Forbes’ Amber Gibson recently said, “Many winemakers I spoke with find it maddening that Washington wines don’t get more respect, and it’s still an uphill battle when it comes to national distribution in key retail and restaurant outlets.”

The origin story of Weingut Dr. Loosen would make an engrossing movie to rival wine classics such as Sideways and Bottle Shock. In 1988, young Ernst Loosen left college and returned to the village of Bernkastel in the Mosel Valley at his dying father’s behest to take over the family’s winery business.

In 2020, the canned wine market exploded in North America. Younger consumers especially are looking for convenient, portable, and single serve beverages. No glassware or wine keys needed; cans are easily stowed in bags and ready to drink with a quick pop of a tab.

Is there a difference? Well, yes and no (mostly no). The Scots, who invented the spirit known as Scotch whisky, chose no E. The Irish, who also claim to have invented whiskey, use an E. The word whisky/whiskey comes from the Gaelic “uisce beatha” which translates to “water of life.”