http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:43 -0500 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:29:15 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/7/THE-DRINK-SITUATION-ON-MTVS-JERSEY-SHORE-RON-RON-JUICE Normal 0 0 1 307 1754 amexpub 14 3 2154 10.265 0 0 0 Muscle-head Ronnie on MTV's Jersey Shore is the last guy I'd expect to see drinking a girly cocktail, but surprisingly, his pre-partying... News Recipes Spirits Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:29:15 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/7/THE-DRINK-SITUATION-ON-MTVS-JERSEY-SHORE-RON-RON-JUICE Alessandra Bulow http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/23/One-Aldwychs-New-Cocktail-List  I’m always impressed by the quality of London’s hotel bars. During my stay there last year,  I spent most nights going back and forth between the Connaught hotel’s Connaught bar and Coburg bar (the latter recently introdu... Spirits Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:04:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/23/One-Aldwychs-New-Cocktail-List Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Drinks-at-Drink I finally made it to Boston this weekend so that I could grab a stool at Barbara Lynch's newest spots, Sportello and Drink. The dishes at bright, modern Sportello was the sort of homey, upscale comfort food found at all of Lynch's restaurants... Red Wine Spirits Restaurants Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Drinks-at-Drink Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/2/The-Worlds-Best-Mai-Tai I've always thought Mai Tais were kind of campy, something fun to have with roast pork shoulder and pineapple. Now I know better. Recently my friend Joe Raffa, a Hawaiian native, mixed the world's greatest Mai Tai from his extensive rum colle... [More] Recipes Spirits Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/2/The-Worlds-Best-Mai-Tai Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/27/Black-Tea-Vodka When angry colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor in 1773, they had no idea that their rebellion would eventually lead to the American Revolutionary War in 1775, or that it would inspire the creation of another kind of beverage in 2009: Absolut Vodka... News Recipes Tastings Spirits Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:53 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/27/Black-Tea-Vodka Alessandra Bulow http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/21/Balvenies-New-LimitedEdition-Whiskey When a friend invited me to a five-course, whiskey-paired dinner at Eleven Madison Park last Wednesday, I hesitated before accepting. I’ve been to plenty of wine- and beer-paired dinners, but sipping whiskey through a meal sounded a little inte... News Tastings Spirits Biodynamics Pairings Restaurants Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:41:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/21/Balvenies-New-LimitedEdition-Whiskey Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/28/Cocktail-vs-Wine-Pairing-Smackdown Because I'd been away for a while, spending a placid few days kayaking on the waters of Maine's Somes Sound, it seemed to me (for some lunatic reason) like the proper way to effect a New York re-entry would be by attending a cocktail vs. wine... Spirits Sommeliers Pairings Restaurants Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:09:05 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/28/Cocktail-vs-Wine-Pairing-Smackdown Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/13/A-Mad-Men-Viewing-Party The third season of the AMC series Mad Men, which revolves around a cast of hard-drinking ad execs in the 1960s, debuts Sunday night. What to expect, according to the New York Times: more historically accurate booze. For a Mad Men–themed cockta... Recipes Spirits Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:27:49 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/13/A-Mad-Men-Viewing-Party Ratha Tep http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/11/A-Jack-Daniels-Legend-Passes-Away The No. 7 must-read over at the Daily Beast's Cheat Sheet, appropriately, is the obituary for master distiller Jimmy Bedford, one of only seven men responsible for sipping new batches of Jack Daniel's iconic Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey. Bedfo... News Spirits Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:24:52 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/11/A-Jack-Daniels-Legend-Passes-Away Ratha Tep http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/15/Tequila--Ice-Cream I stopped by NYC's Hill Country Barbecue & Market last night for a semi-impromptu blind tasting of tequilas (no rest for the weary, indeed). The general gist of the thing, concocted by Hill Country bar director extraordinaire Jessica Stone an... Tastings Spirits Pairings Restaurants Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:47:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/15/Tequila--Ice-Cream Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/2/Knob-Creek-Shortage-is-Real Whiskeyphiles are accustomed to hunting for rare bottles—the tiny production of the 18-year-old Sazerac rye, for instance, seems to sell out almost instantly upon release. Big brands, however, like Maker's Mark, are always reliably present ... Spirits Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:27:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/2/Knob-Creek-Shortage-is-Real Kristin Donnelly http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/28/Cocktail-Recipes-from-Early-Show-Appearance After my appearance on the Early Show this past weekend, I got a number of emails asking for the recipes for the cocktails I mixed, all of which came from our new book, Food & Wine Cocktails '09. I should note that I definitely cannot take cr... [More] Holidays Spirits Thu, 28 May 2009 11:33:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/28/Cocktail-Recipes-from-Early-Show-Appearance Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/22/CBS-Early-Show-523-Summer-Cocktails Barring wildly eventful news, I'll be on the Early Show tomorrow (Saturday the 23rd) at around 7:50 AM, mixing up some great summer cocktails—particularly pitcher drinks—for people's Memorial Day weekend parties. Tangerine Collins... Recipes Spirits Fri, 22 May 2009 16:39:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/22/CBS-Early-Show-523-Summer-Cocktails Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/6/The-Seasons-Best-Sake The traditional harbingers of spring have finally arrived—asparagus at the farmers’ markets, cherry blossoms bursting all over the city—but one that might not be on your radar, and should be, is spring sake, or nama. Roughly the sak... News Spirits Wed, 06 May 2009 18:33:06 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/6/The-Seasons-Best-Sake Kelly Snowden http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/2/9/Cocktails-Macaostyle I stopped in the other night at the Macao Trading Co., which occupies a desolate block of the Tribeca landscape (or at least it seems desolate at 11 PM when there's sleet blowing in your face). It's a neat trick, then, to walk in and abruptly... Recipes Spirits Restaurants Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:36:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/2/9/Cocktails-Macaostyle Ray Isle