The Spirit World

By the time the last person had managed to squeeze into Gallery 11/12 at ExCel, London, last Wednesday, it was standing room only. The trade’s response to the ‘Wine and the Web: the Business of Getting Social’ LIWF briefing presented by Catavino Marketing, The Wine Conversation and Bibendum Wine Ltd was fantastic, proving what a hot […]

Snooth, the wine tasting note/cellar mangement/socail site has announced a partnership with leading industry publication, Wine & Spirits Magazine.Under the terms of the agreement, the publication will add the past 2 years of proprietary scores, as well as the forthcoming year of reviews and scores to the Snooth database, allowing users of the site access to […]

Snooth - that great social wine note storage site goes from strength to strength.
The latest, and trendiest way to access (that Mr Obama has a lot to answer for!) the ever growing database of wines is via the blackberry.
“When we launched the iPhone site a few weeks back, a few of you with Blackberrys and […]

I admit it. I am a sucker for great glassware. My collection has grown from two sets of juice glasses to wine glasses, beer mugs, cordial glasses and more. So, I am always on the prowl for different, new, cute glasses to add to my collection.
When I saw these Kirby cordial glasses at Crate & […]

So, on the topic of mixing drinks, many people are realizing that big cubes work exceptionally well (harkening back to the bartender’s tools of old…you know, the icepick and whatnot). I’ve already mentioned the Tovolo trays in the past, but you may notice in the photograph above that one cube is infinitely more pleasing to […]

The festive period is nearly upon us and, as the drinks begin to flow during the ultimate party season, how can you be sure that your Christmas party shines brighter than the rest? Throwing the perfect party and making sure your guests have a good time is always stressful but worry not because help is […]

Snooth, the cellar management/wine tasting note resource, has just introduced Group Pages where you can find in-depth information about your favorite wines. Explore the Grapes, Regions and Wineries as well as the Stores they are available in. Individual Group Pages offer detailed information you can rely on to help guide your purchasing decisions. As their tag line explains […]

While sipping a sazerac one evening during this year’s Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, I noticed a fellow patron conferring with the bartender over an iPhone. I guessed that this person must surely be using the new Cocktails iPhone application to share the recipe of a drink he wanted to order. Now that’s […]

Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace are filled with numerous groups, fan clubs and event listings for bartenders and mixologists but now there is a website that is strictly for the professional bartending community. The site is MySpeedRail.com and it launched in the beta version this past May and two weeks ago we […]

Do you know your Chardonnay from your Chablis? Your Loire from your Mosel? If you don’t, or even if you do and want to increase your knowledge of wine at no cost, then check out the following three quizzes.
Test your general wine knowledge over at Tom Cannavan’s Wine Pages. There are 20 questions in each […]