Category: Seen Elsewhere

This is an art project, rather than a bona fide product on the market…but it says something about the contemporary drinking landscape that I wasn't exactly sure it was bogus until I did some looking around. 

This is an art project, rather than a bona fide product on the market…but it says something about the contemporary drinking landscape that I wasn't exactly sure it was bogus until I did some looking around. 

It's Slow Drink Week in New York City this week — and no, that doesn't mean the bartenders dawdle, or that you're forced to drink sloe gin (not that that would be a problem.)  Rather, it's a spinoff of the "Slow Food" movement, which celebrates artisanal, sustainable, and basically non-industrial food practices.  Because attention to…

It's Slow Drink Week in New York City this week — and no, that doesn't mean the bartenders dawdle, or that you're forced to drink sloe gin (not that that would be a problem.)  Rather, it's a spinoff of the "Slow Food" movement, which celebrates artisanal, sustainable, and basically non-industrial food practices.  Because attention to…

The problem with most drinking games is that there’s a lot of having to manage what drink goes with what action. Really, if you’re going to actually conduct one of these things, it’s best to stick to one thing and treat it like a one-line bingo game. The Washington Post’s Sleuth column has a handydandy…

The problem with most drinking games is that there’s a lot of having to manage what drink goes with what action. Really, if you’re going to actually conduct one of these things, it’s best to stick to one thing and treat it like a one-line bingo game. The Washington Post’s Sleuth column has a handydandy…

A few interesting links I’ve run across recently: the NYT contemplates the Negroni: "A Negroni demands your full, upright attention. It will not tolerate mindless swigging, the way all those sweet summertime drinks do, which is just one reason no one has ever ordered one at a swim-up bar at a resort pool. Each sip…

Because doing it yourself is so hard?, originally uploaded by czeltic girl. From Czeltic Girl, a cocktailian with an eye for the absurd. (This might be useful for your Ramos Gin Fizzes, but you certainly can’t get a crystal-clear Martini after shaking it.)

Because doing it yourself is so hard?, originally uploaded by czeltic girl. From Czeltic Girl, a cocktailian with an eye for the absurd. (This might be useful for your Ramos Gin Fizzes, but you certainly can’t get a crystal-clear Martini after shaking it.)

Recent government decisions in France severely restricting wine advertising and wine writing are being met, quite understandably, with protests from the French wine industry and French wine aficionados: * A French court ruled that newspaper and magazine articles on wine must contain health warnings, in much the same way the United States requires tobacco advertising…