The Spirit World

The cocktail shaker for your mid-century modern ranch is undeniably the 870 by Luigi Massoni and Carlo Mazzeri for Alessi.  The perfect combination of beauty and functionality has made it a classic in bars worldwide, and its sleek design will look stunning in your home regardless of your décor aesthetic. 
Designed when Luigi Massoni was only […]

It wasn’t that long ago that the majority of cocktail books verged on the side of being comical in nature, with little in the way of any substance beyond simply trotting out a variety of fanciful drinks. It was usually even suspect if the author had even tried, much less even familiar with, the drinks […]

Do you decant your wine? I’ve long been an advocate of decanting all wines regardless of quality; a little air can often do wonders.
This fun little video from  the chaps and chapesses at Real Meal TV discusses the very subject. It is one of several wine related video clips which include wine and chocolate, chilling […]

Editor’s Note:  Please welcome our Guest Writer, Anita Crotty from Married with Dinner. 
Yours truly has been anointed the winner of the inaugural Raiders of the Lost Cocktail challenge, and therefore the decider of this month’s challenge ingredient. But please, don’t be too impressed by my gold-medal status: I was the only entrant who actually followed the rules. […]

It is fair to say that there are thousands, no several thousands of different cocktail recipes out there, and it often seems like more and more being concocted every day. It is equally fair to say that far more than just a small percentage of those really never deserve to see the light of day. […]

Domaines Frapin has announced the launch of Domaine Château de Fontpinot – 1986, a 20 year old cognac “with superb ageing and exceptional maturity.” It has already been awarded a gold medal in the 2007 International Wines & Spirits Challenge.
It was exclusively harvested, distilled, aged for 20 years in oak barrels, blended and bottled at […]

Wine Enthusiast magazine recently awarded Casa Herradura, the esteemed maker of Tequila Herradura and el Jimador tequilas, as the “Distiller of the Year,” the first time this prestigious award has ever been given to a tequila distillery.
There were 45 nominees in nine award categories ranging from “Winemaker of the Year” to “Importer of the Year”. […]

Vinquire.com, a San Francisco based wine portal, today unveils a free wine search engine enabling users to search for wines at over 3,300 U.S. wineries and retailers.  Vinquire inventories over 500,000 wines and offers users the ability to find virtually any wine at competitive prices.
Unlike other wine search engines, Vinquire displays all wine search results […]

Southern Living magazine recently ran a piece on grabbing celebratory drinks while on the go this holiday season. One of the drinks they featured was Grandma’s Cookies, a drink hailing from The Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida. 
Served in a martini glass that is rimmed with red sugar and filled with “shaken-not-stirred cinnamon Schnapps, butterscotch […]

Southern Living magazine recently ran a piece on grabbing celebratory drinks while on the go during the upcoming holiday season. One of the drinks they featured was Black Dog Mulled Wine, a drink hailing from the Chateau Morrisette in Floyd, Virginia. They take a semidry, red wine and heat and infuse it with “cinnamon sticks, […]