Sometimes you want to drink something that challenges everything you know about wine. This is not that bottle. Instead, No Fine Print Cabernet is lush, fruity, and compulsively drinkable. It has plummy notes and slight warmth on the nose, tipping its hand toward a 14.8 percent ABV, and the palate is balanced and bright, with […]
If a goblet filled with seven fingers of Merlot is sloshed your way across an assumedly sticky bar, it might seem like the bartender has taken a liking to you. That may be true (you’re so great!), but, sadly, one thing is certain: The person pouring the wine doesn’t care about what’s in the glass.
All drinking culture is rich with tradition. Unspoken codes and customs find us clinking glasses, buying rounds, and tapping the bar before taking a shot, regardless of our surroundings. The primary ritual to keep in mind when drinking sake, the Japanese beverage in the midst of an American renaissance, is to never pour your own […]
Colorado native Jordan Gardenhire moved to Los Cabos, Mexico in 2004 and opened Baja Brewing Company, the first craft brewery in Baja California Sur, with his father, Charlie, in 2007. Baja Brewing Company has since grown into a sizable operation that just so happens to be located on a particularly beautiful Pacific coast. The company makes […]
On a scale of one to 10, with one being clean and 10 gross, bartenders touching ice barehanded is rarely a nine. Yet the idea of ungloved hands pawing pristine ice is deeply unsettling for some folks on the other side of the bar. “A Bartender Says There’s a Disgusting Reason to Order Beer or […]
Moscow Mules have just three ingredients: vodka, ginger beer, and lime. A rubric that simple asks a lot of each player. The ginger beer should be spicy-sweet but not cloying, and the vodka needs enough structure to stand up to citrus and soda without any boozy burn. Smirnoff invented the drink in 1941, and it […]
California winemakers are bracing themselves as new tariffs from China could result in exponentially decreased export sales. China will impose a 15 percent tax on imported products from the United States, including wine. “The tariffs, in response to ones President Donald Trump ordered on Chinese products earlier on Thursday, could put a real dent in […]
The Brewers Association released its 2018 Beer Style Guidelines yesterday, with three extremely noteworthy category additions: “Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale,” “Juicy or Hazy IPA,” and “Juicy or Hazy Double IPA.” Yep, you heard me. New England-style IPAs, deliciously juicy and hazy as a fever dream, are finally, officially recognized by the country’s leading craft […]
Tapping the table with your glass before taking a shot is like drunkenly arguing about politics — you can participate even if you don’t really understand what’s going on. Unlike booze-fueled debates, however, touching the bar with a shot glass unites all involved. Here’s how it works. You heroically purchase a round of shots for […]
