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5 Beers To Try From Michigan

5 Beers To Try From Michigan

Besides cars and great music, Michigan is home to stellar breweries

Beer, FeaturedKevin GibsonMay 1, 2019drinkwire, beer, craft beer, imperial stout, ipa, brown ale, new york international beer competitionComment

Adding Salt To Cocktails Is a Sweet Move

Adding Salt To Cocktails Is a Sweet Move

A sprinkle of NaCl adds extra oomph to drinks

Featured, CocktailsNickolaus HinesApril 29, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, martini, new york international spirits competition Comment

Dig If You Will These Prince-Inspired Cocktails

Dig If You Will These Prince-Inspired Cocktails

April showers bring Purple Rainy Day drinks

Featured, CocktailsAmanda SchusterApril 25, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, apollonia, bourbon, ginComment

Wine School: Extended Maceration

Wine School: Extended Maceration

This centuries’ old technique adds deep colors, flavors and texture from the grapes themselves

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsApril 23, 2019wine, vinification, winemaking, red wine, nebbiolo, barolo, barbarescoComment

What's the Difference Between Sustainable, Organic and Biodynamic Wine?

What's the Difference Between Sustainable, Organic and Biodynamic Wine?

Every day is Earth Day when you sip these earth-friendly wines.

Featured, WineAmanda SchusterApril 19, 2019drinkwire, wine, biodynamic wine, new york international wine competition, 101Comment

Carrot Cocktails To Get To the Root of Spring Entertaining

Carrot Cocktails To Get To the Root of Spring Entertaining

More than just a lunchbox snack, this vivid orange root vegetable adds sweet and earthy notes to seasonal drinks.

Cocktails, Featured, EntertainingKelly MagyaricsApril 17, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, gin, tequila, bourbon, melbourne international spirits competition, springComment

Whiskey and Cigar Pairing For Beginners

Whiskey and Cigar Pairing For Beginners

A time tested method for selecting American whiskey flights to go with a variety of cigars

Featured, Spirits, PairingMaggie KimberlApril 16, 2019drinkwire, bourbon, new york international spirits competition, 101, pairings Comments

Wines of Southern California

Wines of Southern California

California’s wine country doesn’t begin and end north of San Francisco.

Featured, Wine, Field TripsTrevor HagstromApril 12, 2019wine, new york international wine competition, natural wineComment

The New New York Wine

The New New York Wine

Perspectives from the 2019 NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting

Featured, WineAndrew McFetridgeApril 10, 2019wine, hudson river ava, new york international wine competition, dessert wineComment

Craft Beer From the Nation's Capital

Craft Beer From the Nation's Capital

6 beers from DC that any party can agree on

Featured, BeerPhil GalewitzApril 8, 2019drinkwire, beer, craft beer, new york international beer competition, porter, saison, lager, kolschComment

A Crop of Spring Whiskey

A Crop of Spring Whiskey

Raindrops on roses and a few of our favorite new 2019 whiskies

Featured, Spirits, ReviewAmanda SchusterApril 5, 2019drinkwire, whiskey, bourbonComment

Spring Wine: Focus on Grüner Veltliner

Spring Wine: Focus on Grüner Veltliner

This Austrian white wine is peppery, piquant, and perfectly pairable with everything you are serving

Featured, WineKelly MagyaricsApril 3, 2019drinkwire, gruner veltliner, federspiel wine, wine varietalsComment

Field Trips: Blinking Owl Distillery

Field Trips: Blinking Owl Distillery

Pristine water makes pure community spirits in Santa Ana, CA

Featured, Spirits, TravelTrevor HagstromApril 2, 2019drinkwire, travelComment

That Dandy, Randy, Brandy Alexander

That Dandy, Randy, Brandy Alexander

A tale of cocktails, lobsters, Ziegfeld girls, and gossip columnists

Featured, CocktailsKeith AllisonMarch 29, 2019drinkwire, new york international spirits competitionComment

5 Beers To Try From Indiana

5 Beers To Try From Indiana

Loved by Hoosiers, these beers deserve recognition from regular folks too.

Featured, BeerKevin GibsonMarch 27, 2019beer, craft beer, session beer, wheat beer, india pale ale, cream aleComment

Amber Carpet Movie Premiere: Kindred Spirits

Amber Carpet Movie Premiere: Kindred Spirits

A craft bourbon documentary from Steve Akley and Bo Cumberland premiered at the 2019 New Orleans Bourbon Festival

Featured, SpiritsMaggie KimberlMarch 25, 2019drinkwire, bourbon, whiskeyComment

5 Spring Aperitifs To Kick Off Seasonal Celebrations

5 Spring Aperitifs To Kick Off Seasonal Celebrations

Bright citrus, fresh herbs and even stalky vegetables go into these drinks that give winter the heave ho.

Featured, CocktailsKelly MagyaricsMarch 21, 2019drinkwire, cocktails, gin, new york international spirits competition, tequila, floralComment

Post-Workout Beer Is Now Officially a Thing

Post-Workout Beer Is Now Officially a Thing

Marathon Brewing joins a growing number of breweries making lower carb beer to drink when you’ve run on empty.

Featured, BeerPhil GalewitzMarch 19, 2019beer, craft beer, new york international beer competition, light beer, session beerComment

Behind the Bottle: a Chat With Henry Preiss

45 years in the beverage industry and still going strong!

Featured, SpiritsAmanda SchusterMarch 18, 2019drinkwire, profileComment

Reasons to Love Irish Spirits and Holiday Traditions

Reasons to Love Irish Spirits and Holiday Traditions

We live in the best era to be drinking Irish spirits. All. Year. Round.

Featured, Spirits, LifestyleAmanda SchusterMarch 14, 2019drinkwire, st patricks day, whiskey, gin, new york international spirits competition, irish coffeeComment