A cocktail this knock-out, with a whisky so exquisite. . .part science, part art.
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Chocolate Strawberry Royale
Anthony DeSerio created this signature cocktail for our chocolate-inspired Heart to Heart Champagne Dinner Dance, happening on Thursday, February 11, at 6 p.m. Get tickets and information here—and Anthony will mix one up for you in person! UPDATE: The event is officially sold out, but follow the link if you’d like to get on the […]
Great Wines to Drink with Chocolate
Port and dry red wines can match perfectly with chocolate, we discovered, and we’d like to share these terrific wines with you. To test Senior Contributor Mark Raymond’s recommendations, we bit into beautiful pieces of chocolate, then sipped. Superb! Also great wines for drinking sitting by the fire with friends. Tell your wine store the […]
Yes, this Fab White Wine Is Perfect with Meat Chili!
What is the right wine for red chili? It must be a red, right? Turns out, no, surprising us, too. But when you think about it, white makes sense for red chili. We know fruit-forward whites like reisling, Alsation wines and sparklers are best with spicy Asian foods, yet it never dawned on us that […]
Easy Cocktails: The Smoked Manhattan, Perfect for a Chili Party
We know beer goes well with chili, but guess what will make a spoonful of chili get up and dance…bourbon! Even better — a Smoked Manhattan, combining bourbon with sweet vermouth, a little rye and bitters, served over ice. When we asked our chief cocktail contributor Anthony DeSerio to create something that would be the […]
Our $30 White Wine Scores a 90
Supple in the mouth, full-bodied in the bottle, Les Chanteaux is from the Chinon region of France and now available in our region at $30 a bottle. Wine Spectator just awarded the wine 90 points; with that rating and the beautiful floral and mineral taste of this wine, it’s the perfect choice for sipping, or […]
