Category: Editor’s Picks
Cachaça Eyes A Comeback
Don’t call it Brazilian rum. Although it’s often lumped into the rum category, cachaça — Brazil’s sugarcane-based spirit — has unique character and a protected status …
8 Cinco de Mayo Drinks For 2022
by: Melissa Dowling
We get so many great tequila and mezcal cocktail recipes throughout the year that it’s hard to narrow them down for our holiday drink roundups. Here …
9 Things to Know About Cognac
by: Melissa Dowling
Cognac has been on a roll for several years. The distilled wine spirit drove much of the 7% increase in brandy/Cognac consumption in 2020, according to …
6 Easter Cocktails For 2022
by: Melissa Dowling
Let the kids devour the jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps this Easter. Grown-up can have their own fun with refreshing and decadent holiday cocktails …
Tips For Pairing Sake Like A Pro
by: Melissa Dowling
As with pairing food with wine, pairing sake has its nuances. The diversity of sake—including the various rice varietals, milling and distillation styles—can make for a complex beverage pairing. Japanese chef Masa Hamaya of …
Tequila Trends For 2022
by: Andrew Kaplan
There seems to be no stopping tequila, or agave spirits in general, for that matter. Interest in the category and the resulting boom in sales continue …
Wine Reviews: Old World Wines
by: Melissa Dowling
For our first wine panel of 2021, we asked panelists to taste and rate Old World wines. These wine reviews could be any style from anywhere …
7 St. Patrick-approved Sips For 2022
by: Melissa Dowling
The best cocktails St. Patrick’s Day may be mostly about the beer, and the Irish whiskey, but the March 17 holiday falls just before the first …
Game Changer: Emporium Arcade Bar
by: Melissa Dowling
The pandemic hit the on-premise sector hard, but Covid-19 was particularly devastating for Emporium Arcade Bar. For one thing, the concept combines arcade games with a …
Tapping Into Italy’s Trentodoc Sparkling Wines
by: Melissa Dowling
Consumers in the U.S. once reserved sparkling wines for special occasions, but in recent years they’ve discovered the versatility and food-friendliness of all types of bubbly. …
