You’re sitting around a midsummer bonfire with friends and family. You want to spice up the mood and offer to whip up a cocktail and a dish. Without a second thought you reach for your good friend Jack. Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye offers a complex flavor profile with hints of …
Spicy cocktails lend themselves perfectly to hot summer days. Spicy cocktails complement fresh fruit and pair well with fresh vegetables. As farmer’s markets overflow with a wide variety of vegetables for the summer season, treat yourself and your friends to light vegetable based appetizers and the Tennessee Devil. The Tennessee …
Wine coolers are your best friend in the summer, when your favorite go-to wine starts to feel heavier with the heat. Packed with fruit juice and served with ice, they’re thirst quenching and delicious. You’ll be able to sip these for a long time and never have to …
It’s a pretty bold statement for a winery to declare they were the ‘first’ to do something, especially nowadays when everyone seems to find some claim to fame. But Matua has something a little special up it’s sleeve, after all, they were the pioneers of Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand, …
Every now and then a winery comes along and completely innovates the industry, creating new processes, new technologies and ultimately helping everyday wine lovers become more comfortable with their favorite tipple. It was this way of thinking that resulted in Matua announcing their latest innovation, the chill check thermal label. …
There’s no need to send the spooks and ghouls away just yet. Why stop the party on Halloween? Keep the spirits up and about and the party going with el Jimador’s Day of the Dead Tequila. Each bottle features the distinctive art of David Lozeaz and comes complete with its …
Some things pair really well – peanut butter and jelly, hot wings and celery, cheese and ham – and the same goes for white wine and seafood. Eugene Sokolovski brings to you Citrus Baked Salmon with Capers and Homemade Pickles recipe, a two-part meal, both of which are equally delicious, …
There’s a couple of regions around the globe that have really conquered Pinot Noir and New Zealand is indisputably one of those. It’s funny what a little perseverance does; and from their ragged tin shed in 1974, Bill and Ross Spence began to change the very foundation of wine in …
In 1997, when Greg Rowdon took his mom’s advice and wrote to Matua’s Chief Winemaker, he never expected that it would be the start of something special, but like the Spence brothers discovered back in 1966, there is no telling what will take seed when preparedness meets opportunity. Bill and …
Perhaps you’ve heard about Busch’s or Coors’ cold indicator—when the mountains on the label turn blue, your beer has the ultimate chill factor for drinking. But, everyone knows, you drink beer cold, not warm or room temperature, but legitimately cold. No thought totally goes into the specific temperature, though everyone …
Ventisquero Grey represents an expression of a single block of vines and pays homage to the regions and vineyards from which they come from. Each vineyard offers unique characteristics to every bottle that come from the regions unique soils and climates. After the grapes are hand-harvested they are put in …
2013 proved to be a cold year for Chile. The Trinidad Vineyard in the Maipo Valley is typically characterized by a prolonged dry season with a coastal influence. The cool temperatures during the ripening period meant the grapes ripened at a much slower pace which resulted in aromatic intensity, freshness, …