RE:FIND DISTILLERY IN THE MEDIA

See what others are saying about Re:Find Spirits:

Foodandwine.com

Re:Find Handcrafted Rye Whiskey
"This whiskey from Paso Robles, California, is sweeter and more silky than rye typically is."

Seven Fifty Daily

Keeping Juice Brings New Revenue
"Then he stumbled across some research saying wine grapes could be transformed into vodka. Two years later, in 2011, he opened Re:Find Distillery with the goal of using 100 percent of the grapes he farms."

Liquor.com

Science Explains Why Some Base Ingredients Make Better Vodka
"It's something that Alex and Monica Villicana, the owners of Villicana Winery and Re:Find distillery in Paso Robles, Calif., quickly learned after making vodka from wine"

Vogue

The Essential Road Trip Itinerary for California's Highway 1

(Paso Robles) is home to a number of vineyards and distilleries, but the one to visit is Re:Find, where handcrafted spirits are made from saignée (free run juice from wine grapes).

Liquor.com

Vodkas That Think They’re Whiskey
"It’s an oak-forward bottling that’s remarkably whiskey-like, with lots of caramel and spice. "

Wine Enthusiast

Winemakers Turned Distillers
"Shuttling between fermenting and distilling, Alex and Monica Villicana explain what it’s like to wear two hats in Paso Robles wine country."

Los Angeles Times

Paso Robles Gets Spirited
"...the cucumber flavor is so forward it is like you're smelling a cucumber, getting a massage, and sipping a cocktail all at once."

Architectural Digest

"..we’ve chosen 12 of our favorite spirit brands whose incredible distilleries should make it into your next summer road trip."

Forbes

Disc Golf, Craft Spirits, And Drought:
Three Trends That Redefine Paso Robles

"...out-of-the-box thinking that has breathed fresh life into Paso’s already-thriving wine industry"

Sunset Magazine

"Distilled from grapes grown in Paso Robles, CA, instead of
the traditional potatoes or grain."

Martha Stewart Living

"Their wines are amazing, as are the vodka and gin they are producing."

Redbook Magazine

Our Honeymoon Only Cost Us $1 A Day
"...the most attractive chem lab I've ever seen and the spirits did not
disappoint! And the packaging, oh the packaging!"

Cooking Light Magazine

"This is more of a cocktail gin that's perfect on its own over ice
with a simple orange slice to garnish."

Hemispheres 

One Vintner’s Trash… A California distillery turns
winery waste into liquor

Compared to potato- and grain-based spirits, Re:Find’s creations are higher in glycerol, a natural sugar that coats the mouth, resulting
in a softer, sweeter taste.

The Whiskey Wash

Whiskey Review: Re:find Handcrafted Rye Whiskey
The flavor of the whiskey, much like the nose, is simultaneously subtle and complex.

San Lousi Obispo Tribune

SLO County named a top craft spirits destination in U.S.
Alex Villicana, co-owner of Re:Find Distillery and a pioneer of Paso's growing spirits scene, said he wouldn't be surprised to see the area rank even higher within a few years.

Artisan Spirit Magazine

Re:Use at Re:Find - Artisan Spirit Magazine
"The Villicanas are proudly producing grape based vodka, gin, a cucumber flavored vodka, and limoncello with produce from the farmers market, and they are now adding bourbon and rye whiskey to this mix."

San Lousi Obispo Tribune

Re:Find Distillery buys Fox Theatre in Paso Robles
"Re:Find Distillery announced Tuesday that it has purchased the old theater at 1436 Spring St. to use as the business’ new downtown home."

Diablo Magazine

That's the Spirit
"Paso Robles is known for its vino, but Re:Find Distillery has found a new - and boozier - use for the grapes"

The New York Times

36 Hours in San Luis Obispo
"For a different take, drop by Re:Find, a distillery that makes vodka and
gin with spent grape skins as a base."

Wine Enthusiast

"...here are the smaller-batch boozes you need to sip
from the lower 48 states, Alaska, and Hawaii."

The Imbibe 75

One of "Imbibes' 75 people, places, and flavors
that will influence the way you drink in 2014."

Chris Kassel's Intoxicology Report

"Gentle and gentile at the same time."

Golf Week

"A few years ago, [Alex] got the idea to buy up other winemakers' saignèe - juice removed prior to fermentation - and use it to make grape-based gin and vodka in a German still."

Tasting Panel Magazine

"The finish is long and spicy with no hint of sweetness which
you might expect from a grape vodka."

Four Seasons Magazine

"The vodka used in the drink is craft-distilled from grapes sourced from the adjacent wine-producing region of Paso Robles."

San Lousi Obispo Tribune

"Because of the quadruple distillation process the brandies go through, the results are extremely smooth and clean to the taste."

Liquor.com

"It doesn’t get more green than taking a wine-making byproduct and turning it into hard liquor."

C For Men Magazine

"At their eponymous Paso Robles winery, Alex and Monica Villicana have discovered a way to make saignée - an often discarded byproduct of the winemaking process - sustainable."

Tasting Panel Magazine

"Made at Paso Robles's only distillery, this artisan gin plays with seven botanicals but the standouts are lavender and sweet orange rind."

Tasting Table

"The Neutral Brandy... hits cleanly, as you would expect from vodka, but with a light vanilla essence and a velvety texture that dissolves like cotton candy in the mouth."

Beverage Media Group

"Re:Find’s unique, sustainable spirits recently landed a spot in Southern Wine & Spirits’ statewide California portfolio—perhaps a harbinger of bigger and better things to come for small distillers everywhere."

805 Living

"Re:Find Distillery is the area's first spirits distiller, producing vodka and gin from grape juice that is discarded during the winemaking process."

San Diego Magazine

"Paso's first distillery started bottling earlier this year."

San Lousi Obispo  Tribune

"Villicana Winery has opened a new side business, Paso Robles Craft Distilling, to use wine grapes to create vodka and gin."

Sunset Magazine

"...taste its aromatic "botanical brandy" - one of the first gins in the West made from grape(s) ..."

Hoot n Annie

"One of the places adding some spice to the mix is Villicana Winery on the Westside of Paso Robles."

Daily Candy

"It's smooth and subtly sweet over ice."

San Lousi Obispo Vintages

"...the first winemaker in the county to add a still to part of the property of Villicana Winery and Vineyards on Adelaida Road..."