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Editor In Chief- Svetlana Blasucci Art Director- Tatiana Ayazo A magazine that isn’t just something to look at. A safe place to be free with your words and art. Soleil started as Clinic Magazine but changed to be closer to the sun. Light is in every word, image and line created in each issue. Ask questions, we welcome them. There are so many unseen artists and my mission is to bring them to the light. Expose them even if they don’t want to be. Challenge them and ask the real reason why art found them. We forget sometimes and get jaded by the recognition. I wanted to make something sprinkled with a little bit of this and that. Every theme falls under a category people tend to not appreciate. Soleil Magazine is for the underdogs. I spend most of time finding artists through the biggest artists. It’s amazing what you can find on Instagram, it’s like a dictionary for artists, just got to find them.
Editor In Chief- Svetlana Blasucci
Art Director- Tatiana Ayazo
A magazine that isn’t just something to look at. A safe place to be free with your words and art. Soleil started as Clinic Magazine but changed to be closer to the sun. Light is in every word, image and line created in each issue. Ask questions, we welcome them.
There are so many unseen artists and my mission is to bring them to the light. Expose them even if they don’t want to be. Challenge them and ask the real reason why art found them. We forget sometimes and get jaded by the recognition. I wanted to make something sprinkled with a little bit of this and that. Every theme falls under a category people tend to not appreciate.
Soleil Magazine is for the underdogs. I spend most of time finding artists through the biggest artists. It’s amazing what you can find on Instagram, it’s like a dictionary for artists, just got to find them.
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Allison Parc
Founder and President of Brenne
French Single Malt Whisky
Once upon a time, Allison Parc
had a professional dance career,
performing in national ballet
companies. Today, Allison is the
founder and president of Brenne
French Single Malt Whisky,
recognized as one of the
leading American entrepreneurs
in the world-whisky segment.
Shecreated the world’s first
single malt to be aged
exclusively in both new French
Limousin oak and cognac casks
and her journey from the “barre”
to the “bar” is as unique as her
whisky.
After retiring her pointe shoes at
the age of 23, Allison indulged in
food and drink previously
restricted by her ballet lifestyle.
“I was enamored by the conversation
surrounding terroir
in wine and the experience of
drinking whisky,” says Allison. “It
made me wonder, how are peopleapplying
terroir to the whisky
category?” She soon made
it her mission to create a new
whisky that reflected the region
in which it was crafted, identifying
France as the right place to
build her brand.
While in France, Allison was
introduced to a third-generation
cognac producer who was
distilling a single malt at his family-owned
farm distillery in Cognac,
France. Upon tasting the
whisky, Allison knew that the
spirit was special, handing over
her own savings to form a
partnership. After two years of
collaboration, Allison suggested
incorporating previously used
cognac casks into the aging
process, leading to a major
breakthrough in the single malt’s
flavor profile.
Allison and the distiller worked
to refine the spirit for two more
years, laying down
more barrels during harvest. By
respecting tradition and adding
a little innovation into the
distilling method, Brenne was
born.
Allison distributed the first
bottles of Brenne in 2012 via Citi
Bike, cycling around Manhattan
to place the product on the
shelves of the city’s top establishments
and retailers. The
first shipment of Brenne Estate
Cask, the flagship expression
known for its creamy, floral,
and fruityprofile, sold out within
two months. Over the next few
years, Allison expanded
distribution to 35 states and
throughout France. In 2015, Allison
introduced her second
expression, Brenne Ten, a
limited-edition annual release
I was enamored by the
conversation surrounding
terroir inwine and the
experience of drinking whisky
that takes on a drier and spicier
taste due to its age, higher
proof, and barrel management.
Only about 300 cases of this
ten-year-old whisky are available
each year.
In 2017 and 2018, Allison was
named World Whisky Brand
Ambassador, USA of the Year by
Whisky Magazine’s Icons of
Whisky, becoming the only
woman to receive the award.
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