With a warm welcome to the new kid on the block from the PlumpJack Group, we give you Forgery. From behind the bar of their new space, where rustic meets post-industrial architecture, Jacques Bezuidenhout and Ken Luciano have been shaking up a storm since opening their giant wooden door to …
From the voice of spirited reason, cocktail extraordinaire Paul Clarke brings you his highly anticipated book, The Cocktail Chronicles. This stylishly clad book features over 200 recipes including rediscovered classics, enduring standards and contemporary cocktails. Packed full of neat tidbits and background stories, this is a timeless almanac for …
Don’t be fooled by its long history of passbacks between France and Germany – Alsace is inarguably French. So French that French people even think of Alsatians as being “so French.” That being said, this region is unique to the country with its production of superb white wines from …
Domaine M & S Ogier – 2012 Côte-Rôtie ‘Le Village’ Where: Côte-Rôtie, Northern Rhone, France Price: $82 Stéphane Ogier wows the wine world yet again – this time with his newest cuvee, Le Village. With its inaugural 2012 vintage released late last year, this 100% Syrah is hand harvested from …
What: Commanderie de la Bargemone – 2014 Blanc Where: Coteaux d’Aix en Provence, France Price: $16 A rather charming Provençal blend of 50% Rolle (Vermentino), 30% Sauvignon Blanc, 10% Ugni Blanc and 10% Grenache Blanc. Refreshingly floral with hints of orange and nectarine, the Rolle shines through with its uplift of …
From the land of musketeers comes one of the world’s most marvelous spirits. Armagnac is produced by the incredibly talented distillers of Gascony and is unique in its grapes, production method, and of course, character of the land from which it comes. Here are some of the greats of …
In case you didn’t get the memo yet, 2014 was an AWESOME vintage for rosé in France. So good in fact that most cases were pre-sold to restaurants and retailers several months before the wines even reached US soil. I’ve been sure to celebrate such a great vintage by sipping …
Situated in Place du Capitole in the heart of Old Toulouse is a restaurant with more than just an award-winning menu. Le Bibent, which translates in Occitane to ‘drink good’, is the culinary masterpiece of celebrity chef Christian Constant. While working the Paris culinary scene, in 1996 he opened …
For all of you eco-conscious beer drinkers out there, if you haven’t tried Eel River Brewing you have done your palate a great injustice. But never fear, for there is no time like the present. Famed as America’s very first certified organic brewery, Eel River Brewing began in 1995 when …
Pennsylvania wine? Yes, oh yes. Nestled in the agricultural heart of Montgomery County, just northwest of Philly, is a unique 250 acre property that has been farmed since as far back as the days of William Penn. Wanting to do something innovative with the land while keeping to its …
Columbus Coffee Trail Unlike the typical coffee roaster rivalry that we are so used to seeing –won’t mention city names— in Columbus several of the independent roasters have teamed up together to create the “Columbus Coffee Experience”. Simply pick up a card at one of the eight participating coffee shops, …
In the wine industry, certain people have become household names throughout the past few decades. Well, Eddie Osterland MS is one of them. The very first American to achieve the universally respected, and incredibly challenging, diploma of Master Sommelier, Drink Me recently had a chance to talk to Eddie about …