Cuba
November’s Best Reads on Drinks and Drinking
Welcome to The PUNCHbowl, a monthly installment where we share our favorite long reads on all things drinks and nightlife. This month: the godfather of absinthe, beer halls in North…
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Daily News: The Cult of Biodynamic Wine, Surveying Cuba’s Drinking Scene
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Many Danish supermarkets are boycotting South African wine in response to the poor working conditions faced by winery employees.…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Our Best Daiquiri Recipes by Style
Cuba's daiquiri, with its simple rum, lime and sugar template, is a drink with countless variations. Here, a selection of recipes from the original Hemingway favorite to a tiki town…
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Cuba’s Overlooked Role in Cocktail History
Cuba's contribution to cocktail culture goes far beyond Daiquiris, Mojitos and Hemingway's haunts. François Monti on the country's overlooked legacy, from forgotten Cuban classics to the cantineros' singular reimagination of…
- story: François Monti
- photo: Caleb Krivoshey
Daily News: A New Wave of Single Malt Whiskies, Cuba’s Oldest Beer Revived
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Adding to the countrywide outcry over North Carolina's new public bathroom law, Ashville's Wedge Brewing Company has begun protesting the legislation…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Employees Only in Singapore, Cuba’s Beer Imports
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: – Etienne Hugel, commercial director for Famille Hugel and dedicated proponent of Alsatian wine, has died at 57. –…
- story: Punch Staff
Daily News: Sake-Flavored Kit Kats Launch in Japan, World’s Oldest Tea Dates Back 2,100 Years
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Kit Kat is releasing a sake flavor in Japan for Valentine's Day. - The Kroger grocery chain has proposed…
- story: Matt Stieb
Why We Still Worship Hemingway at His Bars
Even to the Hemingway dilettante, the bars where the literary giant drank are famous. But what has his legacy bequeathed to them? Leslie Pariseau traces her way through Hemingway's haunts…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustration: Yoonhwa Jang
The New Face of Havana Nightlife
As Cuba slowly leaves the 1950s behind, one nightclub offers a vision for the country's future that's more than classic cars and mojitos. Suzanne Cope on La Fábrica, and the…
- story: Suzanne Cope
- photo: Alejandro Reyes
Can the Mojito’s Reputation Be Saved?
The mojito has an image problem. Drew Lazor on the rise and fall of one of Cuba's most famous drinks, from Hemingway favorite to club cliché, and the crew of…
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Daniel Krieger
