VENTANA VINEYARDS
There are two new releases from this winery in the Arroyo Seco AVA: a Chardonnay and a Pinot Noir. The Chardonnay has lush flavors of tropical fruit, pineapple, kiwi, and honeysuckle with bright acidity, minerality, and light oak. The Pinot Noir is elegant and floral with notes of chocolate covered... Read More
BRUSCO ESPADIN MEZCAL
Made using artisanal methods, this mezcal is cooked in ground ovens along with oak coal which adds a complex layer of flavors and aromas such as smoke, ash and soil. Shredded with tahona, it is fermented in wooden vats with natural yeasts and double distilled with copper pot stills. Suggested retail... Read More
ADICITIVO PLATA TEQUILA
Produced in El Arenal Jalisco, Adictivo Plata Tequila is made with 1OO% pure Blue Agave and has a soft, warm flavor and herbaceous aromas. Suggested retail is $55.99. AVAILABLE FROM Abacus Distributing.
PB&W PEANUT BUTTER FLAVORED WHISKEY
Bottled by Old Elk Distillery, PB&W is a blend of premium whiskey combined with three different peanut flavors. Suggested retail is $29.99 per 75Oml. AVAILABLE FROM Baystate Wine & Spirits.
CHENIN BLANC
By SANDY BLOCK,MW Among the first places I check on a restaurant wine list: where’s the Chenin Blanc? And, no, it’s not primarily because I don’t want to spend a lot of money, although that’s part of the equation. It’s more an acid test, no pun intended. If I’m seeing... Read More
IN SEARCH OF TUSCANY’S QUINTESSENCE-SANGIOVESE AT RICASOLI
By HARVEY FINKEL The iconic grape of central Italy is undoubtably the Sangiovese, which reaches its apogee in central Tuscany. But it was not ever so, nor is it everywhere. So variable is the variety, depending on clone, conditions, and treatment, that we can pick out a few foci of... Read More
ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH-THE MORAL SUASION
By PINK LADY While we love to bend the elbow, kick back with a cold one, sit crooked and talk straight over a sip, we’re not just here for the cocktails. It’s the colorful stories that have kept us in this game, and we love a cocktail story that begins... Read More
JAMESON COLD BREW LIMITED EDITION
This limited edition from Jameson has rich coffee bean aromatics combined with vanilla nuttiness of Jameson. It has a refreshing coffee flavor followed by charred wood from the pot still whiskey contribution on the palate. Full-bodied and smooth with notes of toasted oak and dark chocolate. Suggested retail per 750ml... Read More
CAMPO BRAVO TEQUILA
Made from 100% Weber Blue Agave, this Plata tequila is created by fifth generation agave growers. Suggested retail for a 750ml is $21. AVAILABLE FROM United Liquors.
THREE CHORD
This portfolio includes a Blended Bourbon, Amplify Rye Whiskey and a Twelve Bar Reserve. All are blended from stocks in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana and made using a proprietary process of pyrolysis — heating American oak to precise temperatures to release specific flavor and aroma compounds — and rhythmic disruption... Read More