For the San Francisco Chronicle, I wrote about the Chartreuse shortage and how some bartenders are looking locally to Brucato Chaparral as a stand-in. Read more →
Tammy Coxen is producing an ongoing video series in which she is going through her grandmother's vintage mini-bottle collection, learning about the products, and then tasting them with other people. I was a guest on her My Tiny Bottles video series and together we tasted a circa 1980s maraschino liqueur... Read more →
Looks like it's been a few months since I did a New Booze post, gathering together new products hitting the market from my Instagram page. Well then, with no further ado, here they are: Read more →
If you read my book Doctors and Distillers you know that cure-all theriacs often contained viper flesh. Now one person has recreated a recipe for a branded theriac called L’Orvietan, with everything but the snake. Bernardini had to travel across Europe on the trail of L’Orvietan. He scoured historic archives... Read more →
Below are bottle shots of mostly new- and a few just new to me- spirits products that have come onto the market in the last month. These are from my Instagram account and you can get more information about each of them there. Read more →
It's been way too long since I did a new booze round-up. These images are all from my Instagram page, and how I'm largely covering new products hitting the market. Read more →
Taken from my Instagram account, here are some new bottles that have hit the market lately. Read more →
Turns out, they were wrong about some stuff. Read more →