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Whiskey Secrets: You Should Be Drinking Younger (and Cheaper) Scotch

Whiskey Secrets: You Should Be Drinking Younger (and Cheaper) Scotch

06/09/2022

I have two bottles of blended Scotch whisky on my tasting table right now. Both are small sample bottles. Both have an “8” on the label to tell you how...

For the Love of Drinking: A Reverse Manhattan

For the Love of Drinking: A Reverse Manhattan

01/09/2022

The sensible option would undoubtedly have been to politely turn down any offer of alcohol in preference for something soft, even abstention, but we were in too deep by then....

Flaviar is Launching a New Podcast: Fix Me a Drink

Flaviar is Launching a New Podcast: Fix Me a Drink

01/09/2022

Two of the world’s foremost liquor experts, Dave Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum, are launching a new podcast called Fix Me a Drink.

Behind the Drink: The Bramble

Behind the Drink: The Bramble

30/08/2022

Dick Bradsell was a legendary British bartender who played a key role in the rebirth of the cocktail. The delicious drinks that he created became sensations in London and ultimately...

Can a True Martini be a Martini without Vermouth?

Can a True Martini be a Martini without Vermouth?

26/08/2022

A little while back my wife Karen and I were contemplating dinner in the Airbnb apartment we had rented in the Italian (more or less) city of Trieste, which is...

The Art of Eating & Drinking: Chef Alon Shaya

The Art of Eating & Drinking: Chef Alon Shaya

23/08/2022

Alon Shaya is the chef-partner of the Pomegranate Hospitality group, which includes New Orleans establishments Saba, Miss River and the Chandelier Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans as...