What We're Drinking: Chilean Carmenère
Carmenère was once a prominent blending grape in Bordeaux, but it was not replanted after two devastating 19th-century European vine scourges - largely because of its susceptibility to mold in wet conditions. It was transported to Chile in the mid-1800s and has thrived ever since in Chile…
What We're Drinking: Negroni
This is a strong drink - it's all booze - that is lightly sweet and very bitter with a hint of orange from the Campari.
What We're Drinking: The Cosmopolitan
Most of us know the Cosmopolitan as the pink-hued beauty made fashionable by the Sex and the City television series. However, the drink has a past more storied and complex than the show's four lead characters combined.
What We're Drinking: Spanish Garnacha
Pair these two wines with braised or smoked meats, spicy dishes and hearty stews.
What We're Drinking: Northeast Italy's Sparkling Wines
Thinking about sparkling wine this holiday season and want to impress? Northeast Italy's sparkling wines are as diverse as its varied terrain, yet they all share a refreshingly crisp acidity because of the area's cool continental climate. Here are two to try!
What We're Drinking: Holiday Punch
Punch is the perfect cocktail solution for holiday parties. Try out these two recipes by a leading St. Louis bartender.
What We're Drinking: The Old Fashioned
Once upon a time, there were different classes of drinks, like cocktails, daisies, fixes, slings and fizzes. The criterion for a cocktail was a base spirit, sugar, water and bitters. In other words, the recipe for an Old Fashioned. First mixed more than 200 years ago, the Old Fashioned co…
What We're Drinking: Beaujolais Cru and Nouveau
Consider opening a Cru Beaujolais as well as a Nouveau at your Thanksgiving celebration this year.
What We're Drinking: Ping Pong
This classic cocktail has a significant attachment to St. Louis. It was created in 1903 by James G. bennet at the broken Heart Café, once located at 16 S. Broadway. It’s featured in the old bar books Barflies and Cocktails (1927), Savoy Cocktail Book (1930), Bartende…
What We're Drinking: Sonoma Zinfandel
Zinfandel has been grown in California since the 1830s and has found an ideal home in Sonoma, benefiting from its warm days and cool, maritime-influenced nights. It has regained recognition as California’s claret after the rise and decline of “white Zin,” a sweet pink made from Zinfandel …
What We're Drinking: The Martini
Get award-winning St. Louis bartender Matt Seiter's go-to martini recipe, and expand your knowledge of the drink.
What We're Drinking: Austrian Grüner Veltliners
Grüner Veltliner's complex yet subtle flavors and high acidity make it a natural pair with food. Get our recommendations here!
What We're Drinking: Mollifying Effect
Cool down from the sweltering summer heat with this magnificently modified version of a gin and tonic.
What We're Drinking: Southern Rhône Reds
In southeast France, Southern Rhône’s flat terrain, Mediterranean climate and considerable wine production yield affordable, compelling wines that are overseen by the latest generation of family-owned grape growers and vignerons.
What We're Drinking: Smoke & Mirrors
July in St. Louis brings with it an abundance of barbecues, poolside affairs and games of bags and washers. If you’re tired of the fizzy yellow beers that are standard at these events, try this concoction next time you’ve got the grill fired up.
