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Sweet 100: 2008

by Thor Iverson | July 25, 2008
Bring out your shopping carts It was a hit last year, judging by a tripling of Massachusetts’s annual wine revenues and a commensurate escalation of my salary. (Okay, okay, none of that happened. Sigh.) And so here it is again: a list of 100 wines you...

Twist: Back to our roots

by Erin Souza | July 25, 2008
Remember when you thought drinking a root beer could get you drunk? Fast forward about 25 years: now root beer actually can get you a little tipsy. Three Olives Vodka has added yet another flavor to their repertoire: root beer. The original root beer...

Bitter sweet

by Liza Weisstuch | July 25, 2008
Bittermens comes to Boston It’s business as usual at Green Street on a recent Wednesday night. The barflies’ conversation adds up to a clamorous but comforting din, a row of ice-filled martini glasses sits chilling on the bar, soul music plays over the...

Sipping Style

by Thor Iverson | July 11, 2008
The frontiers of fermentation Now that it’s clear that cutting-edge liquidity can’t be left in the hands of financial types, it’s time for those of us interested in the liquids themselves to take that edge back. Usually, hipster quaffing is left to the...

Freeze, Out

by Sara Faith Alterman | July 10, 2008
Forget frosty spring break versions and order up a classic margarita A margarita is the ideal summer beverage, a refreshing combination of citrus and salt that helps you de-stress on hose sweltering nights when beer and wine just seem too heavy. But where...

Twist: gin city

by Heather Bouzan | June 13, 2008
We have a friend who never drinks gin — apparently it brings out the no-holds-barred bitch in her. Perhaps that’s just because she can’t hold her booze, but we wonder if it has something to do with the spirit’s sometimes-harsh taste profile. A new gin...

Match game

by Thor Iverson | June 13, 2008
Playing with your antisocial food Like alcoholic dinner guests, there are foods that bring their personal problems to the table. They might be perfectly charming in isolation, but in the presence of drink, asking them to play nicely with others leads...

Twist: From Russia, with love

by Tamara Wieder | May 30, 2008
It's berry season, which means our smoothies are more varied, our fruit salads are more colorful, and our berry cocktails — well, those are always in season, thanks to the new Stoli Blakberi, the latest in a long line of inspired flavors from the...

Anti-freeze

by Sara Faith Alterman | May 30, 2008
Forget the frosty neon versions from spring breaks past; it’s the original daiquiri that truly delights Bostonians have, over the past several years, grown accustomed to schizophrenic weather. We’re hit with random snowstorms in April; heat waves in October;...