Ask any wine professional to name their favorite grape varietal and chances are the answer will be Riesling. Riesling’s produce wines with flair and style. They can be bone dry or syrupy sweet, popping with luscious honey and apricot or the ...
It is time to raise a glass to a taxing American tradition: April 15th. (No, I have not been drinking!) I’m talking about an elixir called the Income Tax cocktail. Naturally, this is the time of year it always surfaces…for better or for ...
WAKE UP…and drink? For some of you, this may not seem like an odd statement (just for the record, you are my kind of people), but to others, this is violating the social taboo of drinking before noon. Don’t worry; our forefathers have us covered ...
Ports are a wonderful way to wind up a meal, or wind down before bedtime. And while most wine drinkers understand the difference between the two basic types- tawny and ruby- not everyone knows what an LBV (late bottled vintage) port is or how to ...
The cool sea breeze at your face. The smell of roasting garlic wafting from the kitchen. The thwop of a bottle being opened then that first splash into the glass. Maybe you’re sitting beachside on the coast of the Adriatic. But you might as ...
There are very few classic cocktails that use Scotch whiskey as the base spirit. Right off the bat, drinks like the Rob Roy, the Rusty Nail, and the Robbie Burns come to mind, but there’s one more that seems to be popping up everywhere I turn ...
After becoming pleasantly full at the restaurant Park recently, I found myself searching for the perfect after-dinner beverage. Perusing Park’s dessert menu, I noticed Drambuie offered as a digestif. Drambuie’s name is rooted in the Gaelic ...