Nina Bentley’s Assemblage Sculptures

Found object and 3D art at the debut of Westport's Worrell Smith Gallery

For its grand opening at the end of May 2014, Westport, Connecticut’s newest art hub, the Worrell Smith Gallery housed an exhibition of local creatives, appropriately named “Home.” It was there that we discovered the marvelous world of Nina Bentley. The artist contributed eight pieces to the group show, and each “diorama,” which she refers to as “three dimensional assemblage sculptures,” carried as much charm …

Aberlour’s Single Malt Scotch Whisky

An inside look at the distillery, top quality ingredients and the Master Distiller in charge of it all

Speyside, Scotland has long been established as the source for some of the world’s most refined single malt Scotch whiskies. Across the magnificent region, well-known distilleries dot the landscape with obscure facilities nestled between. There, in a town from which the brand took its name, Aberlour exemplifies the craft and continues to produce a range of the tastiest, most-thoughtful single malts—incredibly smooth, and much like …

The Eleven Generations Behind Ketel One

The Nolet family has crafted spirits in The Netherlands for centuries, but a trip to SF inspired a special vodka

An hour outside of Amsterdam, the Nolet Distillery lies at the outskirts of Schiedam, the Netherlands—a small municipality in South Holland that was once one of the largest spirit producers in the world. A series of interconnected buildings and a large windmill form the operational landscape and, while the windmill is a recent addition (completed in 2005), it powers almost 20% of the Nolet Distillery’s …