• SPIRITS

L.A.’s Greenbar Distillery Serves Up a Food-Friendly Gin

July 31, 2020

Even 70 years after the end of Prohibition, the path for L. A. distillers remained relatively untrodden. Greenbar Distillery, started …

• SPIRITS

The Global Spirit of Equiano Rum

July 31, 2020

Perhaps helping recast the tragic history of the slave/molasses/rum trading triangle of old with some positive global-sharing innovation, new Equiano …

• WINE

Miller Union Co-Owner Neal McCarthy Talks Wine

July 30, 2020

It takes serious corkscrew skills to score back-to-back James Beard Award finalist nominations for Outstanding Wine Program, and Neal McCarthy—co-owner, …

• SPIRITS

Don’t Add Lime: Tears of Llorona Just Needs a Snifter

July 29, 2020

Some call it the tequila for whiskey lovers. Tears of Llorona, an extra-extra añejo, begins as 100% blue agave, hand-selected …

• GEAR

Bestowal Offers Curated Gifts for Boozehounds

July 28, 2020

Frustrated by cookie-cutter gift bundling services (flowergrams, candygrams, PajamaGrams, etc.), commercial real estate veteran and native Chicagoan Chloe Reaumond channeled …

• WHISKEY

Tasting Note: Deadwood Tumblin’ Dice 4 Year Old Straight Bourbon

July 27, 2020

David Schmier has been a very busy man. After working with Bardstown Barrel Selections and launching Redemption Rye in 2010, …

• WINE

Willamette Pinot Auction Goes Virtual—and Will Benefit Beard Foundation

July 25, 2020

PINOT WEEK Even for the pros who are there to work, the annual springtime Willamette Valley Wineries Association (WVWA) Pinot …

• WINE

Singular Delights from the Gary Farrell Winery

July 25, 2020

PINOT WEEK A chance to taste seven 2016 single vineyard Pinot Noirs from Sonoma’s Gary Farrell Winery, side by side—and …

• WINE

ESSENTIALS: Central Otago

July 24, 2020

PINOT WEEK Most people think of New Zealand for its Sauvignon Blanc, and rightly so—but these days the buzz is …

• WINE

A Look Back at Sideways, Where Wine is A Metaphor

July 24, 2020

PINOT WEEK Alexander Payne’s close-to-the-bone 2004 Oscar-winning comedy Sideways earned substantial credit for successfully recasting the Hollywood buddy movie stereotype …

• WINE

TASTING NOTE: 1995 Burgundy

July 23, 2020

PINOT WEEK Many years ago I went to Burgundy for the first time with friends, like-minded travelers who showed me …

• WINE

TASTING NOTE: 2001 Sanford Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir

July 23, 2020

PINOT WEEK New world pinot lovers have endless debates: Do American Pinots age? Some argue they’re made to drink young, …

• WINE

The Excellent Spatburgunders of August Kesseler

July 22, 2020

PINOT WEEK Spätburgunder. Say it out loud: “Shpayt-ber-gun-der,” with a long “a” sound. There you go. The “burgunder,” like Burgundy, …

• WINE

Where to Go: Willamette Valley, Oregon

July 22, 2020

PINOT WEEK The first thing you should know about visiting Oregon’s Willamette Valley is how to pronounce it:  It’s “will-AM-et.” …

• WINE

Making Senses: Low Production, Gorgeous Sonoma Pinots

July 22, 2020

PINOT WEEK Myles Lawrence-Briggs, Christopher Lloyd Strieter, and Max Thieriot grew up playing in the vineyards they now cultivate for …