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by PINK LADY May is always off to a strong start as far as drinking months go, with two major holidays back-to-back: Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) and the Kentucky Derby (May 6th.) Why not keep the good times and the drinks flowing all the way through to the unofficial... Read More

by LEW BRYSON I’ve written a lot of words in my almost 3O-year career as a booze writer, turned a lot of phrases. But one sentence that I come back to the most, one that still gets quoted (I literally saw it on Twitter last week), was a tossed away... Read More

By Maia Merrill Gosselin Jo-Ann Ross is living the good life. A longtime voice specialist/speech pathologist, Jo-Ann made the decision nearly twenty years ago to follow her true passion: wine. After studying, traveling and generally immersing herself in the industry, she has parlayed her lifelong love of wine into a... Read More

By Pink Lady When you grow up with something, it can be easy to take it for granted, and that is probably why in 12 years of writing this column I’ve not shared the history of the Jack Rose Cocktail. To me the drink is iconic among the classic recipes... Read More

By Seema Tikare When anyone talks about visiting Spain, it conjures up flamboyant and over-the-top images in my mind: Flamenco dancers, the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, the sunny, sexy beaches of the Costa del Sol, and the gorgeous Moorish palaces of Sevilla. Even the Camino de Santiago, the... Read More

By Andy Crouch Founded in 1896, Anchor Brewing Company has long stood as an icon in San Francisco culture. The brewery and its famous Steam Beer would go on to become one of America’s most important early pioneers for craft brewers. In 1965, a young Fritz Maytag, great-grandson of the... Read More

By Pink Lady Since 2OO7 I’ve gone by Pink Lady as my cocktail moniker, but there’s another great “lady” style cocktail worth trying if you can’t get your mitts on fresh grenadine: the White Lady. It’s a light, dry, and refreshing number made with gin, Cointreau and lemon juice, and... Read More

By Kirsten Amann Every month is Women’s History Month in my corner of the cocktail world, but since March bears the official title, it is a perfect time to raise a glass to the first celebrity female bartender, Ada Coleman. Known to friends and regulars as Coley, she looms large... Read More

by SEEMA TIKARE If there is a chameleon among wines, it is Zinfandel. Whether it is the rather sweet, alcoholic, old-school White Zinfandel from our college days or the elegant, refined red Zinfandels from Ridge’s East Bench or Paso Robles, it spans every taste and preference. It can be candy-like... Read More

by MAIA MERRILL GOSSELIN The first thing you notice when you meet Kirsten “Kitty” Amann is her infectious cheerfulness. You can’t help but smile in her presence. She embraces everything she does with remarkable, buoyant energy. But there’s much more to Kitty than just her upbeat personality. The longtime industry... Read More