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The winery is located in the heart of the vineyard and is nicknamed “the winery under the hill”. Architects at Atelier Christian de Protzamparc designed the winery with elegance and energy-efficiency as their top priorities; the construction has been High Environmental Quality certified. Its living green roof is raised by …

Fall is a season of vivid sensory overload.  Changing leaves cover the earth in warm jewel tones, crisp, cool air is laced with the hint of chimney smoke, and spicy, warming flavors of late harvest fruit satisfy your need for comfort. So it’s only fair that the season’s signature cocktails evoke these fleeting, but nostalgic …

Seattle bartenders John Ueding and Craig Kreuger bring to you the sleek bartender satchel, B-bag. After experimenting with carpenter bags and bartender kits these fellas put their heads together and devised the next generation of swizzle stick, muddler, and strainer carrier. It’s not too late to support their venture and …

“The Prickly Ash is a Manhattan aged with Szechuan peppercorns. Adding peppercorns gives the drink a fruity nose with a bit of spice.”–Ron Boyd of Plum Bar in Oakland, California

We spent the day with Carter Raff, of Raff Distillerie, as he prepared a batch of his absinthe. He also hand crafts small batches of gin, rhum, and bourbon. Photography by Hardy Wilson.

Only 775 decanters of this liquid gold are available come their release this November. Each bottle runs for $16,000 and commemorates the 140th anniversary of the Louis XIII Cognac. The flask is a contemporary take on the original metal container used by Paul-Émile Rémy Martin when he first bottled his cognac …

Autumn is here, which means it’s time to break out the rich, comforting red wines. And as always, the good news is that you don’t have to break the bank to drink really, really well. These ten represent some of our favorites, and whether you drink them on their own …

Pardon the exhausted cliche, but Jean Charles Boisset is the embodiment of the American dream. Coming into a modest French wine-producing operation at birth, he eventually became the president of one of the most important wine groups in the world; his career has traced the development of wine domestically and …

Play on a traditional Bee’s Knees, which is usually made with gin, honey & lemon.

Lime can be almost impossible to distill. After all that hard work and time, you can still end up with a spirit that smells and tastes like artificially-flavored candy. Enter the Kaffir lime. It’s an unlikely customer, bumpy and uglier than the limes we’re used to seeing. But they use …

Posters of whiskey, beer, and wine might conjure up an image of a collegiate dorm room, walls papered with bikini-clad bombshells offering up alcoholic beverages while straddling motorcycles. That was then. This is now: and this phrase actually refers to a series of artistic and educational wall art that would be …

I am sure that Champagne is what comes to mind when you think about sparkling wines. Who doesn’t love a fancy bottle of wine that you can pronounce like you speak French? Keeping it romantic, when you think Italian sparkling wine, Prosecco’s your go-to. After all, Prosecco is the number …

A New Exclusivity Paves Wine’s Way By Daniel Hoffheins The Napa and Sonoma valleys conjure images of luxury and leisure, a sunny picnic amidst rows of grapevines or a romantic dinner at the French Laundry, but, like all tourist destinations, the average experience tends to be a mixed bag that …