Sipping Sangria

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Sangria is one of those cocktails that’s best known for its most mediocre varieties. A Spanish, wine-based punch, it’s a popular summer time drink at all sorts of bars and restaurants. The standard ingredients include wine, brandy, triple sec or …
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Are You Drinking Bad Wine? The Dreaded ‘Corked’ Wine Dilemma

Are You Drinking Bad Wine Body

One of the greatest threats to the worldwide wine community is one of the best Scrabble words in existence, trichloroanisole. Can you imagine the points from that? Trichloroanisole (TCA) is the principal cause of cork taint in your wine, and …
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Ring in the New Year with These Amazing Bubbles

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2012 can’t get here soon enough! I think were all ready to forget about this economy, at least for one blow out night, and celebrate all the GOOD that was 2011 and will be headed our way in 2012.   …
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New Years Champagne Cocktail: Nureyev

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Ring in the New Year with Johnny’s Nureyev Cocktail. Inspired by his friend that use to dance with Rudolf Nureyev. Nureyev would serve this drink at all of his parties. Throw a cocktail party and serve these up. – Let …
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Glögg!

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The holiday season is a time for punch. But not your standard pirate’s fair of Caribbean fruit juices and rum. The cold weather of Christmas and New Years beg for something rich and luxurious. For many, that means Eggnog. Eggnog …
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