Bacari W. 3rd, slated to open at 8030 3⁄4 West 3rd Street on today brings Italian-style, Mediterranean-inspired tapas called cicchetti, as well as beer, wine (and cocktails to come) to  the booming W. 3rd Street neighborhood. Co-Owner Danny Kronfli will oversee the wine and beer program. Danny is dedicated to …

Hidden away in the north-east corner of Scotland, the Forgue valley is a little-known place, with a quiet bucolic way of life. The wind rustles the barley, the frequent rains feed the Dronach Burn, and life carries on much as it has for the last two hundred years. One of …

Chardonnay is the enviable grape that can be so many different things—lean and clean to butter bombs to late harvest and sparkling. The 2016 Prescription is an assertive wine with a docile price tag. This single-appellation chardonnay from Clarksburg is stainless steel fermented but with added oak. Fermenting it this …

Meet the new VinOstream. It consists of both an aerator and dispenser which eliminates the need for two separate products. The aerator and dispenser duo allows users to enjoy favorably filtered wine from the bottle faster. It comprises a soft rubber stopper which creates an air-tight seal and a dispenser …

Ingredients 2 oz Angostura® 7 Yr. Rum 1 oz Demerara Simple Syrup 1 oz Lime Juice 12-14 Mint Leaves 6-8 dashes Angostura® Aromatic Bitters Method: Muddle mint leaves, lime juice and simple syrup in a highball glass. Fill glass with dry crushed ice. Pour rum over crushed ice and swizzle well until …

Glenfiddich recently celebrated the release of its experimental single malt whisky, Fire and Cane. Matured in bourbon barrels and finished in Latin rum casks, it’s a memorably bold and smoky sweet whisky that warranted the lavish event thrown for its release at San Francisco´s The Lodge in The Regency recently. …

Celebrate the spookiest time of the year with a Monkey 47 Autumn Old Fashioned, a premium gin handcrafted in the dense, mysterious and eerie woodlands of the Black Forest in Germany. Straight out of a fairytale bedtime story, the forest is not only home to the Monkey 47 distillery, it …

As the seasons change so, too, do our palates and, consequently, our preferences in cocktails. Layered fall cocktails include ingredients like mole bitters, sherry, demerara and cinnamon flavored simple syrup. Fall recipes slowly tiptoe into the minds of bartenders, ultimately replacing their summer counterparts on bar cocktail menus, and gatherings …

Dark caramel in color this tequila is almost impossibly luminous, and compelling upon pouring. Notes of butterscotch and orange rind are delivered gently with seamless smoothness. It rests for a long while on the back palate like it belongs there, making one question: how do some tequila brands get it …

Red blends have always been a norm, while white blends still raise an occasional eyebrow on the novice drinker’s bemused face. But increasing standards in California white blends are winning hearts and minds. Lorimar’s Field Blend 2017 comprises 50% chardonnay, 18% Viognier, 17% Riesling, 8% Muscat Canelli and 7% Grenache, …

Visually, this darker-shade-of-straw golden liquid is immediately inviting. Orange rimmed, its viscosity clings to the glass suggesting warmth and balance. Notes of caramel, coffee, and thick butterscotch, this tequila goes down entirely easily. With a little spice on the finish, one sip keeps your senses heightened and entertained from start …

If the value of “art” is to be emotionally transported, then winemaker Marshall Stuart is a true artist. The tropical notes in Lorimar’s 2017 Sauvignon Blanc should come as no surprise as California sauvignon blancs traditionally boast notes of mango and melon just like this one. Nor will its crisp, …

During her career with Safeway Inc., Jennifer Jones held numerous responsibilities within the organization including National Director roles in the Spirits Category and Beer. Following the Albertsons-Safeway merger in 2015, she briefly served as the Alcohol Sales Manager in the combined company’s Seattle Division, but moved after a promotion to …