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Saint Kevin Approved
The Glendalough distillery in Ireland is situated on lands once occupied and protected by Saint Kevin. That was back around 700 AD. These days...
A New Legend is Born
Heaven’s Door Whiskey
Let’s start a new urban legend, although it is based on a Western movie. James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, director Sam Peckinpaugh, and...
Daniel: Simply Sublime
Enter from the sidewalk, pass under the awning at 60 East 65th Street in New York, and you immediately find a world unto itself,...
My Name is Graspa
The Bottega Alexander
Frugal times, frugal means. Inventiveness. Ecology even. We could learn a few lessons form the birth of eau du vie, marc, grappa,...
The Season
Many would argue that any season is cocktail season. Fair enough. But the festive holiday season, which sends out the past year and ushers...
The Nightingale
Known for its mellifluous and fulsome song, the nightingale appears in nature and, in multiple instances, in art, from Romantic poetry right on back...
Old Stogies
On my last trip to Montreal, last February, I was not surprised to find snow on the ground and a not so welcoming minus...
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Sparkle All the Way
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At Hawksworth
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A New Legend is Born
Heaven’s Door Whiskey
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Bearface One Eleven Oaxaca
What Andres Faustinelli does not know about whisky is almost not worth knowing. Over dinner at Per Se Social Corner, he regales the table...
Courvoisier’s Bold Age Statement
Pierre Szersnovicz has spent his life making, bottling, and carrying the flag for Courvoisier cognac. He happily retired, but his previous title was Director...
