Our founding father’s certainly appreciated quality liquor. Most did not follow the colonial custom of drinking rum. Benjamin Franklin brewed beer. Thomas Jefferson was also a brewer and set up large vineyards at Monticello. George Washington had his own recipe for porter, a dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt that has been partly charred….
“I was totally dumbfounded by your call,” Elena Boiko, my longtime friend and fellow sommelier, smiled. “Gregory Alonzo willing to share his private bourbon stock with me?” she playfully teased. “I thought American men preferred to imbibe in bourbon and smoke cigars when they shared in man talk.” “Now when have you known me to…
Due to all the interest from our readers, we decided to conduct a tasting with corn based vodkas. Who would have thought that finding this style of spirit in Europe would be such a difficult task. My living room table had been set and everything was ready to go, with the exception of a most…
A few years ago, I was enjoying some vodka with my best friend John Sherer. I was going on and on about the virtues of Polish rye vodka, when John shocked me with a question. “Dude, have you ever tried single malt vodka?” he queried. John’s question was enough to stagger a billy goat. “Single…
I was in Denver for a couple of days, practically trapped in a hotel room as we were without a car, while my husband attended a convention. I tooled around the State Capitol, 16th Street Mall and Larimer Square. I tried lots of local restaurants and the locally made pale ales and barley wine. But…
In Time for the Holidays, Roger Room Now on Location with Signature Drinks and Full Bar Service, Available for Off Site Entertaining for 50 – 2000 Guests WHO: THE ROGER ROOM, West Hollywood WHAT: THE ROGER ROOM, Los Angeles’ award winning mixology bar, announces the arrival of Roger Room Cocktail Catering and Bar Service…
DISCOUNT CODE JUST RELEASED: “Whisky Live Los Angeles has extended the 15% discount code evewine to your friends and followers that they will use on the whiskylive.com website to purchase tickets.” Whisky Live LA 2012, Los Angeles’ World Premier Whisky Tasting Event will be held on October 17, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza…
You have a choice here Dear Wine Friends, if you want a quick “taste” from last week’s Spirits Confidential LA event you can read a story in pictures here, or you can read the full story (including stories from our dignitaries) posted in The West Ranch Beacon today. Now how about a taste of what…