Virginia ABC stores to stock 46 new products for holidays

Festive blends highlight the 46 newest products that are arriving soon on Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s store shelves.

ABC stores will welcome the new options in time for the holidays.

“As the spirits industry continues to evolve, we’re excited to offer this new lineup that speaks to growing interest in ready-to-drink cocktails, flavored spirits and nonalcoholic options, while also continuing to offer both new and classic takes on bourbon, whiskey, tequila, vodka and much more,” said CEO Travis Hill. “We are excited and confident that our customers across the commonwealth will find new favorites from this lineup during the holiday season.”

Among the new arrivals:

• Cookie Dough Whiskey, one of the latest offerings from Ole Smoky;
• Moonshine Pineapples with Pina Colada, also from Old Smoky, a Tennessee distillery, famous for its flavored selections;
• SelvaRey’ Chocolate Rum from Panama;
• canned cocktails, ranging from Virginia-based Bold Rock’s Vodka Orange Crush to Italian Luxardo’s Aperitivo and Bitter Bianco Spritz selections;
• 21 Seeds distillery’s three new expressions of tequila blanco – Valencia Orange, Grapefruit Hibiscus and Cucumber Jalapeno;
• Seedlip’s nonalcoholic trio of gin-alternatives: Grove 42, Spice 94 and Garden 108;
• Virginia Beach Distilling’s Beach Vodka;
• Waterman Spirits’ Organic Vodka, a citrus-rich Perfect Crush blend;
• Ghost Whiskey and Cape Henry Gin, two new selections from Chesapeake’s Deep Creek Distilling;
• more than 10 new tequilas, including Gran Coramino Cristalino Reposado from celebrity Kevin Hart and 11th-generation tequila maker Juan Domingo.

Customers should check ahead to ensure that their local stores carry the new products. A list of all new products and where to buy them can be found in Virginia ABC’s online product catalog and in the quarterly Spirited Virginia magazine, which can be picked up for free in any one of ABC’s 396 stores statewide.