For those of us residing in the Northern Hemisphere, winter weather is already here but the coldest temperatures are still to come. On one of those frigid February days that have you swearing you’re finally going to move to Southern California, there’s one cocktail perfectly built to warm you up: the Hot Toddy. Beyond its …
We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s the Best Whiskey for Hot Toddies? Read More »
A lot of drinks have interesting histories. And then there is absinthe. The favorite boisson of 19th-century Paris, the great wormwood spirit is inexorably associated with its world-famous devotees. Artists like Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh included it in their paintings, while Oscar Wilde, Arthur Rimbaud, and other Belle Époque literary luminaries …
Building on History, Modern Distillers Are Taking Absinthe in Unexpected New Directions Read More »
Last week, we kicked off our climate change series with a discussion on how the process has impacted the wine industry over the years. This week, we’ll take things back to the beginning for an overview of the natural events that have altered the vine and the people who cultivate them. As climate scientists have …
Wine 101: Wine and Climate Change Part II: Historical Climate Change Among the Vines Read More »
The Margarita is undeniably one of the most popular cocktails in the U.S. With an easily modified recipe, the drink has a near-endless number of variations that offer unique flavor profiles, introduce a different spirit, or even bring beer into the equation. But if there’s one version of the classic that continues to enrapture the …
Stop Asking Your Bartender for Skinny Margaritas Read More »
Eight bottles of 1947 Cheval Blanc billed as ‘the world’s most fabled wine’ failed to sell at Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen. The St-Emilion lot, which was described by the auctioneer as containing ‘one of the most legendary and coveted wines in the world’, had been valued at between 300,000DKK (£33,198) and 400,000DKK (£44,264). The …
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West Chicago, IL (December 11, 2024) – The new and innovative…NADA Drop® is a wine disc like no other. Engineered and designed with embossed diamond-shaped prods that will give any wine […]
Sonoma County Vintners Announces “Wine Is Us” Campaign Promoting Positive Benefits of Wine: Sonoma County Vintners (SCV) is excited to announce their new “Wine Is Us” multimedia campaign as part of their ongoing efforts to advocate for and promote Sonoma County wines to the world…
(Dec. 11, 2024; Mendoza, Argentina)–Bodega Trivento, the world’s No. 1 best-selling Argentine wine brand, has opened its highly anticipated restaurant, Los Vientos, onsite at the winery in Maipú, Mendoza. The […]
Hospitality groups Atrium, Levy and Vail Resort Group and national restaurant chains STK, Kona and Old Chicago mark new wins for the growing premium canned wine brand New partners attracted […]
SWR audits seven global standards as pilot study of global sustainability metrics in wine.Results bear out ‘the urgent need for comparability’ in different standards December 11, 2024 — The sheer […]