Imagine a man larger than life, whose raison d’être is to share his passion – for wine, for beauty, for people and for experiencing every moment. That is the spirit of Jean-Charles Boisset, the Burgundy-born wine impresario and founder of the JCB Collection of wines. The JCB Collection challenges how you think about …
Drink Me Magazine Review 93 /100 “Total precision with a bit of swag, the off-dry wine smugly flaunts aromas of Asian pear, white peach, jasmine, honeysuckle, and petrol. Its lively acidity pairs with intense clementine orange and slate minerality. This wine is the ‘Blue Steel’ of Rieslings.” – JA
Brewed from the purest water on earth, Einstök Icelandic Craft Ales have forged a loyal, almost obsessive following on their 4000+ mile trek from the Arctic Circle to a few select (and fortunate) markets in the U.S.A. Einstök – which means “unique” or “distinctive” in Icelandic – starts its process with …
Drink Me Magazine Review 94/100 “A love potion of ripe citrus, peach, apricot, jasmine, and mint leaf. Medium sweet with mouthwatering acidity, its smooth green tea texture pulls you in with sweet mandarin, dill, and minerality. Sleek, animated, and just plain delightful. A knockout.” -JA
Charles Smith is a rock star, wild-man, harley-riding winemaker who believes wine is meant to be drunk – not overanalyzed and definitely not treated as a stuffy subject. This belief drove the creation of its own brand of wines, Charles Smith Wines, dubbed “The Modernist Project”. One of the first …
What’s old is new again, and the more obscure, the better. Today’s craft mixology culture celebrates the rediscovery of century-old potions, concoctions and bitters in an attempt to offer that mysterious edge of je ne sais quoi. No one does it better than the French when it comes to style …
It provokes wild obsession in some and perplexes others, but the Anchorage Brewing Company Anadromous Black Sour Ale will leave an impression regardless. This Black Sour Ale is triple fermented and aged in Pinot Noir wine barrels where it mingles with Brett, Lacto and Pedio- brewers’ lingo for a concoction …
New Belgium Brewing announced the introduction of its 10th full-time, year-round beer. Part throwback and part trendsetter, the New Belgium Snapshot Wheat is an unfiltered wheat beer with a citrusy nose, coriander and grains of paradise, giving way to a sweet malt profile and a flash of tart across the …
Every once in a while a wine’s cool factor is actually backed up by substance inside. This time it is Rob Murray Vineyards Force of Nature and Tooth & Nail collection of wines that made us take notice and get reenergized about wine. The projects are a vision of Rob …
If you still think of rye as old fashioned, it’s possible you’ve been out of the cocktail loop as of late. Riding on the small batch bourbon train, rye whiskey has become a bit of a cult favorite, boasting a little more kick than its smooth, vanilla sibling. Lock Stock …
There were a number of candidates for Cameron Hughes’ biggest release of the year. Ultimately, the deserving winner – a producer of the highest Napa Valley pedigree, was Lot 555 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ($29). Fruit from this exclusive release hails from a very famous Rutherford producer and one of Napa’s blue chip …
Crafted on a farm in upstate New York by Tuthilltown Spirit’s bottling crew, the Tuthilltown Bitter Frost Basement Bitters is a throwback to the age of prohibition and a nod to sourcing locally. Each cork-topped bottle is filtered and bottled in the basement of the well-loved Tuthilltown distillery (think Hudson …