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Make Lambrusco Your Summer-to-Fall Transitional Wine

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

5 Great Beer Styles For Fall

5 Great Beer Styles For Fall

Try these traditional fall beer styles that have nothing to do with pumpkin spice

Beer, Keep ReadingPamela VachonSeptember 16, 2020beer, craft beer, microbrewery, new york international beer competition, beer pairing, lager, pale ale, fall, 101Comment

Three Ways To Drink For a Cause This Autumn

Three Ways To Drink For a Cause This Autumn

Mix up these cocktails for a cause

CocktailsAmanda SchusterSeptember 15, 2020cocktails, covid, gin, new york international spirits competitionComment

A Texas Whiskey Writer On the Meaning of Bourbon Heritage Month

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

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

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

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

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

State of the Bourbon 2020

State of the Bourbon 2020

For Bourbon Heritage Month, our annual State of the Bourbon address

Featured, Spirits, Keep ReadingMaggie KimberlSeptember 2, 2020covid, bourbon, liquor laws, microbrewery, beer, craft beer Comment

9 Eastern European Countries Making Bang-For-Your-Buck Wines

9 Eastern European Countries Making Bang-For-Your-Buck Wines

Exploring unique and modern wines from Eastern Europe that don’t break the bank

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeAugust 31, 2020wine, sparkling wine, white wine, riesling, new york international wine competition, red wine, orange wineComment

Cider Review: Sweden's Rekorderlig Makes a Stateside Splash

Cider Review: Sweden's Rekorderlig Makes a Stateside Splash

“Beautifully Swedish” fruit-flavored, low-calorie ciders for summer sipping

Featured, BeerSara HavensAugust 28, 2020cider, hard cider, flavored cider, Gluten-Free Comments

7 Savory Tomato Cocktails (That Aren't a Bloody Mary)

7 Savory Tomato Cocktails (That Aren't a Bloody Mary)

Discover tomatoes in a whole new light with these drinks that use strained juice and infused spirits

Cocktails, Featured, Keep ReadingKelly MagyaricsAugust 27, 2020cocktails, gin, tequila, vodka, new york international spirits competition, sherry, aquavit, cachaca, recipesComment

Tony's Whisky Corner: 3 New Upscale Takes on Bottled-in-Bond

Tony's Whisky Corner: 3 New Upscale Takes on Bottled-in-Bond

Tasting 2020 B-I-B whiskey releases from Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey, and George Dickel

Featured, SpiritsTony SachsAugust 26, 2020whiskeyComment

Adding Spice to Your Cocktails

Adding Spice to Your Cocktails

Make a Mango Coconut Masalatini and take your cocktail spice adventure from there

Featured, CocktailsRinku BhattacharyaAugust 24, 2020cocktails, spices, new york international wine competition, moscato, riesling, vodka, on the rocksComment

Smoke on Smoke: Pairing Smoky Whisky With Pastrami and Lox

Smoke on Smoke: Pairing Smoky Whisky With Pastrami and Lox

10 food-friendly peated and smoky whiskies to try

Featured, Spirits, PairingAmanda SchusterAugust 21, 2020whiskey, single malt, pairingsComment

Up on the Hilltop With Hill Farmstead

Up on the Hilltop With Hill Farmstead

The taproom is closed, but worth a visit to this Vermont brewery for a drive-through pickup

Featured, BeerPhil GalewitzAugust 20, 2020beer, craft beer, microbrewery, blonde ale, pale ale, travelComment

Get to know Albariño with Bottles From Native Spain and Beyond

Get to know Albariño with Bottles From Native Spain and Beyond

Albariño is everything you crave in a food-friendly wine

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsAugust 19, 2020wine, white wine, albarino, rias baixas, pairingsComment

Escape From Manhattan

Escape From Manhattan

How to change a standard Manhattan cocktail recipe for a flavor vacation

Cocktails, Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterAugust 17, 2020cocktails, rum, whiskey, bitters, brandy, cognac, upComment

Wines and Signs

Wines and Signs

What’s your wine? The answer might be written in the stars.

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeAugust 13, 2020wine, white wine, new york international wine competition, shiraz, sparkling wine, chardonnay, cabernet franc, berlin international wine competition, zinfandel, portComment

Red Wine and Chill

Red Wine and Chill

Midsummer white and rosé wine fatigue? Try putting these reds on a little ice.

Featured, WineAmanda SchusterAugust 12, 2020wine, red wine, rioja, gamay, malbec, syrah, cabernet franc, pinot noir, malborough, new york international wine competitionComment