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Bonfort’s Wine & Spirits Journal has ranked the 100 most powerful, influential and transformative individuals and trends that are making an impact on the U.S. wine industry. See The List

Photo: Winning drink by Odd Strandbakken, by Margaret Pattillo In a standing-room-only subterranean London pub with low-slung ceilings and painted stone walls, eleven of the world’s top bartenders are pouring a single cocktail nearly two years in the making. They’ve traveled to the dark basement bar from as far as Dubai, …

Oregon’s Willamette Valley has a vast array of Pinot Noir producers who have been at the game for years. So when Cedar+Salmon named this wine as its first offering, well, the end result was not expected. This is a lovely Pinot with elegant strawberry blackberry, black cherry, huckleberry and bing …

By Eduardo Dingler, Sommelier and America’s Top Saké Expert California Cab lovers, memorize the name Maayan Koschitzky. He is the winemaker generating the most buzz in the Valley as “The Next Big Thing”. His first job in Napa Valley was at Screaming Eagle. Then he was director of winemaking for Philippe …

What does your favorite wine, beer or cocktail really say about you? Marketers would have you believe your identity depends on your brand of preference, but here at Drink Me, we think it just says something about how you like to relax and have fun. To that end, it makes …

It is with heavy hearts we report Dave Pickerell, the much-loved master distiller behind such icon brands like Maker’s Mark, Whistlepig and Ragged Branch has died. Dave was a distilling legend, a bourbon & whiskey rock star and a teacher to all who loved whiskey. He was a luminary in …

14,000-Square-Foot Facility Houses Tasting Room, Fermentation Facility, Wine Cellar, Lab, and Offices for Doubleback and Bledsoe Family Winery Heading south past the farms and fields along Walla Walla’s Powerline Road, the weathered exterior of Doubleback Winery’s new 14,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art winery and tasting room looks as though it has always been there. …

The Watergate in DC is in the news again, but this time it’s for its Election Day Cocktails designed to help locals celebrate or drink their sorrows away for election day. At Drink Me, we like the way these people think. Voting cocktail enthusiasts can stop by The Watergate Hotel …

You’ve been a Drink Me reader for how long now? Long enough, anyway. It’s time to up the ante on your cocktail-making skills and learn to do something useful with all that booze we’ve convinced you to buy. The next time you invite friends over, you’ll create not just a …

National Happy Hour is upon us as Monday, November 12th, closes in. I know, I know. Everyday is Happy Hour for Drink Me readers, but this time it’s official. Happy Hour has presented a series of iterations throughout the past century. Initially it was a downright patriotic event. The U.S. …

The Glencairn wee whisky glass has been selected by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States to be the esteemed organization’s official tasting glass for this year. The partnership will be showcased first at the Distilled Spirits Council’s Halloween media party at the end of October. Following this, the glasses …

Photo: Midnight in Mexico, Kody Melton Midnight in Mexico, San Antonio Texas Día De Los Muertos (Day of The Dead) is celebrated on November 1 and November 2 throughout Mexico and US regions with large Mexican populations such as San Antonio, Texas. The Mexican holiday has honored spirits of families and …