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PINK LADY’S ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH WARM WEATHER will soon be upon us which makes us LUPEC ladies want to reach for a Margarita. It’s one of the very few classic cocktails made with tequila and, when made properly, is as refreshing a cocktail as can be. There’s no... Read More

By BRANDY RAND IN THE CROWDED FIELD of craft brewers, Chris Lohring is forging a path down the road less taken.  By focusing on brewing low-alcohol session beers – at a time when no one knew what “session” meant – Lohring took a risk that has paid off.  As an... Read More

ARTICLE BY ANDY CROUCH GUINNESS STOUT may be Ireland’s most popular beer by a distance, but it is the brand’s signature draft presentation that has long set it apart from competitor stouts.  Whether presented on tap at a bar or at home through a widget-aided can, the secret behind the... Read More

GENEROUS RED WINE, well suited to this season, are the characteristic products of the Southern Rhône. The wines of this vast region are distinguished from those of the smaller, narrower, more contained Northern Rhône, also a primarily red-wine producer, by a forefront of ripe fruit and a lavish lashing of... Read More

ARTICLE BY PINK LADY WE LUPEC LADIES are very fond of St. Patrick’s Day and feel fortunate to live in a city that celebrates the holiday so robustly. You could take part in shenanigans at any number of bars in our fair city, or avoid the madness and the masses... Read More

ARTICLE BY LEW BRYSON Try as it may, Irish whiskey cannot get away from the March Spike brought on by America’s obsession with St. Patrick’s Day.  Sure, people drink more of it through the rest of the year now – the sales numbers are undeniable.  But to many, the only... Read More

Valentine’s Day arrives this month, the first holiday to officially call for eating and drinking since our New Years’ shenanigans were put to bed last month. It’s said to be the busiest day of the year in restaurants with couples arriving in droves, turning an otherwise sleepy winter evening into... Read More

TOO MUCH of a good thing may be, well . . .too much. Sometimes less is more.  This may be the case in the red-wine compound resveratrol’s protection against cancer. It is a biological truth, eruditely termed hormesis, that some materials exert their beneficial effects maximally at modest dosage, and... Read More

ORIGINALLY FUELED BY EXCITEMENT over the wines from the Marlborough district of New Zealand, Sauvignon Blanc’s multi-year surge in popularity has only accelerated over the past year or two. Once shunned, the grape is now a fashion statement. It’s understandable that consumers have also shown a renewed interest in the... Read More

BEVERAGE DIRECTOR • PAPA RAZZI-BURLINGTON + NEWPORT RESTAURANT GROUP SHAWN WESTHOVEN of Papa Razzi Metro in Burlington is what you’d call a beverage academic. Not only does he study classic Italian brands and cocktails, he teaches his staff and guests how to appreciate them. Rooted in reviving the traditional Italian... Read More