Press Releases

January 2013. C Ville Whisky Town!

January 16, 2013. New York Times article on American Single Malts mentions Copper Fox.

September 2012. Copper Fox Rye awarded Gold Medal at The Fifty Best annual Rye Whiskey Tasting 2012 competition in NYC!

August 2012. Read about Rick's visit to the Governor's Mansion. Virginia Craft Distilled Spirits Served at the Governor's Mansion as Part of "Choose the Commonwealth" Initiative.

July 2009. Old Town Crier article about Rick Wasmund by Sylvia Winterling.

March 1, 2009. 2009 International Review of Spirits. Wasmund's Single Malt Whisky wins the Gold Medal in the Spirits category!

February 2009. "Proof in the Barrel" by Richard Ernsberger Jr. with photos by Robb Scharetg and Tyler Darden, Virginia Living, February 2009.

First Quarter 2009. "Small Stills, Big Whiskeys: The State of American Craft Whiskey" by Jay Erisman and Lew Bryson. Published in the Malt Advocate. (Large file, 3.1 MB)

Summer 2008. "Single Malt Whiskey" by Theresa Curry. Published in Flavor Magazine.

June 28, 2008. "Small liquor distilleries are bubbling up in Virginia" by Lorraine Eaton. Published in The Virginian-Pilot.

June 2, 2008. "Chewing the Fat: Copper Fox Distillery's Rick Wasmund" by Eric Denman. Published on dcist.com.

February 2008. "It`s not Scotch whiskey, it`s not Irish whiskey; it`s Virginia whiskey" by Heather Wilson. Published in Shenandoah Insights Magazine.

January 28, 2008. "Bourbon Enthusiast forum posting on non-bourbon whiskies"

November 30, 2007. "Wasmund’s Whisky: A Local Twist on an Old Standby." Published in Wine with Dinner.

November 14, 2007. "Whiskey talkin': Sperryville distiller delivers a smooth single malt" by Natalie Austin. Published in the Northern Virginia Daily.

November 2007. "American Whiskey - Wasmund's Whisky Copper Fox Distillery" by Chris Carlsson. Published in Spirits Review.

November 2007. "Tasting Notes and Reviews: Wasmund’s Single Malt" (scroll down to November 2007). Published on the Celtic Malts website.

September 18, 2007. "Single Malt in the Blue Ridge" by Alfred S. Regnery. Published in the American Spectator.

Summer 2007. "Single Malt" by Roger Scruton. Published in the New Statesman, London.

February 14, 2007. "Creating a Buzz in Virginia: Whiskey and Vodka Are New Proof of High Spirits" by M.J. McAteer. Special to The Washington Post, page F01.

October 25, 2006. "Cheers! Wasmund's whiskey makes a splash" by Charlie Spiering. Rappahannock News.

August 15th, 2006. Today we are beginning the bottling of our first batch of Wasmund's Single Malt Whisky. We are anticipating to have the first cases ready for shipment at the end of this week, and on the shelves in the Washington D.C. area next week. "Anyone who enjoys good whisky will be very pleased with this offering," from Rick Wasmund, President. Check the "Availability" link on the left to see where Wasmund's can be found.