As the snow and bitter cold gradually begin to fade, they are replaced with the slightly warmer breeze of Spring. People once more emerge from the dark to make use of the unique delights their city offers them. We decided to put together a unique offering of 8 rooftop bars …
It’s no easy task wondering the crowded streets of San Francisco, looking for that unknown diamond in the rough. Plenty of bars in San Francisco have a huge following and usually have a packed bar by 10pm on any given night. I’ve always been a fan of the underdog, so …
A lot of us know Stag’s Leap District as the appellation that made history in 1976 by putting American wines front and center. At a blind tasting that became known as the “Judgment of Paris,” nine French judges awarded first place in a blind tasting to the 1973 Stag’s Leap …
You move into a new apartment with all those hand-me-down furnishings, but lack an acceptable display for your fine selections of spirits. You search online and in stores only to find nothing matches your envisioned set up. That is, until, you stumble upon the impeccably modern and swoon worthy design …
With the much anticipated HBO series returning to our screens in just mere weeks, the world is once again getting excited to dragons, death, sex scenes and the occasional, what are we kidding, highly frequent, nudity. Ommegang did what any kind-hearted brewery would do and decided to come up with …
Nestled next to the Stockton Tunnel only a few blocks away from San Francisco’s Union Square there is a historic hotel that has one of the city’s best kept secrets, the Burritt Room + Tavern. This isn’t just your run of the mill old hotel and bar, The Mystic Hotel …
In Los Angeles stood an oversized hollow cedar whiskey barrel slowly surrendering to environmental forces. That is, until, 1993 Group dedicated three years of time and resources to the task of renovating this historic landmark known as Idle Hour, a historic bar with a unique look. Only recently gaining official …
If I asked you to guess where the biggest wine cellar in the world resided, where would you say? France? Italy? Portugal? Maybe even Australia or New Zealand? Well, if you said any of the above you’d actually be incorrect. You see, the oldest wine cellar in the world lives …
Please, step into the time machine to experience the old Mayflower. Delve into the past through bar bites and cocktails that were existent on the menu years ago. Not to be confused with the grand ship transporting settlers to the new land, this hotel, located in the heart of Washington …
What comes to mind when you think of craft spirits in America? Probably Kentucky, for its bourbon and Tennessee for its whiskey. But where does California rank for you in craft spirits? Probably at the bottom of your list, along with a few other states who have prohibited the sale …
Some questions are impossible to answer. How often do you loose sleep over this one: hot tub party or beach bash? Questions like these are like ping-pong – the debate is entirely unsolvable. On the one hand you’re in warm water, on the other hand you’re in cool. Here you’re …
We’ve all been in this predicament at one stage in our lives. You’re at a venue for a gig, a concert or an event and would like a drink; the only issue is that you’re either faced with missing half the act because the lines are so long or losing …