In Search of the Ultimate Grasshopper
We asked 10 of America's best bartenders to submit their finest recipe for the Grasshopper—and then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Sake’s Radical Awakening
Drawing comparisons to the natural wine movement, sake’s avant-garde is reinvigorating the category by challenging everything we thought we knew about it.
- story: Tom Downey
- photos: Jérémie Souteyrat
Mastering the Café Brûlot With Dale DeGroff
King Cocktail demonstrates his perfected approach to the incendiary, New Orleans-born drink—at home.
- story: Laurel Miller
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Seriously, What’s Up With Angostura’s Midcentury Ads?
In the 1940s and ’50s, the company’s strategy for selling bitters skewed bizarrely violent and deeply disturbing.
- story: Robert Simonson
- illustrations: Via Reid Mirenbuler
Don’t Call It “Sparkling Wine”
In record time, the category has become freewheeling and heterogeneous, with a mix of techniques, traditions and regional iterations. That's a good thing.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- illustration: Carmela Caldart
Partner Content
Four New York Bartenders on What It Takes to Win
Friendly competition is second nature to the Saxon & Parole team.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Evan Sung
The King of New York’s Most Infamous Metal Bar
At his eponymous bar, Jimmy Duff has created a refuge for hardcore headbangers and neighborhood regulars alike.
- story: Courtney Iseman
- photo: Eric Medsker
Where Are Natural Wine’s Next Frontiers?
Two regions—one old world, one new—are staking a claim within the ever-evolving movement.
- story: Alice Feiring
- illustration: Rymie
The Tricky Business of Ethical Mezcal
Niki Nakazawa and Max Rosenstock, the partners behind Neta, have created a new model for bringing the exploited Mexican spirit to market.
- story: Michael Snyder
- photo: Felipe Luna
Where Is America’s Great Wine Show?
In the age of streaming, in which nearly every subculture has its own show, somehow wine has been left behind.
- story: Emily Timberlake
- photo: The Wine Show
Natasha Bermudez Doesn’t Do Tropes
With no blueprint from which to draw inspiration, Llama San's head bartender has forged a truly original menu.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photos: Shannon Sturgis
Microwave Your Manhattan
Ryan Chetiyawardana has an unorthodox method for upgrading stirred classics.
- story: Laurel Miller
- illustration: Ellie Skrzat