Intense oak floods the glass with an opulent aroma. If you like big, oaky chardonnay this is the wine for you. Fruit forward with beautiful straw color and clarity, the wine over delivers with a lush viscosity that encapsulates the palate. Layers of rich fruit includes gooseberry and melon. A …

A beautiful example of high mountain fruit, the 2014 offers a deep and complex nose that shows the high-quality fruit at its peak flavor. Deep black in color, the fruit shines through with a well-balanced but subtle wine with character. Impressive and balanced tannins, with dark stone fruit, blackberry and …

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Oregon’s Willamette Valley has a vast array of Pinot Noir producers who have been at the game for years. So when Cedar+Salmon named this wine as its first offering, well, the end result was not expected. This is a lovely Pinot with elegant strawberry blackberry, black cherry, huckleberry and bing …

By Eduardo Dingler, Sommelier and America’s Top Saké Expert California Cab lovers, memorize the name Maayan Koschitzky. He is the winemaker generating the most buzz in the Valley as “The Next Big Thing”. His first job in Napa Valley was at Screaming Eagle. Then he was director of winemaking for Philippe …

What does your favorite wine, beer or cocktail really say about you? Marketers would have you believe your identity depends on your brand of preference, but here at Drink Me, we think it just says something about how you like to relax and have fun. To that end, it makes …

Meet Barsys, the robotic bartender that fits right on your tabletop. This cocktail-making creation is easily controlled with a user-friendly mobile app, available on both Android and iOS systems. Simply let the platform know what ingredients are in the machine, and it will tell you which cocktails it can make. …

It is with heavy hearts we report Dave Pickerell, the much-loved master distiller behind such icon brands like Maker’s Mark, Whistlepig and Ragged Branch has died. Dave was a distilling legend, a bourbon & whiskey rock star and a teacher to all who loved whiskey. He was a luminary in …

14,000-Square-Foot Facility Houses Tasting Room, Fermentation Facility, Wine Cellar, Lab, and Offices for Doubleback and Bledsoe Family Winery Heading south past the farms and fields along Walla Walla’s Powerline Road, the weathered exterior of Doubleback Winery’s new 14,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art winery and tasting room looks as though it has always been there. …

The Watergate in DC is in the news again, but this time it’s for its Election Day Cocktails designed to help locals celebrate or drink their sorrows away for election day. At Drink Me, we like the way these people think. Voting cocktail enthusiasts can stop by The Watergate Hotel …

The Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas  inaugural cocktail programming, Where It All Started pays homage to the city’s storied past with iconic Vegas figures such as Vito Corleone and Bugsy Siegel on the cover to sip from the hotel’s landmark 23rd floor SkyBar Lounge. It takes guests back to notable decades …

National Happy Hour is upon us as Monday, November 12th, closes in. I know, I know. Everyday is Happy Hour for Drink Me readers, but this time it’s official. Happy Hour has presented a series of iterations throughout the past century. Initially it was a downright patriotic event. The U.S. …

Photo: Midnight in Mexico, Kody Melton Midnight in Mexico, San Antonio Texas Día De Los Muertos (Day of The Dead) is celebrated on November 1 and November 2 throughout Mexico and US regions with large Mexican populations such as San Antonio, Texas. The Mexican holiday has honored spirits of families and …