Why Manzanilla Sherry Makes Everything Better
At San Francisco's 15 Romolo, bartenders are quick to reach for manzanilla sherry, one of the driest wines in the world, as a versatile cocktail mixer.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Reinventing the French Cure-All: DIY Amer Picon
Now that Amer Picon—the classic French bitter orange liqueur—can no longer be found on American shelves, bartenders across the country have taken to recreating their own. Veronica Mewes on the…
- story: Veronica Meewes
- photo: Gilles Péris y Saborit
Pedro Suckerpunch
Pedro Ximenéz sherry brings the sweet kick of an Old-Fashioned to this shaken blend.
- story: Matt Stieb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Picon Punch
At San Francisco's 15 Romolo, formerly a Basque restaurant from the 1940s until the 1990s, Andrew Meltzer makes the traditional Basque Picon Punch in ode to the bar's previous life.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
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Shelley Lindgren | Co-Owner and Wine Director, A16 & SPQR
There are few people, if any, more synonymous with San Francisco's wine scene than Shelley Lindgren. The co-owner and wine director of two of the city's most iconic Italian restaurants—A16…
- photo: Kelly Puleio
