The San Francisco Spirits Competition is the largest and most influential spirits competition and is followed closely by consumers and trade. The competition’s judging panel is made up of the most respected, experienced experts in the spirits industry from James-Beard honored mixologists to best-selling liquor authors. The panel recognized Stoli’s rigor in quality and consistency across its entire line, as well as the brand’s pioneering history in flavored vodka. With a Double Gold Award, The San Francisco Spirits Competition honored Stoli® Premium as a classically styled, exceptionally smooth vodka with a clean, balanced taste. Additionally, Stoli® Vanil received accolades for its elegant aromas of vanilla pod, crème anglaise and chocolate, as well as its creamy sweet palette.

“It is an honor for ten of our Stoli® expressions to be awarded by the prestigious San Francisco Spirits Competition,” said Damien McKinney, CEO of Stoli® Group. “We’re thrilled that the uncompromised quality we pour into each bottle is being recognized by a premier judging panel.”

Stoli® Group uses only the purest high-quality ingredients. The spirit is first blended with artesian well water, then filtered through active birch charcoal and quartz sand to create a liquid with unsurpassed smoothness. Stoli® is distilled three times to produce a unique balance between character and smooth taste. All of Stoli® flavored vodka starts with the exceptional quality and original character of Stoli® Premium Vodka as its base.

About Stoli® Group
Stoli® Group was established in 2013 and is responsible for the production, management, and distribution of a global spirits and wines portfolio. Mainly known for the Stoli® Vodka brand, Stoli Group has expanded to appeal to luxury on-premise and more sophisticated global consumers. Signature brands are: Stoli® Vodka, elitVodka, Bayou® Rum, Kentucky Owl, Villa One, Gator Bite Rum Liquers, Cenote Tequila, Tulchan Gin, Se Busca Mezcal and Stoli Group’s wine division, Tenute del Mondo®. With a presence across a network of more than 176 markets, Stoli Group works with a passionate team of 200 distributors around the world. Headquartered in LuxembourgStoli has production facilities in Spain, Italy, Argentinaand the United States, some of which are steeped in history dating back to the early part of the last century. For more information, visit stoli-group.com.

SAVOR STOLI® RESPONSIBLY. STOLI® Premium Vodka and Flavored Premium Vodka. 37.5%-40% Alc./Vol. (75-80 proof). Distilled from Grain. US distributor: Stoli Group United StatesLLC, New York, NYUSA and/or Global Distributor: SPI Spirits (Cyprus) Limited, The Republic of Cyprus. and ® – trademarks or registered trademarks of, depending on the country, ZHS IP Americas Sàrl, ZHS IP Europe Sàrl, ZHS IP Worldwide Sàrl, or Spirits International BV © 2022. All rights reserved.

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Trey Lance doesn’t just win the 49ers quarterback competition. He’s doing a show.

He is the main attraction in the training camp. Not Fred Warner. Not George Kittle. Certainly not Jimmy Garoppolo. Lance. He’s the player everyone is watching – even the other players.

“I think all eyes are on him,” said DJ Jones on Wednesday. “He’s special.”

On Tuesday, linebacker Dre Greenlaw wrote on Instagram that Lance has the “best arm I’ve ever seen.”

I share Greenlaw’s opinion. Lance has the best arm I’ve seen in person on the 49er practice field. He’s also the best quarterback I’ve ever trained in Santa Clara. He literally does everything well.

He’s an excellent runner like Lamar Jackson, but has a much better arm and great speed like Colin Kaepernick, but has much better throwing mechanics and a much faster release.

That means Lance has the chance to be the 49ers’ best quarterback since Steve Young.

He and Garoppolo did that on Wednesday.

TREY LANCE

Played exclusively with the second team offensive and completed 7 of 8 attempts to pass. The one incomplete throw should have been a defensive pass disorder.

Lance played the whole camp with the defense of the second team. It’s time to let him face the starters. Here is one blow after blow of his practice:

1. Rolled right, found his third read, Wayne Gallman, curling around the back of the game and tossing all the way across the field to him to win a 10. This was an extremely powerful throw at a stationary target.

2. Run a zone to his left and won 10 yards.

3. Completed a 15 yard pass across the middle to Brandon Aiyuk who ran an excavation route from left to right. Great job hitting a moving target at the crotch.

4. George Kittle threw an incomplete deep pass down the right sideline. Kittle was open – he had a few steps on the rookie safety Talanoa Hufanga – but Lance lost the pass. This caused Kittle to slow down, which caused Hufanga to hit him. Looks like a defensive pass disorder. Either way, bad litter.

5. Completed a 45 yard pass to Ross Dwelley moving up the right sideline. This pass was a rope.

6. Did a zone read and lost ten feet. Maurice Hurst marked him in the backcourt.

7. Crawled to the left, feet set back, and thrown back over the middle to his right to Aiyuk to win 10.

8. Completed another 45 yard pass, this time to run Kittle up the seam. Throws like these become routine for Lance.

9. Threw a 10 yard touchdown pass to Jordan Matthews, who was running a seam route in the red zone. Matthews was Lance’s second reading.

10. He ran a zone to his left in the red zone and scored a touchdown. Simple.

11. Throw a touch pass over a cornerback in the end zone to get a result. Nsimba Webster intercepted the pass. This was Lance’s best touch shot of the camp.

JIMMY GAROPPOLO

Poor Jimmy.

He used to be the most physically gifted quarterback in town. Now he’s like an outdated piece of technology – he’s a typewriter and Lance is an iPhone.

So Garoppolo can’t keep up even on his best day.

Wednesday wasn’t Garoppolo’s best day, however. Here is one beat after beat of his morning.

1. Completed a 5 yard checkdown pass to Mohamed Sanu after holding the ball in his pocket for too long and taking a sack from Arik Armstead.

2. Stared too long on first read, threw too late on second read – Deebo Samuel curls up – and let cornerback Ken Webster break his pass. Samuel opened a door earlier.

3. Threw Kittle a pass driving a deep intersection route and was almost intercepted by Tavon Wilson who got both hands on the pass but dropped it. Garoppolo never saw Wilson lurk in a zone waiting for Kittle.

4. Threw an incomplete deep pass at Kittle that was open. Garoppolo hesitated, grabbed twice, then sailed out of bounds with a long wobbler. Awkward.

5. Completed a check-down pass for Trent Sherfield running a swing route.

6. Completed a 10 yard pass for Kittle who drove an out route against Tony Jefferson.

7. Sailed an incomplete pass over the head of Brandon Aiyuk who ran a deep intersection route against K’Waun Williams and was open.

8. Completed a screen pass on Deebo Samuel.

9. Rolled right and threw a short pass at Kittle, who ran into the end zone from a few yards.

10. Threw Deebo a crooked pass to Samuel, but Samuel dropped it.

11. Threw a quick pass to run Trey Sermon back.

Not a bad exercise for a Garoppolo, but not an exciting one either. His morning ended with a checkdown and nobody cared about it because it will soon be history.

Sorry, Jimmy. It’s strictly business.

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Chaitra Thummala has had a busy summer between moving across half the country and competing in a national spelling bee.

The 12-year-old finished second in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals last week, took home a cash prize of $ 25,000, and was ready to be the favorite for the competition next year.

Chaitra’s family moved from San Francisco to Frisco in the middle of their spelling run. The new Texan started taking part in spelling bees at the age of 5 when her first win piqued her interest.

“I’ve been spelling for more than half of my life, so I’m really happy because it has always been my dream to get that far,” said Chaitra about reaching the national finals.

Previously, she finished 51st at the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2019 and is happy about her second place at this year’s event. Zaila Avantgarde, an eighth grader from Louisiana, won the bee in 2021 after correctly spelling “murraya”.

Like many spellers, Chaitra was unable to compete last year because the competition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But Chaitra studied and prepared not only for the national bee, but also for several other smaller competitions. With each bee, the words get harder, which leads to a lot of learning. Chaitra’s strategy is to go through word lists and read books, her favorite series being the “Harry Potter” books by author JK Rowling.

“It’s fun to learn everything,” she said. “The spelling bee tells you about many things around the world.”

While Chaitra was preparing for the national competition, her family was preparing for the move. She made sure she allowed enough time to spell the bees prep in between packs.

While looking for a bigger home for their three children, Chaitra’s father Murali Thummala said the family settled in Texas, which also has no state income tax. The family has settled in well in their new home, and Thummala said he likes Texas, even if it’s a little sunnier than California.

Chaitra’s recent move meant five of the eleven finalists in the National Spelling Bee were from Texas.

Thummala and his wife couldn’t be happier for Chaitra. The prize money is saved for their college fund.

“We expected her to be in the top five, and we’re grateful that she made it into the top two,” he said.

Chaitra said she will compete with different bees all year round and have her eyes on the national competition again. Her favorite thing about the whole experience was having fun and learning as many words as possible.

“It’s really good,” she said. “It feels really good to be second.”

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