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Bendistillery

Around the Bend

Oregon Business - January, 2004

There must be something in the water. How else to explain the breakout business ideas coming out of Central Oregon. more>>

A Most Eligible Bachelor:

San Fransisco Chronicle - October 27, 2002

Central Oregon resort boasts some of the country's best slopes and a wide range of nearby attractions. more>>

Beverage Trends

Nohwest Rertstauranteur - April 2002

A number of years ago, there was the microbrewery craze. As it swept the country, it gained momentum in a category that seemed to be lagging in creativity and losing the interest of its customer base. more>>

Toasts of the Town

Smart Money - December 2001

This holiday season shelve that predictable bottle of Jack. We found unique, lesser-known spirits that make great gifts (or, for that matter, excellent additions to your own liquor cabinet). more>>

SPIRIT LOVERS HAVE REASON TO GO STRAIGHT

Portland Tribune - June 6, 2001

As Oregonians, proud keepers of our rich Northwest bounty, we've done microbrews
and we've done wine. Ana, yes, caught up in a national cocktail craze, we've done mixed drinks, too. more>>

Crater Lake Vodka

The Pepsi Challenge

Ketel One Vodka v. Crater Lake Vodka

Martini Republic - November 28, 2004

I’m also known as a bit of a liquor snob, thinking that the only way to make a proper martini is with gin, good gin, if not weapons-grade gin. more>>

MICRODISTILLED CRATER LAKE VODKA HAS HAD A SMOOTH ROAD TO SUCCESS

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - September 24, 2001

BEND, OR. -- Sitting at the bar in the Bendistillery sampling room on a Friday night, B.J. Fox stirs toothpick-speared, plump olives around in a crooked-neck martini glass. While nursing her Crater Lake Vodka martini, she professes her unequivocal love for the handcrafted spirit. more>>

SPIRIT LOVERS HAVE REASON TO GO STRAIGHT

Portland Tribune - June 6, 2001

As Oregonians, proud keepers of our rich Northwest bounty, we've done microbrews
and we've done wine. Ana, yes, caught up in a national cocktail craze, we've done mixed drinks, too. more>>

VODKA FROM THE CASCADES

Wine & Spirits Magazine - June 2001

A new "handcrafted" vodka from Bend, Oregon, joins a multitude of other vodkas on the shelf. This one comes in a cool-looking frosted bottle with an inviting picture of Crater Lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Best of all, it tastes good. more>>

Mazama Infused Pepper Vodka

Mazama Infused Pepper Flavored Vodka

The Spirit Journal - 2004

Mazama is the wan, pale straw/lemon juice color of a young Muscadet - total purity; ohh, I like this zesty, piquant, intensely, jalapeno/serrano pepper-like bouquet, more>>

Hazelnut Espresso Vodka

SPIRIT LOVERS HAVE REASON TO GO STRAIGHT

Portland Tribune - June 6, 2001

As Oregonians, proud keepers of our rich Northwest bounty, we've done microbrews
and we've done wine. Ana, yes, caught up in a national cocktail craze, we've done mixed drinks, too. more>>

Cascade Mountain Gin

The Toast of the Town

Restaurant Marketing - October 2002

There is a cachet surrounding gin that no other light liquor commands. It is an intriguing spirit most closely associated with sophistication and all that is elegant. more>>

Aromatic Inspiration

Alaska Airlines Magazine - August 2002

When Jim Bendis encountered the heady, sweet aroma of junipers while running in the high-desert forests of Bend, Oregon, it brought to mind his favorite cocktail, the gin-and-tonic. more>>

THE GIN RENAISSANCE - A Number of New and Interesting Premium Gins Reinvigorate

Williams-Sonoma Taste - Holiday 2001

Whenever a young Wall Street exec would stroll into my bar and blurt, "Dry martini, extra olives," I took great pleasure in crafting him an icy gin cocktail, more>>

Toasts of the Town

Smart Money - December 2001

This holiday season shelve that predictable bottle of Jack. We found unique, lesser-known spirits that make great gifts (or, for that matter, excellent additions to your own liquor cabinet). more>>

GIN, IT GIVES TONIC AND VERMOUTH A REASON TO LIVE

Stuff - October 2001

Cascade comes from the tiny Bendistillery in Oregon. It has a light, sweet taste with gentle citrus notes and hints of butterscotch. more>>

SPIRIT LOVERS HAVE REASON TO GO STRAIGHT

Portland Tribune - June 6, 2001

As Oregonians, proud keepers of our rich Northwest bounty, we've done microbrews
and we've done wine. Ana, yes, caught up in a national cocktail craze, we've done mixed drinks, too. more>>

THE GIN CROWD

A slew of new varieties is proving that the old spirit still has plenty of kick left in it. With nine classic cocktails.

Food & Wine - August 1999

Despite its country club image, there's nothing stodgy about gin. Throughout its history, it has been a dangerous, untamed thing. Gin made the Roaring Twenties roar, more>>

Desert Juniper Gin

Toasts of the Town

Smart Money - December 2001

This holiday season shelve that predictable bottle of Jack. We found unique, lesser-known spirits that make great gifts (or, for that matter, excellent additions to your own liquor cabinet). more>>

THE NEW GIN GAME

Classic cocktails have made a comeback, and so has gin. Here's what's shaking.

Bon Appetit - July 1999

THE ENGLISH WORD GIN comes from the Dutch word for juniper: genever In the seventeenth century, Dutch physician Franciscus Sylvius of the University of Leiden in the
Netherlands first prescribed distilled spirits infused with juniper oil for stomach and kidney disorders. more>>

Here's Sum Other Tid Bits...

Wine & Spirits

"Cool-looking frosted bottle with and inviting picture of Crater Lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Best of all, it tastes good."

Tastings

"Crater Lake Hazelnut Espresso Vodka (has) rich, hazelnut coffee aromas. Finishes smoothly with great balance and style as the vodka is artfully integrated with the coffee flavors. Gold Medal & 93 Points."

Bon Appétit

"Cascade Mountain, a refreshing new small-batch 95-proof gin made in Oregon from wild juniper berries and other aromatics, and its sibling, Desert Juniper, which is similar in taste but lower in alcohol and smoother. These brands are paving the way for domestic gins in a market that has long been dominated by English imports."

Williams • Sonoma Taste

Bendistillery in Bend, Oregon, near the world's largest juniper forest, makes the simple, fresh-tasting Cascade Mountain Gin infused only with handpicked wild juniper berries and occasionally Cascade hops."

San Francisco Chronicle

"Jim Bendis makes his own gin using local juniper berries and Cascade Mountain water, filtered through crushed volcanic rock. He also distills a fine vodka."

Northwest Restaurateur

"Tini Bigs brought the Crater Lake Vodka and Cascade Mountain Gin five years ago when he was just starting out. From that day on, a cult following set up camp at the bar."

Smart Money

"Both gins are produced without any added flavorings. The result is a cleaner taste: smoother up front than most competitors, and with a sweet finish - a real gin's gin."

The Wall Street Journal

"It is gin made the old fashioned way, from real juniper berries."

The Seattle Times

"The vodka is very smooth. One sip and you'll be hooked."

Food & Wine

"His Cascade Mountain gin has a slight sweetness that makes it the most approachable of the new gins, and the one that's most like vodka. I like to think of it as Absolut Juniper."

Alaska Airlines Magazine

"A typical customer is someone who rejected mass-produced coffee and beer when younger, and now wants to grow from the microbreweries."

Men's Journal

"There's Jim Bendis, making gin in Oregon with fresh-picked juniper berries."

Beverage Retailer

"Bendistillery never uses any extracts, perfumes of other chemicals in its Cascade Mountain Gin and Desert Juniper Gin."