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by PINK LADY On April 3O, we learned that the iconic New York City cocktail bar The Pegu Club would ring the last call bell, marking the end of an era for this SOHO institution. Modern mixologists and drinks enthusiasts alike owe a great deal to this NYC mainstay, founded... Read More

By PINK LADY What a difference a month makes! In the space of a few weeks — nay, a few days — we went from a schedule packed with casual martinis among friends at the Boston-area’s ever expanding list of cocktail hot spots to quarantinis at home with literally whomever... Read More

By HARVEY FINKEL We have been enjoying wine for a very long time, perhaps 9OOO years. Its sensual and spiritual enrichment of our lives was probably noted from the beginning. It seems, though, the emphasis has changed, now largely focusing on the health effects of moderate consumption, perhaps unfortunate, for,... Read More

By Andy Crouch Craft beer has long been defined by change but the beer industry has never seen anything like the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bars, restaurants, and other on-premise locations remain shuttered across most of the United States and throughout the commonwealth. Public officials are pleading with... Read More

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

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

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

By ANDY CROUCH Hard seltzer has taken the beer world by force. Not spirit or wine based but also not beer like in character, these flavored malt beverage (FMB) products—ranging from colorless and near flavorless in nature to cloyingly sweet and neon hued—have long existed around the periphery of the... Read More

By HARVEY FINKEL High, dry, and sandy. But Jean Bousquet visualized vines when he first visited the then-desolate Gualtallary Valley of the Tupungato District of the larger Uco Valley in western Argentina’s Mendoza Province thirty years ago. Told he was crazy, that he was buying a beach, “all sand, no... Read More

By PINK LADY Here in Massachusetts, where 21.5% of the population claim Irish ancestry, St. Patrick’s Day is a month-long holiday. It is a bibulous moment to be sure, with many revelers reaching for anything green to wear, Guinness by the gallon, and as many green-hued libations and sweet treats... Read More