“Aged brandy that will blow an arrow through your appleseed.” Lost in a Supermarket, Black Dirt Distillery’s 100 Proof Jack Dirt Apple Jack Brandy
“Black Dirt Apple Jack is distilled from local Jonagold apples and aged in charred oak barrels for four years.” Wine Enthusisat, Top Apple Liquors for Fall
- “A potent small-batch brandy made in upstate New York from local apples.” Cool Hunting, 100 Proof Black Dirt Apple Jack
- “There are a lot of finely crafted local options now, like Black Dirt Bourbon, which is distilled in Warwick.” The New York Times, In Search of the Perfect Holiday Drink
- “Black Dirt Distillery is Warwick’s finest in fancy specialty hooch sauce. Apple sauce, that is, in the case of the Apple Jack for which the upstate New York distillery is known for.” lostinasupermarket.com
- “To the immediate senses, the Warwick Valley Winery is a pine paradise.”
Orange Magazine, The Spirits of Warwick Valley - “The latest bottles–arguably their best yet–are named not for trees but the soil in which they grow.” Edible Manhattan, A Glass of Black Dirt Barkeep
- “The Fort Warwick combines two from the Upstate New York-based Warwick Wines and Spirits: its gin and liqueur, along with muddled fresh tarragon and honey simple syrup.” The L Magazine The 12 Best Locally Produced Drinks in Brooklyn
- “…the star of the tasting were his American Fruits. I know cordials have lost their spot in our culture, but I have to say if you tasted these you would find a way to either put them in your cocktails, or drink them straight.”Craft Spirits
- “The Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery is building a barn in Pine Island, buying a new still and developing a liquor line under the Black Dirt Distillery Company label” Times Herald-Record, Local distilleries expand operations by Jessica Dinapoli
- “…in the Hudson Valley foothills, Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery makes a rustic gin flavored with fresh citrus rind, giving it a bold flavor of fruit and spice.” Imbibe Magazine, New York’s distillery boom revives a spirited tradition
- “Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery has been distilling the local berries into their beautiful Black Currant Cordial cassis since 2005 as part of their American Fruits line of fine brandy and liqueurs… Edible Manhattan, Message In a Bottle: The Currant’s Second Coming
- “…tastes like ripe fruit drizzled with honey.” Saveur Magazine, Fruits of their Labor: The Fruit Cordials of American Fruits.
- “In New York State, Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery in the Hudson Valley makes a black-currant cordial with a bright aroma and tannic grab that pull the drink in a fresh direction…” The New York Times, Case Study | The Bramble
- “Recent changes in state license laws facilitated the establishment of three new craft distilleries in the Hudson Valley—Warwick Winery, Harvest Spirits and Tuthilltown Spirits—and their shiny copper stills can spin apples into liquid gold…” Edible Manhattan, The Spirit of 76: Never mind the tea party—it’s time New York staged a hard-cider revolution.
- “I couldn’t decide among four beautifully packaged American Fruits cordials and liqueurs, made in a traditional German copper still by the Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery, in Orange County — so I bought them all…” The New York Times, A Cornucopia of Stocking Stuffers
- “Unrefined and charmingly astringent, this is a throw-back to the rustic fruit brandies of days gone by. Its small-batch distiller, in upstate New York, uses local fruit for all of its distillations.” Saveur, 14 Schnaps Bottles to Try