The Spirit World

Are you a dab hand with the cocktail shaker or perhaps the slurp and spit of a fine Napa Cabernet is your thing?
We have a few spaces for writers here at The Spirit World - whether your love is wine, beer or spirits your words could soon be seen across the world via this website. […]

Now is the time to nominate your favorite food or drink blog for the 2008 Food Blog Awards. All the details can be found on our main site.

Thank you so much for making our site a part of your regular routine.  Without you, we wouldn’t be here.  We will be taking a short break to celebrate the holidays with our family and friends, and will resume regular postings on Monday, January 5th (the official kick-off of the annual Food Blog Awards!).
Happy holidays!

At long last, it’s that time of year again, time to recognize your favorite food and drink blogs with the annual Food Blog Awards.  This year, in the interest of the upcoming holidays, we’ve moved our schedule up a bit, so it will not get underway until after the holidays. 
On Monday, January 5th, we will put […]

On the last day of Tales of the Cocktail, we somehow found ourselves meandering around the lobby in the morning. We happened upon a tasting room for Noilly Prat vermouths, and decided to step inside. To be honest, it was the enticing buffet of fruit and pastries that got us in the room. Once we […]

On Monday July 21, 2008, the doors officially opened on a new New Orleans institution, the Museum of the American Cocktail. The push to open the museum was spearheaded by several cocktail luminaries, including of course Dr. Cocktail, the museum’s curator. Many of the greatest names in cocktails have been involved in creating and opening […]

A very Merry Christmas from all the writers and ‘behind the scenes’ people here at The Spirit World and the WellFed network as a whole.
We sincerely hope you have enjoyed our posts and many thanks to those who engaged in the various discussions over the last year and look forward to providing continuing interest in the […]

Luckily for us wine lovers the Food Blog Awards has a for drink category. Not just wine, of course, but cocktails and beer related sites are all covered.
This year the nominations were far and reaching. After a hectic weekend of discussion between the various judges (of which I was one) came up with the shortlist. […]

The nomination period for the annual Food Blog Awards has kicked off, and you can go to our main site to cast your nominations. Continue on below for today’s daily content on The Spirit World.

So many secrets have been lost.
At the dawn of (cocktail) time, great masters (like Jerry Thomas and Harry Johnson) emerged. These giants of the earth were able to wrest secrets from the primordial elements (like gin and brandy and bitters and ice), and from them craft potions of eldritch potency. In their wisdom, these masters […]