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/12 Feb 2021

Martignetti Seeks To Unite & Support Women of the Beverage Alcohol Industry During Pandemic

Martignetti Companies will host the 7th annual Women’s Beverage Alcohol Symposium virtually on Wednesday, February 24th. The Women’s Symposium brings together women working in all facets of the beverage alcohol industry and is offered free of charge. It is a day dedicated to enhancing professional skills, learning to achieve work-life...

/08 Jan 2021

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BAYSTATE WINE & SPIRITS ANNOUNCES MOVE TO NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY

Baystate Wine & Spirits is moving to a new location in February. Established in 2005, the wholesaler represents suppliers in the wine, spirits and beer markets and has been headquartered in Avon, Massachusetts for the past 10 years. The high rate of growth of existing and new suppliers allows for...

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/02 Feb 2021

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EXQUISITE CHAMPAGNE

by HARVEEY FINKEL Today we’ll discover the second of the pair of exquisite effervescent wines we began with in this space last month, this one from Champagne, the paragon of sources of such pleasures. It is no surprise that the Brut Nature is a product of Louis Roederer, a grande...

/02 Feb 2021

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ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH – THE BUCK’S FIZZ

by PINK LADY Back in December I was co-presenting a virtual cocktail and wine event, when a guest asked me “who invented the Mimosa?” I told them to give me a minute, as I was certain I’d covered the origin story of this beloved brunch libation. I clicked away at...

/02 Feb 2021

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ITALIAN PINOT GRIGIO

by SANDY BLOCK, MW Pinot Grigio won’t go away. Ignored by critics, disdained by sommeliers and most wine professionals as boring, damned with faint praise (“mild, fresh, clean”), it still captures a sizable share of the wine drinking public’s purchasing dollar. What accounts for the unusual staying power of this...

/02 Jan 2021

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A FRESH LOOK AT MODERN DAY DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE

by ANDY CROUCH Double India Pale Ale is what happens when you leave a perfectly respectable style in the hands of fanatical American brewers. Once referred to as Imperial IPA, a borrowed reference from the strong stout style, these outsized IPAs once exploded with a tongue melting cacophony of hops,...

/02 Jan 2021

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EXQUISITE EFFERVESCENCE

by HARVEY FINKEL I have lately enjoyed two sparkling wines for which the word “exquisite” was coined. Neither is of a run-of-the-winery genre. Both deserve wider renown, and you deserve to know about them. The first of the pair, addressed today, comes to us from England, not noted for its...

/02 Jan 2021

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ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH-THE BOULEVARDIER

by PINK LADY We are more than happy to bid farewell to 2O2O, and welcome the New Year with a cocktail that fits our current mood: braced for a dark winter, fortified with a strong spirit, slightly embittered but nonetheless well-appointed and pretty to look at. We present to you...

/01 Dec 2020

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SYRAH

by SANDY BLOCK, MW Syrah occupies that hazy and crowded middle ground of red grape varieties somewhere between the grace and finesse Pinot Noir often flashes, and the powerhouse intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s no lesser of a grape variety than these two acknowledged superstars. Held back only by lack...

/01 Dec 2020

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ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH – CHAMPAGNE PUNCH

by PINK LADY As we find ourselves in the home stretch of 2O2O, we can’t say we’re sad to see it go. Mixing up a bowl of punch is our preferred way to celebrate the Season of Giving, and though the groups gathering around our respective punch bowls might be...

/01 Dec 2020

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ANOTHER HANGOVER CURE?

by HARVEY FINKEL, MD We are now greeted by a new report of a cure for hangover. We get one of these about once a year. This one, from the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland by Eriksson, et al., was published in the journal Alcohol and...

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