ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Spirits of Old Town is the first distillery to open in the city’s historic heart, blending locally made spirits with the spirit of Día de los Muertos — a celebration of life, memory, and the bonds that never break.
For co-owner Marie Coleman, the connection runs deep. The restaurateur behind Old Town’s beloved Church Street Café transformed another historic adobe into a new gathering place — this time with distiller Weston Holm, who once dreamed up the idea with Coleman’s late son, Joe Dufault.
Dufault died in a car accident in Houston in 2013. At the time, he was working on opening a distillery in Texas…