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What happens when you take delicious American Bourbon and age it in Carneros pinot noir barrels for nine months? Magic apparently. In the age of wine-cask enhanced Bourbon, Fred Groth from Hello Cello in Sonoma County has emerged victorious over his peers. The Hooker’s House Bourbon, paying homage to General Hooker and his history of whiskey drinkin’ in the Bay Area, succeeds where so many other cask-enhanced whiskies fail. It never tastes gimmick-y, but rather adds addition flavor to a Bourbon that already tasted great. The red fruits from the pinot noir add delicious cherries and richness to the palate, a flavor that sometimes occurs in Bourbon anyway due to commerical yeasts. In this case it tastes entirely natural. The texture is soft and supple. The style is utterly appealing. We all loved it immediately. The price is also right for what you’re getting. This should give Black Maple Hill and Breaking & Entering some serious competition. Oh, and for Manhattans, I can only imagine how lovely that cherry flavor is going to blend with sweet vermouth. -David Driscoll, K&L Spirits Buyer

The process of finishing the Bourbon in Pinot Noir barrels produces a never before tasted premium class of Bourbon. Because the Bourbon is from a recipe of 54% corn and 46% rye, it is perfectly balanced between sweet and savory. Our Bourbon has notes of dried apricot, cherry, violet, vanilla and subtle hints of dark fruit. Hooker’s House Bourbon is bottled at the General’s strength of 100 proof (50% ABV) in handsome 750ml bottles.

Hooker’s House Bourbon honors the infamous General Joseph Hooker, a Civil War Veteran, Sonoma resident, lady’s man and whiskey aficionado. The bold and spicy character of the Bourbon is matched by the General’s sometimes outrageous and overindulging lifestyle. Story be told that his women were called the “Hooker Girls”. The word “Girls” was dropped and this is how the term Hooker’s came about.

The spirit and legend of the General lives on in Hooker’s House Bourbon.

Crafted, barreled, aged and bottled by

Prohibitions Spirits, in Sonoma, California.

For more information and where to buy check out www.Prohibition-Spirits.com

The “Spirited” side of Wine Country

HOOKER’S HOUSE BOURBON

STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY

FINISHED IN PINOT NOIR BARRELS

“the spirited side of wine country”

100 proof Sonoma-Style American Whiskey

HOOKER’S HOUSE BOURBON

Buy online @ K&L Wine & Spirits

Sonoma Market
Historic Plaza Liquor
St. Helena Wine Center
K&L Wine & Spirits
Bottle Barn
CASK, S.F
JV

girl & the fig
Carneros Bistro
Estate
EDK
Farmstead
Saddles
Cuvee
Meritage

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Whole Foods Market (Sonoma, Napa, Mill Valley, Santa Cruz & Capitola)

Olivers Markets Santa Rosa, (Cotati, Montecito, Stoney Point)

Dean & Deluca (St. Helena)
Taverso’s Gourmet Food and Liquors (Santa Rosa)

Bottle Barn (Santa Rosa)

Sunshine Market (St Helena)

Mill Valley Market

St. Helena Wine Center

Oakville Grocery Co. (Oakville)
JV Wine & Spirits (Napa)
Petaluma Market
Back Room Wines (Napa) 

Historic Plaza Liquors (on the Plaza, Sonoma)
Glen Ellen Market
Vallergas Market (Napa)
Val’s Liquors (Napa)

Broadway Market (Sonoma)

Cal Mart (Calistoga)

Limoncello di Sonoma Online and Store
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Traverso’s Gourmet Food and Liquor (Santa Rosa) www.traversos.com

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The Girl and the Fig

Carneros Bistro @ the Lodge (Sonoma)

Bouchon Bistro

Angele (Napa)

Fish Story (Napa)

Servino’s (Tiburon)

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Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn
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Hotel Luca Cantinetta Piero (Yountville)

The Farm @ Carneros Inn (Napa)
Mertigate Resort & Spa (Napa)
Saddles at MacArthur Place (Sonoma)
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Estate

Market (St. Helena)

A.K.A Bistro (St. Helena)

Martini House (St. Helena)
Maya
EDK Eldorado Kitchen (Sonoma)

Try it at: The Girl & the Fig, Estate, Angele, Butterfly, Farmstead, Cuvee, Carneros Bistro, Carneros Inn

Buy it at: Jug Shop, Sonoma Market, Historic Plaza Liquors, Bottle Barn, Traverso’s, St. Helena Wine Center, Valley Liquor, Rose Drive Market

The first orange liqueur to include the Damiana, a natural aphrodisiac that has been used for centuries for its mood enhancing properties.

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Sonoma Market

Whole Foods Sonoma & Napa

Bottle Barn

Traverso’s

Mill Valley Market

Petaluma Market

St. Helena Wine Center

Sunshine Market

Ranch Market Too

JV Wine & Spirit

Tip Top Liquors

Val’s, Brown’s Valley Market, Rose Drive Market, Valley Liquor…



Using a two-step barrel aging process, the spirited folks making Sonoma’s own Hooker’s House Bourbon import the good stuff from Kentucky distilleries, then age it in hand-picked pinot noir barrels for a flavor that’s entirely unique. The four-year-old bourbon “finished” for nine months imparting subtle wine and oak flavors and nuances. According to creator Fred Groth of HelloCello/Prohibition Spirits, the result is deep flavors of coffee, caramel, black cherry, vanilla and baking spices.

So what’s with the name? Let’s turn our history books back a page to General Joseph Hooker, a Civil War veteran best known for his love of stiff drinks and friendly ladies. Hooker’s House Bourbon refers to the handsome soldier’s Sonoma home and is also, of course, a cheeky reference to the frisky gals Hooker brought along during some of his military campaigns to raise morale among the men. Among other things. These agreeable ladies became known as “Hooker’s Brigade” and later, just “Hookers”.

At 100-proof there’s not doubt this is one stiff drink. Just the way the captain would have wanted it.

Available through Prohibition Spirits locally at Bottle Barn, 3331 Industrial Drive  Santa Rosa, 528-1161, $36.

Fresh, Natural and locally produced Limoncello di Sonoma is on sale at all 9 Mollie Stone’s Markets in the Bay Area this week.

Never had it before?  We will be doing in-store tastings of Limoncello di Sonoma this week.

Thursday Nov 3 – 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM. GREANBRAE Store

Saturday Nov 5 – 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM. TOWER Store

Saturday Nov 5 – 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM. CASTRO Store

Drink Limoncello di Sonoma and share the Love at the following Mollie Stone’s locations