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Sour Grapes

It’s no surprise that the president of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America is upset about bills seeking to make it easier for consumers to buy wine directly from wineries....
03.10.08
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The Botani of Desire

Jorge Ordoñez's and Alois Kracher's wines could put Málaga back on the modern wine map. The 2006 Botani is floral and herbal but bone dry.
03.05.08
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The Battle for Craft Beer

Long deprived of world-class brews, Alabamans are fighting back.
02.25.08
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Open-Source Brewing

What happens when you apply Wikipedia principles to beer?
01.29.08
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Birth of a Quaff: How Cocktails are Born and Bred

The Tabasco-spiked dirty martini strikes me as a drink with legs. So does the tea punch I've been making of late.
01.25.08
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Back to the Drawing Room

Five years ago, I wouldn't have been caught dead here. But bars change.
01.15.08
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First Sips: Terroir Natural Wine Merchant

"A less convenient place for a wine bar I can't even imagine," my friend Richard said when I told him about Terroir.
01.15.08
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With the Grain

Massive crop failures will soon dramatically increase the cost of producing beer. What's a microbrewer to do?
01.15.08
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Manhattan Cocktail with Julie Reiner

Julie Reiner's take on the classic Manhattan.
01.14.08
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When Tom Met Jerry

Maybe every other barfly around has heard of the Tom & Jerry cocktail, but I’d never heard of it when I stumbled across a vat of it in the freezer.
01.07.08
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