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Recommended wine and spirits for the holidays

Holiday, WineCatherine FallisDecember 21, 2020holidays, christmasComment

Get to Know Modern Bordeaux

Traditionally red wines from Bordeaux have required a lot of patience. Modern bottles are fruitier, less tannic and oaky and drinkable much sooner.

WineKelly MagyaricsDecember 16, 2020wine varietals, 101Comment

Tony's Whisky Corner: Bushmills 28 Year Old Single Malt Cognac Cask

The first of Bushmills Rare Cask series, the 28 Year Old Single Malt Cognac Cask, is an oaky and buoyant single malt Irish whiskey with a gentle spice.

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsDecember 9, 2020whiskey, single maltComment

Wine Pairings To Make Stuffing the Star of Your Thanksgiving

Whether you prefer cornbread, oyster, sausage or simple white bread stuffing, these are the wines to go alongside them this Thanksgiving.

Holiday, Pairing, WineKelly MagyaricsNovember 25, 2020wine, thanksgiving, pairingsComment

Apple Brandies to Brighten Your Thanksgiving

This year we’re thankful for smooth sipping with these vibrant apple brandies from Tamworth Garden and Boulard.

Cocktails, Featured, Spirits, HolidayTony SachsNovember 23, 2020thanksgiving, apples, brandyComment

Wine Pairings for Fall Ingredients

These are the bottles to sip while pairing wines to rich autumnal flavors like pumpkins, parsnips and pears.

Featured, Pairing, WineKelly MagyaricsNovember 11, 2020gruner veltliner, pinot grigio, pinot gris, riesling, sauvignon blanc, pinot noir, gamay, red wine, white wine, fall, wine, pairingsComment

The Many Faces of Pinot Noir

From tart and crisp to structured and savory, discover where to find your perfect bottle of pinot noir.

Wine, FeaturedKelly MagyaricsNovember 2, 2020red wine, pinot noir, wine, 101, wine varietalsComment

All About Rye

We’re now in the third decade of a ryesurgence! Here’s what’s going on with rye around the world.

Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterOctober 23, 2020whiskey, rye, 101Comment

Sipping in Season: the Martinez Cocktail

The Martinez cocktail is an ideal autumn sipper, and here are the gins to make it with

Featured, Cocktails, SpiritsAmanda SchusterOctober 12, 2020cocktails, cocktail history, martini, up, recipes, fallComment

5 Of the Most Interesting Virtual Distillery Tours

If you can’t visit in person, these distilleries have gone out of their way to bring themselves to you

Featured, Spirits, TravelMike GerrardOctober 6, 2020distillery tour, covid, tequila, vodka, field trip, travelComment

12 Great Bourbons to Try This Fall

Whether you seek fancy finishes or just plain good bourbon, here’s a list of 12 to try.

Featured, SpiritsAmanda GabrieleSeptember 28, 2020bourbon, reviewComment

Tony's (Mostly) Whisky Corner: Equiano Rum

This rum retraces the journey of a history-making abolitionist

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsSeptember 24, 2020rumComment

Limited and Rare Whiskey To Seek Out This Fall

Fall means new rare whisky from Compass Box, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam and more!

Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterSeptember 22, 2020whiskey, blended scotch, bourbon, single malt, new york international spirits competition, review, fallComment

Historical Wines of Eastern Mediterranean

Eastern Mediterranean wine and the stories behind them give a rare sip of history

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeSeptember 21, 2020wine, cinsault, cabernet sauvignon, grenache, winemaking, muscat, new york international wine competition, 101 Comments

Make Lambrusco Your Summer-to-Fall Transitional Wine

These juicy, red bubbly bottles from northern Italy are an unexpected treat this season.

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsSeptember 17, 2020wine, sparkling wine, lambrusco, fallComment

A Texas Whiskey Writer On the Meaning of Bourbon Heritage Month

A writer shares how she learned to love bourbon, and keep its spirit alive

Featured, SpiritsGabrielle PharmsSeptember 11, 2020bourbon, covid, historyComment

New York Tough: These 4 Local Brands Launched in a Pandemic

Can a pandemic stop the launch of these NYC-born products? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterSeptember 9, 2020covid, spirits, amari, mixers, bartenders, cocktails, cocktail bars, gin, whiskey, spritz, new york international spirits competition, coffee, vodkaComment

Tony's Whisky Corner: Knob Creek 12 & 15 Year Bourbon

Knob Creek releases two older whiskey expressions at reasonable price points.

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsSeptember 8, 2020whiskey, bourbonComment

12 Wines for Sangrias, Spritzes, and Wine Cocktails

Wines you mix cocktails with should be wines you would sip on their own

Featured, Cocktails, WinePamela VachonSeptember 4, 2020wine, sparkling wine, new york international wine competition, zinfandel, pinot grigio, white wine, cavaComment

It's Still Picnic and BBQ Season! Here Are Wines for Everything You Stuff In a Bun

Food you eat with no knife or fork = an extra hand for a stemless wine tumbler.

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsSeptember 3, 2020wine, gamay, orange wine, berlin international wine competition, sparkling wine, rioja, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, new york international wine competition, labor day, pinot noir, red wine, cabernet sauvignon, pairingsComment

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