WINE TASTING NOTE: 2017 Lassègue Saint-Émilion Grand Cru October 11, 2021 If I get my hands on another bottle of the 2017 Chateau Lassègue Saint-Émilion Grand Cru ($60), I’m going to …
WHISKEY Worth the Wait: Hudson Whiskey’s Seven-Year-Old Four Part Harmony Is a Hit October 06, 2021 My goodness, this is a delicious whiskey. That was basically my first thought—really, about a dozen thoughts—after half a snort …
WINE TASTING NOTE: SIMI 2019 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley September 30, 2021 Picture a dewy morning in a strawberry field. The sun is gently peering out from behind the rising blanket of …
SPIRITS Hunt Down This Limited Edition Bombay Sapphire Bottle September 25, 2021 I don’t know why, exactly, but it can be easy to forget that drinking is meant to be fun. It …
WHISKEY A Few Words About Bourbon and the Women Who Love It September 21, 2021 The Bourbon Women Association was launched a decade ago, when legendary figure Peggy Noe Stevens felt a need to create …
SPIRITS Introducing First: Casa México’s Winning Line of Tequilas September 13, 2021 Let me come clean about one thing, right here at the bell: I was always a big fan of Oscar …
SPIRITS WHISKEY Walker’s Cay Takes the Busch Family from Beer to Bourbon September 07, 2021 King Spirits founder Steven Busch is swimming out on his own. His father, the legendary August Anheuser Busch III, was …
SPIRITS Discovering Old Monk Rum, a Legendary Indian Brand August 30, 2021 SOMETIMES YOUR FRIENDS know you better than you think. Sometimes this is a very good thing. I am, for instance, …
WINE Joining the Club: Dry Farm Wines Delivers the Good Stuff August 17, 2021 A couple of months ago, a friend asked if I could recommend a wine delivery club. You’ve seen them for …
SPIRITS WHISKEY It’s Scotch. From France. August 13, 2021 The fifth-generation team at Alfred Giraud Malt Whiskies, possessed of more than 100 years of fine cooperage tradition, is expanding …
SPIRITS Forget Potatoes—This Greek Vodka’s Made With Olives August 09, 2021 It seems that everything that can be done to vodka has already been done, from sweet and savory infusions to …
COCKTAILS GEAR WHISKEY Have Your Cocktail With a Cherry on Top August 06, 2021 I found my way to bourbon through luck and good timing. After years of drinking beer and wine, or vodka …
WINE TASTING NOTES: FEL Wines from Anderson Valley July 29, 2021 I’ve been to Napa and Sonoma enough times to have hit most of the majors, so I love it when …
WHISKEY A New Whiskey Worth Fighting For July 25, 2021 Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. In the …
WHISKEY The Last Drop Distillers Drop Another Dazzling Treasure July 22, 2021 Since I first heard of The Last Drop, I’ve been a big fan—in the abstract, of course. I’m unlikely to …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: Italicus and Tonic March 19, 2021 “It’s a little like lemocello,” said my tasting partner, after we’d both taken a small swig, neat. “But herbal.” I …
WHISKEY Power Player May 22, 2020 On the ice to over ice—Ed Belfour has segued from a celebrated hockey career into the world of distilling with …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Rum-Coco January 01, 2021 One of the many things that caught my attention during my annual viewing of the delightful film version of Tennessee …
COCKTAILS Autumn is Here: Make an Herbed Honey Smash September 23, 2020 So, for another week or so, it’s National Honey Month. Who knew? The good folks at Aberfeldy Single Malt are …
WHISKEY “For Relaxing Times…Make it Suntory Time” May 18, 2020 “But the good news is, the whisky works,” says Bill Murray’s stupefied-but-searching Bob Harris to Scarlett Johansson’s somewhat-abandoned-but-searching Charlotte in …
WHISKEY ESSENTIALS: Canadian Whisky May 22, 2020 The dominance, popularity, and status of Canadian whisky in the U.S. results from two factors: The Prohibition and the taste. …
WHISKEY ESSENTIALS: Blended Scotch February 22, 2021 The “go-go” 80s was a critical era in the history of spirits in the U.S., especially scotch. Newly minted Wall-Streeters, …
SPIRITS ESSENTIALS: Rum May 11, 2020 Rum deserves a break. Sure, its ubiquity spawned the nickname “demon rum” as a stand-in for the societal ills that …
News SPIRITS Update: Fundraising Efforts by Du Nord Craft Spirits June 26, 2020 Here’s a very entertaining update on the fundraising efforts by Du Nord Craft Spirits, in the wake of the Minneapolis protests …
WHISKEY Japanese Whisky Is Not Always Japanese Whisky October 14, 2020 Pick up any Scotch bottle and you automatically know one basic fact; it’s from Scotland. The same truth-in-labeling rules apply …
COCKTAILS YOUR WEEKEND COCKTAIL: The Brown Demon October 31, 2020 “Chamuco” is Spanish slang for “devil” and generally refers to a mischievous person. Tequila Chamucos Reposado ($45) embraces the naughtiness, …
WINE TASTING NOTE: NV Gruet Demi-Sec December 04, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK For our very small Thanksgiving, I volunteered to bring the dessert wine. It’s not that I don’t like …
WINE Star Sommelier Belinda Chang’s 5 Bubblies to Get Us Through May 15, 2020 Nobody throws a party like Belinda Chang. Even now. With her high-spirited personality and breezy approach to explaining the vagaries …
WINE And Now, the Great Cheap Prosecco Blind Tasting December 04, 2020 BUBBLES WEEK Here at Wine and Whiskey Globe, when we say “cheap,” we mean it in a conversational, not derogatory …
COCKTAILS ESSENTIALS: The Gimlet May 06, 2020 The origin of the gimlet cocktail is subject to some debate. I prefer the (likely apocryphal) version that attributes its …
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