Enjoyed a virtual tasting and happy hour via Zoom recently with the founder of Empress 1908 Gin, Peter Hunt, complete with a bottle of their gin, fancy bar tools, unique recipe cards and a list of ingredients I would need to make “seasonal focused cocktails leading into Fall and Holidays.” Before the cocktail making part of the…
What a treat Art Beyond the Glass was! A new venue in the arts district of downtown Los Angeles, Resident LA, hosted the event for hundreds of cocktail lovers one short week ago but my memories will be living on much longer! Bartenders showcased paintings, sculptures, murals and photographs, retro barware, hand painted trash cans…
It was a beautiful day – a sold out day – for Masters of Taste 2019. We love the event, as it’s the only one on the field of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, with fabulous wineries, mixologists, sweet makers and all that FOOD. If that doesn’t tickle your fancy this year we had Chef…
Kind of surreal to taste a wine or spirit and come to find yourself in the same city where that wine or spirit is made. Not so surreal for us who live in California and visit local wineries. But imagine this: you are not at home but instead in a faraway place like Edinburgh, Scotland….
Honestly? Even though I’ve studied wine and spirits, been certified by the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET 2) and made plenty of cocktails with Vermouth I had never 1. Studied Vermouth in a single spirit tasting sans cocktail or 2. Looked into what makes a Vermouth. So, considering that most of my readers are…