BREAKING NEWS
Red Stripe Celebrates 100 Years With Commemorative Reggae EP
To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Red Stripe beer producer and Jamaican brewer, Desnoes and Geddes Limited (D&G), Red Stripe has collaborated with LA based, 5-time Grammy Award winning Jamaican Musician & Producer Paul “Pablo” Stennett and seven Jamaican artis ... Read More »
August 06, 2018
Horizon Beverage Brings Broken Shed Vodka To Massachusetts
Broken Shed Distilleries announced that Horizon Beverage Company has expanded their relationship with Broken Shed and will now be distributing, the award winning, GMO, additive- free, sugar free and gluten-free vodka from New Zealand in Massachusetts effective August 1, 2018 ... Read More »
August 02, 2018
FEATURED ARTICLES
PINK LADY’S ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH – HERBACEOUS DRINKS
by PINK LADY LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL – what a time to be alive in New England! While locavore dining might be relegated to root veggies for six months of the year here, the bounty of August through October offers a bit for everyone to enjoy. One of our favorite ways to cocktail durin ... Read More »
July 31, 2018
BOURGOGNE 2O15
. . . Burgundy in all its sunset glow. -Lord Byron by HARVEY FINKEL HEARING AUSPICIOUS Delphian whispers for more than two years about the 2O15 vintage in Burgundy whetted desire to at last confront the wines, for selecting Burgundies is a contact sport. We had read such words as “ext ... Read More »
July 31, 2018
Sancerre
by SANDY BLOCK, MW Sancerre is on a roll. Restaurateurs and retailers alike report that it is currently one of their hottest categories. One of its advantages is that, unlike many other worthy French wines, it has a name that’s easy for Americans to pronounce. And as Sauvignon Blan ... Read More »
July 31, 2018
HAZY BREWS
by ANDY CROUCH HAZE IS THE LATEST CRAZE to conquer the world of flavorful beer. From dank, juicy pale ales to milkshake hued India pale ales to double India pale ales that resemble glasses of concentrated orange juice, clarity is out of favor with many beer drinkers today. A cloudy ap ... Read More »
June 26, 2018
PRIMO TEQUILA
by LEW BRYSON SINGLE MALT SCOTCH has some long, strong coattails. The success of single malt, with its distillery identity, age statements, and deliberately distinct characters, served as an example to bourbon – which went single barrel, super-aged, and limited edition – Irish whiskey ... Read More »
June 26, 2018
THE HARVEY WALLBANGER
by PINK LADY VODKA has been the most popularly consumed spirit for the majority of our careers behind the bar. Prior to Prohibition, however, vodka wasn’t on the radar of American imbibers, who preferred strong tasting home grown liquors and flavorful white spirits like gin. John Ma ... Read More »
June 26, 2018
TENUTA LUCE DELLA VITE
by HARVEY FINKEL THEIR NOBLE Tuscan family’s wine production dating back to 13O8, the Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi own and operate a number of well-known wine estates. The Frescobaldi in addition have been active in textiles, banking, the arts, agriculture, and the church. Today, ... Read More »
June 26, 2018
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
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