We received a care package for Halloween from our friends at Hob Nob Wines with some vino and candy (two of our favorites). One of the wines was a 2010 Pinot Noir from the South of France (where after some research, it appears all the Hob Nob wines come from France). From reading this article, [...]

It’s July with days of unseasonably warm weather in San Francisco (almost shocking really and am convinced it’s to make up for the horrible Spring). In warm weather, my mind wonders to Rose which is perhaps the most understood wine of modern times (thanks to White Zinfandel). Roses are wonderful wines – an almost perfect [...]

Cocktail Week in San Francisco kicked off this week in the Mission Street digs of the new Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts. The Center is the brain child of Barbary Coast Conservancy of the American Cocktail founders H. Joseph Ehrmann (Elixir), Jeff Hollinger (Comstock Saloon), Duggan McDonnell (Cantina). The yet to be finished space [...]

Drink of the Week spent last week in New Orleans with mixologists, liquor companies, cocktail writers, and drinking enthusiasts for the ultimate annual cocktail event, Tales of the Cocktail. It was an action-packed time with something for everyone. We’ll be sharing product reviews, recipes, and techniques soon! Here is a roundup of some of our [...]

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As you know, today is April Fool’s Day. You might think we’d be all about it, merry pranksters that we are, but the whole thing just makes us tired (tho we did like the Guinness one pictured above). So, instead of sneaking into your house and changing your Google language to Klingon, all we can [...]

Aaah, monthly roundup season. Let’s all mix a drink or crack a brew, and take a look back at the events of May. Kind of a light month with our fearless Editor in Chief away in mexico for 25% of it, but don’t fret – he was still drinking, he just wasn’t writing about it. [...]