One of the things I truly love about my job is that it requires me to spend inordinate amounts of time in bars, chatting with people who are not only highly skilled in mixology, but also extraordinarily passionate...
When someone dies, it is all but impossible not to reference that person in terms of one’s own life. That makes a writer—well, this writer, at least—uncomfortable, since the moment should be dedicated to the departed...
As author of “Prost! The Story of German Beer,” as well as two technical books on German beer styles, Horst Dornbusch is intimately familiar with the history, traditions and tastes of German and German-style ales and...
Cast a glance across the bar at almost any restaurant, cafe, pub or tavern and chances are you’ll find a wealth of glassware. For certain you’ll see wine glasses, in at least still and sparkling wine formats. You may...
Atrained sommelier, Paul Tanguay began developing his passion for saké about seven years ago when he joined SushiSamba, a Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian fusion concept that has locations in Chicago, Miami, New York...
Come mid-March, beer drinkers across the nation will begin to exhibit very strange behavior. For one day only, imbibers long accustomed to draining frosted mugs of sparkling, golden lager will instead fill their...
Toronto-based John Szabo, Canada’s only accredited master of wine, has gone on the record suggesting that one Old World wine country to watch in 2007 is Hungary.“Watch out for Kékfrankos, the grape of the future,”...
If you think that the scope of beverage alcohol in America is limited to beer, wine and spirits, then Julia Hertz has news for you.And if you happen to find yourself in Denver just prior to Valentine’s Day, she’ll...
In the early days of brewing in America, the prevailing influences were British, which was hardly surprising given that many early settlers traced their lineage to Mother England. Later, in the early and mid-1800s...
