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09/09/2026

The new issue of Sophisticated Living Magazine has another beautiful cover (Bridget Bailey Cottrell, you have incredible style) and includes two clients.

There’s a look at the first six months of HealthSpan Center. Brett Greenwell, HealthSpan’s Head Resilience Coach, talks about turning healthy habits into a lifestyle.

Plus, beautiful photos are featured from Afrobeats in the Garden. The third annual event was held in June at Locust Grove - Historic Locust Grove, Inc., which we proudly represent.

09/01/2026

The popular YouTube show “Tom Across America” comes to Kentucky. The host’s quest to learn why people are so obsessed with bourbon brought him to the Commonwealth and Whiskey Thief Distilling Co.

https://youtu.be/vZlHKurCivc?si=0qb9vkcjZPpWf1Ab

08/25/2026

Martini? Negroni? Manhattan? It can be confusing to order a cocktail.

Cocktail Evangelist Jennifer Brian sorts things out as one of four experts quoted in Mashed. Jennifer is the author of Classic Cocktail Revival and co-founder of Make & Muddle Mixers.

New to cocktail bars? It's okay, we've all been there. We asked industry experts for their best cocktail ordering tips so you can order with confidence.

08/20/2026

Bourbon and baseball come together for a fantastic, fun partnership in Louisville.

Learn all about Whiskey Thief Distilling Co.’s relationship with Louisville Bats in this episode of Bourbon Lens. You’ll also see inside The Backstop, which is new this season.

Always a great time working with Scott and Jake!

https://bourbonlens.com/394-whiskey-thief-louisville-bats-backstop-partnership/

08/17/2026

Another beautiful cover of Sophisticated Living Magazine and two clients inside.

In the current issue, Dr. Alexa Davis of Medical Transformation Center talks through tough questions about fertility. MTC is a wellness center in Louisville that specializes in personalized cellular and regenerative medicine.

And, before summer ends, two tequila cocktails from Cocktail Evangelist Jennifer Brian. Jennifer’s book - Classic Cocktail Revival - has been on shelves for nearly a year.

https://issuu.com/sophisticatedliving/docs/sophisticated_living_louisville_july_august_20206

08/14/2026

“Our goal isn’t to replace one history with another. It’s to broaden the story so visitors leave with a fuller understanding of our nation’s history,” says Kaitlyn Tisdale of Locust Grove - Historic Locust Grove, Inc. Discover the whole story being told by Kaitlyn in the new issue of The Voice-Tribune.

https://issuu.com/lanelevitch/docs/voice-tribune_august_2026/40

08/10/2026

Whiskey Thief Distilling Co. distills more than bourbon and rye. The Kentucky-based brand also makes an award-winning gin.

Spirits expert and journalist Janet Patton of Kentucky.com and the Lexington Herald includes the spring gin in a round-up of new reieaaes. She also mixes up a gin cocktail - Cecil’s Garden - found at Whiskey Thief’s farm distillery in Frankfort and tasting room in Louisville.

https://www.kentucky.com/lexgoeat/bourbon/article316776813.html

08/06/2026

Tourism is booming in Kentucky’s capital city.

Drew Amman of LEX 18 talks with folks from Visit Frankfort, Liberty Hall, and the Capital City Museum about what’s driving visitors to Frankfort.

This story gives us the perfect opportunity to announce Visit Frankfort as a new client.

As a native Kentuckian, we look forward to opportunities to help locals see what’s new in the Capital City, while encouraging people from other states to visit the charming, historic river city.

Drew Amman LEX 18

08/03/2026

Sharing the first coverage for a new client:
The Grove KY is where I met Glasgow-Barren County KY Tourism’s vivacious Exec. Director MacLean Lessenberry. That first meeting turned into a partnership to represent this charming, authentic, fun, and so very pretty part of Kentucky.

The moment I walked into this magical venue in the forest, I knew writers would find it to be unique and worth covering. Thanks for being the first journalist to see that vision, Lillian Metzmeier. Your Worth the Drive feature in the Courier Journal is worth a read (and a drive)!

More to come in a few days from another new client in the tourism niche.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/travel/2026/08/01/the-grove-music-venue-treehouse-glasgow-kentucky/91062880007/

The Grove in Glasgow offers a unique outdoor concert experience featuring a treehouse deck and event rental options.

07/21/2026

Open in Louisville for a year and a half, Whiskey Thief is establishing itself as the spot for thieving bourbon while listening to live music. The Lou Metro TV crew spent a morning at the NuLu location. Beautiful music was made…

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