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Rhône Whites
Red wine and steak. Red wine and cigars. Red wine and just about anything grilled. It seems hard to beat red wine. Heck, some even say that “all...more
Posted: April 6, 2012 By James Molesworth
Oh, Canada! A Look at Whiskies from The Great White North
All you have to do is flip on the tube to see that yesteryear adored Canadian whisky. On HBO’s "Boardwalk Empire," a series set in Prohibition,...more
Posted: March 30, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Unibroue’s Grand Reserve 17—A Beer for the Ages
When Unibroue first released the beer that would ultimately become Grand Reserve 17 back in 2007, beer connoisseurs, citing the brew’s complexity...more
Posted: March 23, 2012 By Andrew Nagy
Whisky with a French Accent
The country that gave us Cognac and Armagnac has made some notable forays into foreign-sounding spirits of late: vodka (Grey Goose and Ciroc) and gin...more
Posted: March 9, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Knob Creek Comes Through the Rye
Jim Beam’s superpremium Knob Creek is branching out with a new expression—this time a rye—fashioned by the seventh-generation distiller Fred...more
Posted: March 2, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Wine-Barrel Matured Irish Whiskey Debuts
Nobody ever accused Ireland of making great wines, but one product for which it is renowned—whiskey—just got a little more interesting with some...more
Posted: February 24, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Woodford's New Bourbon Doubles the Oak
How do you make an already excellent Bourbon better? According to Chris Morris, the master distiller at Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve Distillery,...more
Posted: February 17, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Courvoisier's Bold Cognac Statement
Most of us are not in the habit of describing Cognac as bold, but if C by Courvoisier is any indication, we may want to get used to it. The...more
Posted: February 10, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Dogfish Head Turns Wine into Beer
Sam Calagione and the folks at Dogfish Head Brewery are once again defying beer logic, this time with Noble Rot, a beer brewed with spicy Belgian...more
Posted: February 3, 2012 By Andrew Nagy
Knappogue Castle Irish Whiskey Doubles Up
Prospects for those of us who prefer whiskey over green beer for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day are getting better. Knappogue Castle will ante up...more
Posted: January 27, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
‘Tis the Season for Citrus
The anomaly of wintertime drinks is that we tend to rein in our consumption of cocktails with fruit just when the citrus produce that informs most of...more
Posted: January 20, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
Redbreast Irish Whiskey to Debut Cask-Strength Flavorbomb
Normally, we wait until spring for the first appearance of the robin redbreast, and a lot of us hold off at least until St. Patrick's Day to start...more
Posted: January 13, 2012 By Jack Bettridge
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