Upstate Vodka

The Sauvage Distillery sits on 20 acres of land 2000 feet above sea level in Charlotteville, New York. Some of the apple trees on the property are 100 years-old and still bear fruit.

Dating back before the Civil War, the property had been a Methodist Seminary with more than 3,000 students from 1850-1854, but burned to the ground in a suspected arson-related fire.

Following the Civil War in 1867, it housed a hotel, and f...