Day: February 15, 2018

Vermouth & Aperitif : February 17, 2018

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Lillet Blanc, Bordeaux Regular Price $21.99 Sale price $16.99 In 1872, Raymond and Paul Lillet, fine wines, liquors and spirits merchants, funded Maison Lillet. They created the first and only aperitif from Bordeaux, the Lillet (called Kina Lillet until the 1970s), a blend of wines and fruit macerations crafted in Podensac cellars. Sniff and you’ll[…]

Cocktail Time!

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All things go out of fashion eventually; many are re-discovered by a subsequent or future generation. Cocktails are perhaps exceptional in that they were fashionable for about 80 of the past 100 years. As a soon-to-be senior and an amateur alcohol historian, I can easily recall the cocktails of the 60’s and 70’s and my[…]