BREAKING NEWS
Newcastle Summer Grilling Recipe Series
Just in time for summer, Newcastle Brown Ale is releasing a series of grilling recipes in partnership with MasterChef Season 7 champion, Shaun O’Neale. Before appearing on the hit FOX cooking competition show, Shaun was a DJ performing at some of the biggest music festivals ... Read More »
June 01, 2018
Red Stripe’s Escape To Jamaica Sweepstakes
This spring, Red Stripe is leveraging the brand’s global Reggae platform through its “Escape to Jamaica” sweepstakes program that will send five lucky consumers and a guest to Reggae SumFest in Montego Bay from July 20 through July 24. Throughout the U.S., consumers will be ... Read More »
May 10, 2018
FEATURED ARTICLES
OREGON Willamette Valley White Wine
by SANDY BLOCK, MW OREGON’S 725 mostly boutique wineries produce only about 1% of the US’s total wine volume, but the state enjoys an outsize reputation for quality. Known to wine enthusiasts primarily for its internationally recognized Pinot Noir, which constitutes two-thirds of the ... Read More »
May 31, 2018
A PINDARIC ODE
by HARVEY FINKEL SING, O MUSE, of these nectars and ambrosias, and ponder that modern western civilization is informed by the oft-entangled legends and histories of the ancient Greeks. We shall contemplate Pindar’s role in that heritage. Herodotus (fifth century BCE) is honored as th ... Read More »
May 31, 2018
THE PINA COLADA
PINK LADY’S ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH by PINK LADY WARMER WEATHER has us thrilled to be reaching for cocktails served over crushed ice or in a frozen format. Among these, the Pina Colada is an icon, a national treasure in fact – the official drink of Puerto Rico celebrated ann ... Read More »
May 31, 2018
QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ASKED
by HARVEY FINKEL WINE MYTHS AND REALITY, 2ND EDITION by Benjamin Lewin, MW ONE OF MY favorite wine books now appears in a second revised, enlarged edition. Still handsomely mounted and strongly and clearly written, it weighs in at just over four and one-half pounds, having gained a ha ... Read More »
May 03, 2018
THE CLOVER CLUB
PINK LADY’S ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH WARMER MONTHS in New England are often heralded by gin drinks popping up on cocktail lists which delights gin-loving ladies like us! In the 11 years since LUPEC was founded, gin has most certainly arrived. Gone are the days when drinkers pu ... Read More »
May 03, 2018
A Fresh Look at Craft Lager
by ANDY CROUCH IF INDIA PALE ALE is the undisputed heavyweight champ of the craft beer world, craft lager is the scrappy underdog just now starting to make a name for itself. Ranging from an afterthought to anathema for both craft brewers and consumers, lager seemed an unlikely up and ... Read More »
May 03, 2018
SANGRITA
PINK LADY’S ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH by PINK LADY CINCO DE MAYO means many people will be sipping on tequila in some form or another this month, whether in the Margarita, the world’s most popular drink, or in shot form. (Drinkers take note: Cinco de Mayo isn’t actually Mexican ... Read More »
March 23, 2018
AQUAVIT
by LEW BRYSON AQUAVIT? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? “When you had it, you didn’t think about it, but when you ran out, it was suddenly a problem.” That’s Kate Palmer, Assistant VP of craft spirits at Horizon Beverage, and she got the calls, because “If it’s weird, you call Kate Palmer!” She ... Read More »
March 23, 2018
MALBEC from ARGENTINA
by SANDY BLOCK, MW ARGENTINA OWNS THE MALBEC CATEGORY on the US market and internationally. Why does it lack serious competition? This is a felicitous marriage of grape and terroir that isn’t possible to duplicate elsewhere. Virtually anonymous in its Bordeaux homeland, where Malbec i ... Read More »
March 23, 2018
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