Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere:
– Billy Dee Williams returns as spokesman for Colt 45 in the beer’s latest campaign.
– There’s a case to be made for the dirty Martini, a cheap, easy, briny and delicious alternative to the dry version.
– Food & Wine remembers Jim Harrison, the novelist, poet and, unbeknownst to many, wine writer.
– With so many varieties, both international and domestic, there has never been a better time to embrace bitter amari liqueurs.
– Sotheby’s will auction more than 20,000 bottles of wine from the cellar of Bill Koch, which is expected to fetch between $10 and 15 million.
– Finally, The Daily Beast reflects on Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was known for endlessly tinkering with cocktail creations and making “notoriously bad” drinks.
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