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Baby, It's Cold Up There, But It's Not All Icewine in Canada

Baby, It's Cold Up There, But It's Not All Icewine in Canada

A varietal and style sampling of the Niagara Peninsula

Wine, FeaturedAshley Ellen MartinMarch 13, 2019drinkwire, cabernet franc, riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir, gewurztraminerComment

Don't Be Afraid to Put Calvados in Cocktails

Don't Be Afraid to Put Calvados in Cocktails

The apple brandy from Normandy is delicious, accessible and highly mixable.

Featured, Spirits, CocktailsNickolaus HinesMarch 11, 2019calvados, cocktails, drinkwire, brandyComment

The Many Ways to Drink Aquavit

The Many Ways to Drink Aquavit

This Nordic spirit is having its crossover moment.

Featured, SpiritsDevon TrevathanMarch 8, 2019drinkwire, aquavitComment

A Brewery For the Deaf — and Everyone Else

A Brewery For the Deaf — and Everyone Else

The taproom at Streetcar 82 has no music or TV, and customers like it that way.

Featured, BeerPhil GalewitzMarch 6, 2019drinkwire, beer, craft beerComment

Inside the New Cooper's Craft Barrel Reserve

Inside the New Cooper's Craft Barrel Reserve

The latest whiskey release is a new way of showcasing the ingenuity coming from Brown-Forman’s cooperage

Featured, Spirits, ReviewMaggie KimberlMarch 4, 2019drinkwire, bourbon, new york international spirits competition, reviewComment

Defining Mexican Craft Beer in Tijuana

Defining Mexican Craft Beer in Tijuana

For craft beer innovation, head to the Mexican border

Featured, BeerTrevor HagstromMarch 1, 2019beer, craft beer, fruit beer, michelada, new york international beer competitionComment

Winemaking: the Next Generation

How the younger set of family winemakers takes up the mantle.

Featured, WineAmanda SchusterFebruary 28, 2019drinkwire, wine, winemaking, champagne, profileComment

Anatomy of a Drink: The Cubist Cocktail

How art and landscape inspired a Sweden-based bartender for his Bacardí Legacy entry.

Cocktails, FeaturedAmanda SchusterFebruary 27, 2019drinkwire, liquor, liquor.com, recipes, profileComment

Bourbon Classic 2019: Top Chefs and Beyond

These chefs like to cook with bourbon. (Sometimes they even put it in the food!)

Featured, Lifestyle, SpiritsMaggie KimberlFebruary 25, 2019drinkwire, profileComment

Video Field Trip: Van Brunt Stillhouse

Editor-in-Chief Amanda Schuster chats with distillery co-founder Daric Schlesselman in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Featured, Spirits, Videos, TravelAmanda SchusterFebruary 22, 2019new york international spirits competition, distillery tour, profile, travelComment

South American Wine Underdogs

South American Wine Underdogs

Make room for carménère and torrontés at the dinner table

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeFebruary 21, 2019white wine, red wine, cabernet franc, haut medoc, drinkwire, new york international wine competition, berlin international wine competitionComment

5 Beers To Try From Kentucky

5 Beers To Try From Kentucky

Bourbon country also happens to be home to some of America’s top craft breweries

Featured, Beer, Keep ReadingKevin GibsonFebruary 20, 2019beer, craft beer, drinkwire, ale, imperial stout, imperial porterComment

Bored of Big, Red Wine? Try These Winter Whites Instead

Bored of Big, Red Wine? Try These Winter Whites Instead

No need to go beyond the pale when choosing chilly weather wine; these bottles speak to the season too.

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsFebruary 19, 2019drinkwire, white wine, gewurztraminer, riesling, marsanne, roussanne, chardonnay, chablis, meursault, new york international wine competitionComment

Winter Whiskey Sours

Winter Whiskey Sours

7 ways to change up the go-to whiskey sour with winter citrus

Cocktails, Featured, Keep ReadingMaggie KimberlFebruary 15, 2019drinkwire, bourbon, whiskey, meyer lemon, new york international spirits competition, blood orange, winterComment

Crush-worthy Spirits of the Flame

Crush-worthy Spirits of the Flame

5 smoky spirits to swoon over.

Featured, Spirits, ReviewAmanda SchusterFebruary 13, 2019valentine's day, single malt, new york international spirits competition, whiskey, highland scotch, drinkwireComment

Beer Review: Borg Myrkvi No. 13 Porter

Beer Review: Borg Myrkvi No. 13 Porter

Craft beer from Iceland makes its way to Kentucky.

Beer, FeaturedKevin GibsonFebruary 11, 2019porter, stout, beer, craft beer, beer reviewComment

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Toddies and other hot cocktail recipes to warm the soul on frigid days.

Cocktails, FeaturedDevon TrevathanFebruary 8, 2019cocktails, hot cocktails, toddy, hot whiskey, whiskey, new york international spirits competitionComment

Exploring Dry Creek Zinfandel

Exploring Dry Creek Zinfandel

These wines aren’t the alcoholic jam jars you might expect from California zin.

Featured, WineTrevor HagstromFebruary 7, 2019wine, zinfandel, dry creek ava, sonoma valleyComment

Field Trips: Lyon Distilling in Maryland

Field Trips: Lyon Distilling in Maryland

On Maryland’s eastern shore, Lyon Distilling focuses on rum, while reconnecting with America’s distilling history

Featured, Spirits, TravelPhil GalewitzFebruary 4, 2019drinkwire, rum, new york international spirits competition, travelComment

Goose Island Teams Up With Heaven Hill for Small Batch Bourbon

Goose Island Teams Up With Heaven Hill for Small Batch Bourbon

Beer gets into the whiskey bottling game.

Featured, Beer, SpiritsKevin GibsonFebruary 1, 2019drinkwire, bourbon, whiskeyComment