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Contest #666 – Concha Y Toro Vineyards, Pirque, Chile

As you can see by the label above, Concha Y Toro is the winemaker behind Casillero del Diablo or “Devil Locker”. We felt this was appropriate given the contest number and the relevance of that number in many religions.

Casillero is Concho Y Toro’s most popular wine brand.

Those who found it before the hint were:

  • Lighthouse
  • Garfield
  • Graham Hedley
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Martin de Bock
  • Phil Ower

And after the hint:

  • hhgygy
  • SchwTheo
  • SonOfTheBeach
  • Béatrice H.
  • Nancy Barbato Sinatra
  • abc8
  • C-Allo
  • NL345
  • Hans Peter Dumbeau
  • Miloš Babiš
  • Alexander Willem
  • Duncamacleo
  • hess
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Contest #666 Hint

Given the relevence of the contest number in some religions, it’s appropriate that one of the beverages made here is partially named “… of the devil” (or some translation thereof).

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Contest #665 – Moscow Distillary Krystall, Moscow, Russia

The word “водка” or “vodka” is a diminutive of the Russian word for water, “вода” pronounced “va-da”, and thus loosely translates to “little water”

From 1901 until Russia’s entry into World War I, “Moscow State Wine Warehouse No. 1” made vodka for internal consumption within Russian borders. Several years after the Bolsheviks came to power, they restarted the factory under the ownership of the Soviet Union. During World War 2, the factory made “Molotov Cocktail” weapons.

No one is completely sure when the first batch of Stolichnaya Vodka was distilled. Some say 1938, others 1946 or 1948. It was introduced to the world at a trade show in Bern, Switzerland in 1953 and won a gold medal there.

In 1972, the PepsiCo Corporation struck a deal with the Soviet government trading the exclusive rights to import and distribute Stoli in the US in exchange with providing Pepsi products for distribution in the Soviet bloc, making Pepsi the first American brand to be marketed to the citizens of the Soviet Union.

The factory kept the name “Moscow State Wine Warehouse No. 1” until 1987, when it was renamed Krystall.

Those who found this spot were:

  • Lighthouse
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Martin de Bock
  • Garfield
  • hhgygy
  • Eloy Cano
  • LdnCdn
  • albert.lingot
  • Nancy Barbato Sinatra
  • Phil Ower
  • Graham Hedley
  • Luís Filipe Miguel
  • abc8
  • Melissa
  • TheklaO
  • Popov12
  • Joe B
  • Jorrit HendrixxX
  • LegoGame
  • Kiribatian Jacob

And after the hint:

  • Root007-1
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Contest #664 – Diageo Crown Royal Distillery, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada

In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England embarked on a tour of Canada. As a tribute to the monarchs, Samuel Bronfman, President and CEO of the company that owned Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, directed the creation of a premium Canadian whiskey, which became Crown Royal.

Known for its distinctive crown-shaped bottle and cap and royal purple cloth bag, Crown Royal quickly became a hit, rising quickly to become the best selling Canadian whiskey worldwide.

While, in the past, it has been also been distilled at plants in Waterloo and Amherstburg, Ontario, today it is exclusively produced at this plant on the shores of Lake Winnipeg.

Those who found the site before the hint were:

  • Phil Ower
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Glenmorren
  • Martin de Bock
  • Graham Hedley
  • Garfield
  • Eloy Cano
  • hhgygy
  • Lighthouse
  • Coda45637
  • CLOpe
  • LuigiLollo
  • BurningSoul
  • Nancy Barbato Sinatra

And after the hint:

  • LawnBoy
  • Ashwini Agrawal
  • Robin Giles
  • Kiribatian Jacob