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Table of Contents - What Is Cinsault? - What Cinsault Tastes Like - Cinsault vs. Grenache - Where Cinsault Comes From - Food Pairings - Building a Group Tasting Around Cinsault - Common Questions - Bringing a Cinsault Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading Cinsault is one of those grapes that most wine drinkers have had dozens of times without ever knowing its name. It's the workhorse behind a huge share of the world's great rosé, a quiet supporting player in Rhône blends everyone's heard of, and lately the star of a small but serious movement of single-varietal bottlings that are finally giving it the credit it deserves. If you've been working through the more famous Rhône grapes — Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre — cinsault is the one still hiding in plain sight. This guide covers what cinsault actually is, why it's such a good rosé grape, how it compares to the bigger reds it's usually blended with, and how to build a real tasting around it. What Is Cinsault? Cinsa...
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Table of Contents - What Is a Negroni? - Where the Negroni Comes From - The Classic Ratio and How to Build It - Negroni Variations Worth Knowing - Building a Group Tasting Around the Negroni - Common Questions - Bringing a Negroni Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I've watched a lot of people order a Negroni without really knowing what they're getting — they've heard it's "the bartender's drink," the thing you order to signal you know what you're doing, and they brace for something punishing. Then it arrives, and it turns out to be balanced, bitter in a good way, genuinely simple. That gap between reputation and reality is exactly why the Negroni deserves its own guide instead of just living in the shadow of Campari. This guide covers where the Negroni actually comes from, the ratio that makes it work, its most important variations, and how to build it into a real group tasting instead of just another round at the bar. What Is a Negroni? A Negroni...
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Table of Contents - What Is a Negroni? - Where the Negroni Comes From - The Classic Ratio and How to Build It - Negroni Variations Worth Knowing - Building a Group Tasting Around the Negroni - Common Questions - Bringing a Negroni Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I've watched a lot of people order a Negroni without really knowing what they're getting — they've heard it's "the bartender's drink," the thing you order to signal you know what you're doing, and they brace for something punishing. Then it arrives, and it turns out to be balanced, bitter in a good way, genuinely simple. That gap between reputation and reality is exactly why the Negroni deserves its own guide instead of just living in the shadow of Campari. This guide covers where the Negroni actually comes from, the ratio that makes it work, its most important variations, and how to build it into a real group tasting instead of just another round at the bar. What Is a Negroni? A Negroni...
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Table of Contents - What Is Malvasia? - What Malvasia Tastes Like - Malvasia vs. Muscat - Where Malvasia Comes From - Food Pairings - Building a Group Tasting Around Malvasia - Common Questions - Bringing a Malvasia Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading Malvasia is the grape I have the hardest time explaining in one sentence, and after fifteen years of running tastings, that's exactly why I love pouring it for a group. Ask "what does Malvasia taste like?" and the honest answer is: it depends entirely on which Malvasia you mean. There isn't one grape here — there's a sprawling family of loosely related varieties scattered across the Mediterranean, producing everything from crisp, dry, everyday whites to some of the most storied sweet wines in history. That's a confusing pitch on paper. In a room full of people tasting three wildly different glasses side by side, it's one of the best "wait, that's all Malvasia?" moments you can build an event ...
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Table of Contents - What Is Malvasia? - What Malvasia Tastes Like - Malvasia vs. Muscat - Where Malvasia Comes From - Food Pairings - Building a Group Tasting Around Malvasia - Common Questions - Bringing a Malvasia Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading Malvasia is the grape I have the hardest time explaining in one sentence, and after fifteen years of running tastings, that's exactly why I love pouring it for a group. Ask "what does Malvasia taste like?" and the honest answer is: it depends entirely on which Malvasia you mean. There isn't one grape here — there's a sprawling family of loosely related varieties scattered across the Mediterranean, producing everything from crisp, dry, everyday whites to some of the most storied sweet wines in history. That's a confusing pitch on paper. In a room full of people tasting three wildly different glasses side by side, it's one of the best "wait, that's all Malvasia?" moments you can build an event ...
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Table of Contents - What Is an Old Fashioned? - Where the Old Fashioned Comes From - The Classic Build and How to Make It - Old Fashioned Variations Worth Knowing - Building a Group Tasting Around the Old Fashioned - Common Questions - Bringing an Old Fashioned Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading The Old Fashioned is the drink I hand to people who say they "don't really like cocktails" — because technically, it isn't one. It's whiskey with the rough edges sanded off: a little sugar, a little bitters, a bit of dilution, nothing added that changes what the whiskey actually is. That's not a marketing line, either. It's the literal, documented origin of the name, and it's exactly why the drink has survived more or less unchanged for over 150 years while entire categories of cocktails have come and gone around it. This guide covers where the Old Fashioned actually comes from, the build that makes it work, its most important variations, and how to turn it...
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Table of Contents - What Is an Old Fashioned? - Where the Old Fashioned Comes From - The Classic Build and How to Make It - Old Fashioned Variations Worth Knowing - Building a Group Tasting Around the Old Fashioned - Common Questions - Bringing an Old Fashioned Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading The Old Fashioned is the drink I hand to people who say they "don't really like cocktails" — because technically, it isn't one. It's whiskey with the rough edges sanded off: a little sugar, a little bitters, a bit of dilution, nothing added that changes what the whiskey actually is. That's not a marketing line, either. It's the literal, documented origin of the name, and it's exactly why the drink has survived more or less unchanged for over 150 years while entire categories of cocktails have come and gone around it. This guide covers where the Old Fashioned actually comes from, the build that makes it work, its most important variations, and how to turn it...
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