The Labatt Brew House, Labatt’s first innovation brewery in the U.S., will open November 17th with the task of creating new beers for the beloved import brand. Labatt Blue was first introduced to the U.S. market in 1951 and soon became the top-selling Canadian import beer. “The Labatt Brew House …
Intense oak floods the glass with an opulent aroma. If you like big, oaky chardonnay this is the wine for you. Fruit forward with beautiful straw color and clarity, the wine over delivers with a lush viscosity that encapsulates the palate. Layers of rich fruit includes gooseberry and melon. A …
Thanksgiving is upon us and if there’s one thing the Drink Me team is most grateful for, it’s well, drinks. Good ones, whether they come in the shape of cocktails, wines, liqueurs or beers, we’re in! Here are 10 diverse but equally appealing wines that will elevate your Thanksgiving dinner …
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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 …
Meet Barsys, the robotic bartender that fits right on your tabletop. This cocktail-making creation is easily controlled with a user-friendly mobile app, available on both Android and iOS systems. Simply let the platform know what ingredients are in the machine, and it will tell you which cocktails it can make. …
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 …
Winery – Chateau Musar Wine – Gaston Hochar White Vintage – 2004 Varietal – Obaideh/Merwah (undisclosed quantities) Score – 95/100 Price – GBP £24.99 USD $33.77 A white wine that begs to treated like a red! The Lebanese geniuses at Chateau Musar suggest serving at 15’c and allowing a three …
Winery – Lopez De Heredia Wine – Vina Gravonia Blanco Crianza Vintage – 2006 Varietal – 100% Viura Score – 93/100 Price – GBP £13.00 USD $19.14 Vina Gravonia is yielded from the Zaconia vineyard, one of four vineyards at Bodegas Heredia. All 24 hectares planted are Viura, most of …
Winery – Domaine O’Vineyards Wine – Stranger Stranger Vintage – 2011 Varietal – 100% Merlot Score – 93/100 Price – GBP £24.99 USD $31.22 The 2010 vintage of Stranger Stranger was simply sublime, a truly wonderful wine, punching well above it’s weight, all things considered. This latest vintage, is nearing …