About 15 years ago, I was sitting in a Portland Bar that specializes in rare bottles and hard-to-get rum. While those ...

It’s cool, it’s crushable, and it’s been around since the 1800s. Summer cocktail hour, whether spent on a patio, spread out on a picnic blanket, or beside a pool, calls for a beverage that’s ...

Background: I was born in Queens, New York, and moved to Houston 12 years ago, when I was 16. I have been in the restaurant industry since I was 18, having bartended all through college. As a ...

We’re more than a little crazy about wine at the restaurant where I work. So, it stands to reason that some of the cocktails we have draw inspiration from the wine world. For example, we recently ...

A sherry list wouldn’t be such a radical thing in modern-day Spain, the drink’s birthplace, where the fortified wine is the norm and has been for centuries. Up until recently, though, it had fallen ...

Summer cocktail hour, whether spent on a patio, spread out on a picnic blanket, or beside a pool, calls for a beverage that’s refreshing, a bit fancy, and icy-cold. While Venice’s most famous cocktail ...