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September 02, 2010
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View from a Bar: Pony Club, Paso Robles, California |
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My recent half-week in wine country felt similar to that dreamlike area between the states of sleeping and waking—only in this case the states were delirious and exhausting. Delirious because to visit Paso Robles is to taste some of America's finest ... |
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August 02, 2010
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Kanon Vodka Launches, Jello Shots in Tow |
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When spirit brands launch, they hire bartenders to showcase the product. It’s rare that a liquor company comes up with something so inventive – and so tasty – as Kanon Vodka’s “Reverse Mojito”. This libation actually isn’t a cocktail. It’s a gussied ... |
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July 12, 2010
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Smirnoff Splashes Down with Mango and Peach |
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New York Barfly |
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It’s flavored vodka mania! During the past few months, we’ve witnessed the launch of countless vodka concoctions. Absolut has their Berry Acai, Three Olives now slings a bubble gum label, Ciroc is in the game with a Red Berry flavor and now Smirnoff ... |
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June 28, 2010
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Balblair Asks: What Vintage is Your Scotch? |
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New York Barfly |
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Here’s a question you don’t come across very often: what year is your whisky? Most Scotch and whisky makers don’t specify the year that their product was casked. They go by the age: 10 year, 15 year, etc. Balblair, which recently launched in the US, ... |
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June 18, 2010
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Mystery Solved in San Marcos |
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I've been wondering about this place called Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill just off I-35, in San Marcos, Texas. Would they really be wearing bikinis inside? I've been wondering. Really? You know, names can be deceptive. Hooters isn't really about ... |
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June 07, 2010
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Decoding the Shaker Face. |
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New York Barfly |
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What does your shaker face say about you? That’s the question that one cheeky website asks. Shaker Faces ( www.shakerfaces.com ) thinks that you can learn a lot about your bartender from the face that they make while they shake you up a cocktail. ... |
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May 31, 2010
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The Quiet Turtle in Dallas |
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The Armchair Oenophile |
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The place is empty, except for the bartender and myself. Probably just as well. The Bar at The Mansion on Turtle Creek is austere. It's refined. It's like a law school library. That's not to say it's not comfortable. I like the plush seating. I like ... |
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May 25, 2010
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Get Ready For Maker’s 46 |
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New York Barfly |
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The folks down at the Maker’s Mark distillery in Loretto, Kentucky have only ever made one thing. Until now. A new label from Maker’s Mark is on the way to the market. Deemed Maker’s 46, this spirit puts a new twist on the old Maker’s recipe. ... |
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May 11, 2010
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A Bar Bottles their Mixers for Retail |
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New York Barfly |
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Most high-end New York cocktail bars make their ingredients in house, but only one is getting ready to bottle their mixtures and sell them retail. The West Village’s Employees Only restaurant is set to launch a line of artisan bar mixers dubbed ... |
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May 04, 2010
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Enjoying the Blues in Austin |
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The Armchair Oenophile |
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The temperatures have hit the low-90s in Central Texas, which means we'll probably have 100+ degrees soon enough. Last summer, we passed the century mark every day for something like three months in a row. Nighttime temps rarely dipped below 75 until ... |
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April 19, 2010
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A $1,000 Mint Julep, For a Good Cause |
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New York Barfly |
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This year’s Kentucky Derby is May 1st, and you’re going to need something to put your mint julep in. Tiffany & Co. has created a special receptacle to commemorate the race. They’ve made 73 silver cups, which will sell for $1,000 each. Since they ... |
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April 14, 2010
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A real L.A. Bar |
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The Armchair Oenophile |
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It is not a club. It is not a lounge or a tavern. It's neither saloon nor nightclub. It's Frank 'n Hank, and it's a bar. Which is why, even though I had only 48 hours to spend in L.A., I made it a specific point in my itinerary to go there. Despite ... |
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April 10, 2010
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How to Make Tequila |
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The Liquid Muse takes a trip to Jalisco to find out how tequila is made at Jose Cuervo. Find more at TheLiquidMuse.com . |
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April 05, 2010
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New York Gets a Cocktail Festival |
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Everyone summer, cocktail lovers and industry professionals flock to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail . This year, New York is trying to create their own world-class libation festival. Spirits aficionados will have to plan for two trips in the ... |
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March 31, 2010
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At SXSW, a pioneer is remembered |
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The Armchair Oenophile |
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It was, sadly, not the news I expected to hear at my first of many South By Southwest events in Austin last week: the news of Fess Parker's passing. For a number of us in the wine industry, Fess was a pioneer in modern day wine and hospitality in ... |
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March 22, 2010
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The Magic of Agave Nectar |
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New York Barfly |
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In the span of a few months, a new ingredient has found its place behind many of New York’s top notch bars. Agave Nectar, made from the heart of the tequila producing plant, is replacing simple syrup as the cocktail sweetener of choice. The flavor ... |
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March 15, 2010
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NX35, Denton, Texas |
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While Austin boasts what the country recognizes as the premiere music conferences, South By Southwest (SXSW), Denton has one of its own: North By 35 (NX35). Named after the interstate that links the two Texas cities, NX35 is in its infancy (2010 was ... |
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March 08, 2010
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A Hotel Bar Without a Bar |
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New York Barfly |
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New bars are always seeking to stand out from the crowd, especially in towns like New York where there are 3 drinking establishments on every block (not counting the liquor stores, with those there are 5). The Andaz Hotel is a recent entry in the ... |
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February 22, 2010
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The Scotch and Curling Connection |
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New York Barfly |
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With the Olympics well under way, alcohol companies and bars are using some innovative marketing to ride on the coattails of the winter games. Gold medal martinis and Olympic drinking specials are everywhere. It turns out that Scotch doesn’t have to ... |
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February 08, 2010
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Shochu, The Next Big Thing? |
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New York Barfly |
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New York drinkers have seen a trend of single spirit bars dominating the cocktail scene. The city’s drinking public has moved on from wine and beer bars, they now head to Tequila or Rum focused spots. With once obscure spirits like Mezcal gaining ... |
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January 25, 2010
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Angostura Bitters Shortage Affects Cocktail Boom |
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New York Barfly |
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Cocktail makers might have to ration the dashes of bitters in their recipes due to a looming shortage of the popular Angostura brand. Word has it that distributors and sales reps are running low on their supply of this valuable cocktail ingredient. ... |
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January 18, 2010
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Hunter III Wines - Cabernet Is King |
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This is the first of a series of videos made in collaboration with Original Matters Media for Hunter III Wines. Fine time (finer wines). Kudos to director pal Raymond Scott Daigle for keeping Robert Hunter and me on task (we were having far too much ... |
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January 11, 2010
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Making Do Without a Liquor License |
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New York Barfly |
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Judging by the Cosmopolitans and Martinis coming from the bar, you’d never guess that Emporio doesn’t have a liquor license. This Italian Restaurant, located in New York’s SOHO district, is down the street from a church. Proximity to the holy spot ... |
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December 28, 2009
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Another Jägermeister Competitor Enters the Ring |
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New York Barfly |
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Spirits companies have been hard at work trying to come up with their own proprietary herbal blends to counter the long time dominance of Jägermeister. In 2008, Hungarian liqueur Zwack was released to the U.S. market. Now, it’s HARLEM’s turn to try ... |
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December 14, 2009
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A New Way to Keep Your Wine List Fresh |
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How does Bar Henry , a recently opened restaurant in New York’s West Village, manage to rotate their wine list so frequently? Bar Henry in New York's West Village They have around 100 bottles available on their market list (and countless more on ... |
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November 30, 2009
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Ardmore Online: A Decades Old Scotch Goes Digital |
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New York Barfly |
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Spirits companies are seeking new ways to engage consumers in the digital age. For Ardmore, a Single Malt Scotch Whisky, this meant going 3-D. No, not donning the funny glasses and watching fermentation on the silver screen. Their 3-D experience is ... |
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November 03, 2009
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Our new, upgraded web presence |
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David Gadd |
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We're back online with our newly revamped website. It took a little longer than expected (doesn't it always?) but we hope it was worth the wait. We hope you'll agree that it's a vast improvement over the previous version. Please take time to look ... |
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