wine + spirits + beer
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
- Keywords
- james rodewald,
- wine,
- legislation,
- industry,
- food policy
wine + spirits + beer
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
- Keywords
- tara q. thomas,
- wine,
- spain
wine + spirits + beer
The Battle for Craft Beer
Long deprived of world-class brews, Alabamans are fighting back.
02.25.08
- Keywords
- beer,
- brewing,
- legislation,
- southern u.s.,
- joshua m. bernstein
wine + spirits + beer
Open-Source Brewing
What happens when you apply Wikipedia principles to beer?
01.29.08
- Keywords
- beer,
- brewing,
- beverage,
- joshua m. bernstein
wine + spirits + beer
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
- Keywords
- spirits,
- cocktail,
- cookbooks,
- southern u.s.,
- john t. edge
wine + spirits + beer
Back to the Drawing Room
Five years ago, I wouldn't have been caught dead here. But bars change.
01.15.08
wine + spirits + beer
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
- Keywords
- wine,
- san francisco,
- shopping,
- bars
wine + spirits + beer
With the Grain
Massive crop failures will soon dramatically increase the cost of producing beer. What's a microbrewer to do?
01.15.08
- Keywords
- beer,
- agriculture,
- joshua m. bernstein
wine + spirits + beer
Manhattan Cocktail with Julie Reiner
Julie Reiner's take on the classic Manhattan.
01.14.08
- Keywords
- cocktails,
- video,
- spirits,
- Julie Reiner
wine + spirits + beer
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
- Keywords
- julia langbein,
- spirits,
- bars,
- cocktail,
- mixology