NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Names Jocassee Gorges one of “50 of the World’s Last Great Places”
The Jocassee Gorges was recently named one of “50 of the World’s Last Great Places-Destinations of a Lifetime” in a special edition of National Geographic magazine. “National Geographic‘s special recognition of Jocassee Gorges is quite an honor,” said Mark Hall, Jocassee Gorges land manager for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. “We have one […]
The Green Fairy Lands in Greenville
As Greenville’s Dark Corner Distillery prepares to celebrate its one-year anniversary after giving the state its first legally distilled whiskey since prohibition and its first and only hand-distilled gin, owner Joe Fenten says the small-batch micro distillery has a new title that has never been produced in the Southeastern United States. The Green Villain […]
Life’s Too Short…
College kids will drink some really horrendous booze. By his own admission, Virgil Kaine co-founder David Szlam was no different. Now, he wants to make sure that his friends and other former college kids can step up their games. “People love Bourbon and ginger ale,” Szlam says while asking, “but why do people always […]
Virgil Kaine, the Danville Train, Bourbon, and Ginger
Charleston’s David Szlam began venturing in to the spirit world about a year and a half ago last May. No. He’s not in to ghosts or anything like that (although there is a dead Confederate soldier at the center of what he’s doing). He’s the co-founder of Virgil Kaine — a spirits manufacturer in […]
