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Something Wicked Comes This Way: The Raymond 1886 Unveils The Final Solstice Winter Cocktails!
Pasadena, CA: Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand. Situated inside The Raymond 1886, the historic craftsman cottage turned acclaimed restaurant in Pasadena, The Raymond 1886 tempts guests to get in touch with their morbid side and brood over the cold infinite of the universe and our own mortal coil…
Sherryfest 2017 Returns to New York This October
New York, New York (PRWEB) – Sherry lovers – mark your calendar. Sherryfest, one of the world’s largest and most prominent sherry events, is returning to New York City this fall for its fifth year running. The 2017 program will take place over the weekend of October 27-29th, broadening its reach to a wider consumer…
Learning at the Western Foodservice and Hospitality Expo 2017, Part One
I think this is the third time I visited the Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center and yet I always find several new items to taste, learn and see each time. If you work in the food industry, or own a bar, restaurant, catering business or winery you definitely should attend this…
Vintage Eve Circa July 2013: Tasting with the Southern California Whisky Club (SCWC)
SCWC presents the complete line from the 2012 Best Independent Bottler of the Year Single Cask Nation. Joshua Hatton, President & Co-founder of the Jewish Whisky Company, will be pouring all six single cask, single malts… Our host Joshua Hatton began by telling the tasters assembled that he started out as a whisky blogger and…
Blue Nectar Tequila and iichiko Shochu Named Chairman’s Trophy Winner
New York, NY – The Ultimate Spirits Challenge has awarded Blue Nectar Tequila and iichiko Shochu with their highest honor, the Chairman’s Trophy. Dubbed the “world’s trailblazing spirits competition,” the Ultimate Spirits Challenge is led by globally renowned spirits reviewer Paul Pacult and an expert panel of judges from around the world. The judges taste…
“Don’t Knock it Back” with Richard Paterson from the Universal Whisky Experience and FindRareWhisky.com, Slideshows and Our Picks
Well. Here I’d been tasting whisky one way for about a decade only to find that there is another way. A better way. The Richard Paterson way. It’s not like I was “knocking it back” but I was sniffing, sampling and tasting quicker than I should have. During the Universal Whisky Experience (see the new…
Vintage Eve 12/11: Mixologist Oscar Takahashi: Craft Cocktails and Wine
I met Oscar when he offered his bartending talents to benefit the recent Speed Rack competition in LA (Here is the link for that article and a 9 second video of Oscar!) and I noticed him for several reasons. First, he seemed to be the only male bartender shaking up drinks in a pink bandana…
From Wine Judge Rick Fraga: 2016 SF Chronicle Wine Comp, Part One
There is nothing like a great start to a New Year and 2016 has roared in with style. That strange substance known as rain has returned to California and we are all hoping for the end of the drought. My favorite basketball team, the Golden State Warriors are rolling after a world championship from last…