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Postcards

Postcard From Paris, or, Summer as a Day Dream

Lindsey Tramuta recalls a summer whose message of fearless resilience—along with oversized spritzes and plenty of wine—acted as a temporary balm.

  • story: Lindsey Tramuta
  • photo: Lindsey Tramuta
Notable

La Vie en Queer

Paris's Dirty Lemon aims to redefine the lesbian bar.

  • story: Rebekah Peppler
  • photo: Dirty Lemon
Places

A Night at the Door With Three Paris Bouncers

The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.

  • story: Rebekah Peppler
  • photos: Eileen W. Cho
Places

Sorry, Paris: London Is Europe’s New Wine Capital

London has found a kinder, inclusive and more global approach to wine—one the French capital could learn a lot from.

  • story: Jon Bonné
  • photo: Ania Smelskaya
Wine

Flipping the Script on “House Wine”

Long associated with anonymous, notoriously cheap pours, the term “house wine” has a history of bad connotations. But that’s changing. Carson Demmond on the collaborations that have led to a…

  • story: Carson Demmond
  • photo: Daniel Krieger
Cocktails

Can a Menu Map the Experience of a Cocktail?

A handful of bars are turning the concept of the written menu on its head, relying instead on illustrations to narrative prose to explain the experience of a cocktail. Tyler…

  • story: Tyler Wetherall
  • illustration: Emily Chau, courtesy Little Red Door
Wine

The Not-So-Pink Plight of Natural Rosé

While it seems like every other day a new producer is feeding the market his or her new rosé, there is one category of wine that seems to be immune…

  • story: Aaron Ayscough
  • photo: PUNCH
Wine

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
Places

Looking for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Los Angeles

Painter, proto-drag queen and mouthpiece of Montmartre's Belle Époque bohemians, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec understood the beauty of a city's underbelly. For his 150th birthday, one writer looks for Lautrec's spirit…

  • story: Sarah Amandolare
  • photo: Véronique Mergaux
Lists

The Best Craft Cocktail Bars in Paris

A city where the wine flows freely, Paris was once a cocktail desert churning out not much more than mediocre Mojitos. But in the past few years, a rash of…

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
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