What Is a Wine Bar?
Yes, a wine bar is an establishment that serves wine. But in a drinking landscape dotted with wine-focused restaurants and bars that happen to serve good wine, what does it…
- story: Jennifer Fiedler
- photo: Ornello
Yes, a wine bar is an establishment that serves wine. But in a drinking landscape dotted with wine-focused restaurants and bars that happen to serve good wine, what does it…
In the Loire Valley—the hotbed of the natural wine movement—a growing number of producers are at odds with the region's regulatory body. Zachary Sussman on the significance of iconic winemaker…
Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy is nothing short of a cultural phenomenon in Maine, where it's long been the top-selling spirit in the state. Leah Mennies on the The Champagne of…
Hollywood has always been a cocktail town, so it was only a matter of time before the drinks trickled into the movies and vice versa. The stories behind five fictional…
Welcome to the 2015 "Besties Guest Bartending Series," a monthly event and column in collaboration with Momofuku featuring two bartenders who've inspired each other's work. First up: tiki pirates Brian…
Following the massive success of Lime-A-Rita, a new crop of Big Beer "cocktails"—from the tequila-flavored Desperados to Bud Light's new MIXXTAILS—is hoping to ride the coattails of the cocktail renaissance.…
Pisco Elqui, a Chilean town tucked in the shadow of the Andes, has become symbolic of the struggle between Chile and Peru to claim ownership of pisco. Mark Johanson on…
In the midst of the cocktail renaissance, the forgotten history of America's most influential African American bartenders is finally being revived. Chantal Martineau on the first black cocktail book author,…
While supper clubs have become a familiar novelty—a punch line, even—in American cities, in Russia secret drinking and dining groups nod to an evolving culinary movement and a restrictive past.…
Until recently, American distillers had largely forgotten the art of malting their own local and heritage grains. Kara Newman on the rebirth of proprietary malting floors and how it's changing…
Until recently, drinkware has been a largely predictable affair. But amidst the cocktail renaissance, bars are using drinking vessels—be it a vintage coupe, a light bulb or a bespoke tiki…
From sage to thyme to rosemary to juniper, winter's hearty herbs are built to be mixed with booze. Here are five cocktail recipes that celebrate the season's aromatic greenery.