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Highball Recipes For the Ultimate Summer Refreshment

Highball Recipes For the Ultimate Summer Refreshment

Cool off with these carbonated cocktails

Cocktails, FeaturedMaggie KimberlJune 10, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, new york international spirits competitionComment

Costières de Nimes: France’s "Lost" Wine Region Makes a Comeback

Costières de Nimes: France’s "Lost" Wine Region Makes a Comeback

An expert sommelier shares what’s new from this off-the-beaten-path French wine region

Featured, WineChristina BrooksJune 6, 2019wine, drinkwire, new york international wine competitionComment

BCB Is Back in Brooklyn!

BCB Is Back in Brooklyn!

Here’s what to expect from BCB Brooklyn 2019

Featured, Lifestyle, CocktailsAmanda SchusterMay 31, 2019drinkwire, bcb, bar convent, new york international spirits competition, travelComment

Chuggable Wines For Under $20

Chuggable Wines For Under $20

High quality wine can be budget friendly too

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeMay 29, 2019wine, vinho verde, cabernet sauvignon, berlin international wine competition, new york international wine competition, red wine, white wine, melbourne international wine competitionComment

Field Trips: Washington Wine Country

Field Trips: Washington Wine Country

The geology of the Pacific Northwest tells its story with Washington wine

Wine, Featured, Field TripsAmanda SchusterMay 23, 2019drinkwire, wine, red wine, white wine, zinfandel, pinot gris, travelComment

Get Swayed By Rosé

Get Swayed By Rosé

Find the right region and bottle for your pink wine style

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsMay 22, 2019wine, merlot rose, new york international wine competition, melbourne international wine competition, roseComment

Affordable Spring and Summer Sparklers

Affordable Spring and Summer Sparklers

Some of the best bubblies are budget-friendly

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeMay 15, 2019wine, sparkling wine, drinkwire, champagne, new york international wine competition, pinot gris, pinot blanc, chardonnayComment

How To Use Barrel Aged Gin In Cocktails

How To Use Barrel Aged Gin In Cocktails

Oak rested gin is all the rage, but what to do with it beyond the neat serve?

Featured, CocktailsNickolaus HinesMay 13, 2019drinkwire, gin, new york international spirits competition, meadComment

German and Austrian Reds For Warm Weather Sipping

German and Austrian Reds For Warm Weather Sipping

Balanced, elegant, fruity and refreshing: these are go-to red wines for spring and summer.

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsMay 6, 2019drinkwire, wine, red wineComment

Adding Salt To Cocktails Is a Sweet Move

Adding Salt To Cocktails Is a Sweet Move

A sprinkle of NaCl adds extra oomph to drinks

Featured, CocktailsNickolaus HinesApril 29, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, martini, new york international spirits competition Comment

Dig If You Will These Prince-Inspired Cocktails

Dig If You Will These Prince-Inspired Cocktails

April showers bring Purple Rainy Day drinks

Featured, CocktailsAmanda SchusterApril 25, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, apollonia, bourbon, ginComment

Wine School: Extended Maceration

Wine School: Extended Maceration

This centuries’ old technique adds deep colors, flavors and texture from the grapes themselves

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsApril 23, 2019wine, vinification, winemaking, red wine, nebbiolo, barolo, barbarescoComment

What's the Difference Between Sustainable, Organic and Biodynamic Wine?

What's the Difference Between Sustainable, Organic and Biodynamic Wine?

Every day is Earth Day when you sip these earth-friendly wines.

Featured, WineAmanda SchusterApril 19, 2019drinkwire, wine, biodynamic wine, new york international wine competition, 101Comment

Carrot Cocktails To Get To the Root of Spring Entertaining

Carrot Cocktails To Get To the Root of Spring Entertaining

More than just a lunchbox snack, this vivid orange root vegetable adds sweet and earthy notes to seasonal drinks.

Cocktails, Featured, EntertainingKelly MagyaricsApril 17, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, gin, tequila, bourbon, melbourne international spirits competition, springComment

Wines of Southern California

Wines of Southern California

California’s wine country doesn’t begin and end north of San Francisco.

Featured, Wine, Field TripsTrevor HagstromApril 12, 2019wine, new york international wine competition, natural wineComment

The New New York Wine

The New New York Wine

Perspectives from the 2019 NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeApril 10, 2019wine, hudson river ava, new york international wine competition, dessert wineComment

Spring Wine: Focus on Grüner Veltliner

Spring Wine: Focus on Grüner Veltliner

This Austrian white wine is peppery, piquant, and perfectly pairable with everything you are serving

Featured, Wine, Keep ReadingKelly MagyaricsApril 3, 2019gruner veltliner, federspiel wine, wine varietalsComment

That Dandy, Randy, Brandy Alexander

That Dandy, Randy, Brandy Alexander

A tale of cocktails, lobsters, Ziegfeld girls, and gossip columnists

Featured, CocktailsKeith AllisonMarch 29, 2019drinkwire, new york international spirits competitionComment

5 Spring Aperitifs To Kick Off Seasonal Celebrations

5 Spring Aperitifs To Kick Off Seasonal Celebrations

Bright citrus, fresh herbs and even stalky vegetables go into these drinks that give winter the heave ho.

Featured, CocktailsKelly MagyaricsMarch 21, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, gin, new york international spirits competition, tequila, floralComment

Baby, It's Cold Up There, But It's Not All Icewine in Canada

Baby, It's Cold Up There, But It's Not All Icewine in Canada

A varietal and style sampling of the Niagara Peninsula

Wine, FeaturedAshley Ellen MartinMarch 13, 2019drinkwire, cabernet franc, riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir, gewurztraminerComment