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Vintage Eve Circa 1/2015: The Best Wine or Spirits Experience in 2014
Yep, it’s that time of year again. Forget about learning what your pesky new year resolutions were for 2015, I just wanted to know what your drinking epiphanies were in 2014! After learning what our Eve Wine 101 Facebook pals experienced, I’d have to say I have some new boozy goals for 2015: Scott E:…
Tastings.com’s Top Drinks Of The Year
CHICAGO (PRWEB) – Great news for all discerning drinkers, Tastings.com has awarded their 2017 Best of Category and Best of Show winners. Tastings.com’s beverage experts tasted through over 4,400 products in 2017 and have now announced the best of the best for your drinking pleasure. Sagatiba Preciosa Cachaca is one of the clear standouts of…
Part Two with Mixologist Rob Floyd: Learning at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo 2017
Last week I shared all of the new products from booze to food that I sampled at the recent food show, as well as highlights from a seminar on restaurant business. This week I devote to Mixologist Rob Floyd, and all that I learned in his seminar. Liquid Demonstration by Rob Floyd, RX Liquid Chef…
Vintage Eve Circa 7/2014: A Day in the Life of a Wine 101er
It starts before 5 in the morning, the anal compulsion to blog about my wine adventures…but it really started 14 years ago, when I began poking fun of all things Santa Clarita in a local newspaper. Who knew that movers, shakers, and those of us in-between, enjoyed a little wine now and then? I’ve been…
Motivations and Preferences of Consumers Who Drink Rosé
Yountville, CA (PRWEB) – The Wine Market Council announced it has completed its Rosé Wine Consumer Survey, a survey that was conducted to get a closer look at the consumption habits of rosé drinkers. “Nielsen data shows that rosé has grown 57% in sales dollars over the 52 weeks ending June 17, 2017, outpacing the…
Wine 101: Immersing Yourself in Wine
People often ask how I got started on this wine journey, both as a writer and as a marketing consultant. Let me start with the wine, of course! The Wine Journey Drinking wine came well before tasting it – sounds crazy but it’s true – But I was perfectly satisfied with a box of Franzia…
Vintage Eve 9/2013: The Old Days and Trader Vic’s Cocktails
There has been a heyday of late in reviving cocktails from our parents’ day, some with the newfound skill of bartenders (some now calling themselves mixologists) muddling fruits or concocting their own syrups. The possibilities are now endless. For me, my toe went further into the icy cocktail waters when I found an old book…
Capturing the spiritual essence of mezcal? New book “The Mezcal Rush” by Granville Greene is HERE
PRAISE FOR THE MEZCAL RUSH: “A rich, inclusive portrait of one of the world’s great drinks.” —Kirkus Reviews “A unique and fascinating journey following the mezcal trail from remote Mexican villages to trendy bars abroad … Greene’s lively and skillful blend of travelogue and social commentary charts the sometimes troubled links between these very different worlds.”…
Alcoholics…yes, we’re tackling this today (Circa 12/2009)
Alcoholics. The dirty word. I’m watched for symptoms…comes with the territory. With questions like, “How do you stay so slim and drink so much?” or “You’re always at an event…how do you get home?” and my personal favorite, “I can only have one martini…you can have two?” Okay. I’m not one of those wine writer’s…