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The Good Life : Drinks
Straight From the Barrel: On the Beam
Perhaps individual whiskey men have been more renowned -- perhaps. But it's hard to argue that any one family has had a more illustrious history in...more
Posted: September 9, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
The Good Life : Drinks
Straight from the Barrel: A Gentleman's Gin
If you're in a bar and you see a rather British-looking gent wearing a bowler hat, say hello. You might get a drink -- and a laugh -- out of it. Andy...more
Posted: August 27, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
The Good Life : Drinks
The $10,000 Scotch
The first time it came over it arrived by airplane. It was back in 1953, and while shipping by air was nothing new, the advent of cases of Chivas...more
Posted: July 1, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
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Distillers' Masterpiece
May's most exciting two minutes -- the Kentucky Derby -- bring two decisions each year: which horse to bet and which Bourbon to drink? While it's...more
Posted: June 1, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
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Hennessy Paradis Extra
Time travel is a rare job perquisite, but it's one that Yann Fillioux, a seventh-generation master blender of Hennessy Cognac, enjoys when he makes...more
Posted: April 1, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
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Straight From The Barrel: Two Tempting Taliskers and A New Oban
Alistair Robertson, the distillery manager for Talisker on western Scotland's remote Isle of Skye, may be out of his element in New York City, but he...more
Posted: February 27, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
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The Great Divide
Vintners in western Washington aren't letting faraway vineyards stop them from crafting fabulous wines
Posted: February 1, 2003 By Bruce Schoenfeld
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The Glenlivet 1959 Limited Edition
You may dread your own 40th birthday, but a single-malt Scotch, treated right for better than four decades, turns out to be nothing to fear. At least...more
Posted: February 1, 2003 By Jack Bettridge
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Bollinger's Brut Grande Année 1995
If you think a wine's first duty is to be red or that Champagne is all fluff, only to be poured for a toast or celebration, Bollinger's Brut Grande...more
Posted: December 1, 2002 By Bruce Sanderson
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An Armagnac You Can't Refuse
If you're Tony Soprano, you may be laboring under the mistaken impression that "Armagnac is the next vodka." But those in the know realize that...more
Posted: October 25, 2002 By Jack Bettridge
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The Burgundian Model
When it comes to California Chardonnays, the vineyard can make all the difference
Posted: October 1, 2002 By Bruce Schoenfeld
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2000 Léoville Las Cases
If you haven't heard about Bordeaux's 2000 vintage, then you probably don't drink wine. The year matched the symbolic appeal of the millennium by...more
Posted: October 1, 2002
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