As I sat down to pen this story, I realized it needed to be
