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 […]

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 […]

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 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, […]

The Bar Room at The Modern, at The Museum of Modern Art, is a study on how to place the Bauhaus and twenty-first century Danish design pieces found in the museum in a contemporary, chic, and comfortable setting. 
Several doors east of MoMA on East Fifty-Third Street in New York, a serene white curving tunnel leads […]

If you have always dreamt of managing your own vineyard and are looking for an established estate then the sale of Old Luxters/Chiltern Valley Wines on the South Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border may be of interest.
Perhaps an English estate was not your first choice but there is more to Old Luxters than just wine. They have a […]

Have you heard?  Red wine is actually good for you.  Along with a nutritionally balanced diet, of course, and everything in moderation, so says Roger Corder in his book, The Red Wine Diet.  A perfect gift for your fellow wine-lover or to use when planning your next wine tasting party.  In the book, Corder reveals […]

Two premium spirits brands Cape North Vodka and Saffron Gin, both of which are well known in leading UK cocktail bars, have just been listed by Sainsburys in their top 100 stores and by WineRack in 270 stores nationwide.  Cape North Vodka sells at £25.99 and Saffron Gin for £19.99 in both retailers in 70cl bottles […]