Noam Cohen and Alan Cohl are confident that their new brand of American-style Whiskey will echo Israel’s success in making the desert bloom. They are creating Israel’s first American Whiskey distillery, hoping to trail blaze the Israeli whiskey palate and bring an added level of sophistication to the Israeli cocktail culture just starting to take off. Cohen and Cohl, Israeli immigrants from New Jersey and New York, respectively, are confident that their brand, Legends Distill

Bourbon, America’s native spirit, has experienced resurgence in recent years, and is now enjoying unprecedented popularity in Europe and Asia as well. In the United States, distributors and retailers are struggling to keep up with burgeoning demand, scampering for additional offerings, even from regions beyond American borders. In response, many small, “boutique” bourbon distilleries have begun operating across the country. In Kentucky alone (the traditional birthplace of “bo