Traminette, a grape hybrid from Cornell University’s Agricultural Experiment Station, has been given the designation of the state’s first signature wine.
The state, however, is not New York, but rather Indiana.
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Both of this cocktail was created by Philip Duff - the ambassador of BOLS. I found this recipes on bolscocktails.com, both of them are rare possibility to use BOLS Kiwi and Bols Lychee liqueur in so average cocktail. This cocktails are not extraordinary but so interesting “for girls” drinks.
Antipodean
15 ml BOLS Strawberry
45 ml [...]
A longstanding complaint about the Capital Region dining scene is the absence of real New York City-style delicatessans.
What can deli fans do when they want real deli food to cart home and enjoy with a cold beer or a glass of potent red wine?
The few that had been in the area have essentially died out, [...]
As reported way back in August, what had been a food-and-games operation on Colonie’s Wolf Road commercial strip was destined to become … a food-and-games operation.
Now, Wolf’s 1-11, named for its address, has opened, the brainchild of Mike Diraddo who opened the doors Wednesday.
The restaurant has a total capacity of nearly 600 in its bar, [...]
Wines from select New York wineries will be on the list for the 3rd annual New York Wine Expo.
The event is scheduled for February 26-28, 2010 — the final day for trade only — at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
The event organizers usually hypes the lineup of European labels, but their publicists this time [...]
The Rose Cocktail is classic cocktail which was invented in 1920-s somewhere in Europe. It contain kirsch (or kirschwasser) as main alcohol, cherry-brandy (or as Wondrich specify raspberry liqueur or Chambord) as sweetener and dry vermouth as diluent. Kirsch is rare but interesting dry fruit brandy (or eau-de-vie) from Germany and France. It obtain from [...]
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We at Drink of the Week wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for you readership and thankful that we make your day a little brighter.
Cheers!
The DOTW Team
As always we like to share a few links that expand on how many Thanksgiving traditions [...]
Poached pears are a simple yet elegant dessert to serve at the holidays. This recipe has the colors and flavors of fall, making it perfect for Thanksgiving.
Holiday Poached Pears
4 fresh pears (I used Bosc)
1 cup bourbon
1/4 cup cranberries
1/4 cup honey
1 cup water
1 tbs. vanilla
1 tbs. ground cinnamon
Core and peel the pears, leaving the stems on. [...]
What better way to celebrate everything you’re thankful for than with a sparkling cocktail made with seasonal fruit? This light Thanksgiving cocktail is the perfect accompaniment to the heavy meal that makes Turkey Day one of my favorite days of the year.
I recommend making it with gin — the juniper is a nice herbal counterbalance [...]
Everything’s better with a little booze. So here are some Drink of the Week approved ideas for Thanksgiving recipes that incorporate the bottle.
Bourbon Turkey with herbs de provance
Whiskey-Glazed Carrots
Orange Liqueur Stuffing
Drunken Cranberry Sauce
Rum Raisin Sweet Potato Pie
Frangelico Pumpkin Cheesecake
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This modern tropic cocktail was found on epicurean.com in article about Passoa liqueur by Roberta Roberti. The Monkey Passion Cocktail is sweet and tropical concoction for pleasant rest on the summer beach.
Monkey Passion
60 ml Passoa liqueur
30 ml vodka
60 ml Cointreau
150 ml fresh orange juice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with crushed ice. [...]
Recipe of Piccadilly Cocktail I found in one of my favorite cocktail book - Cocktails and Mixed Drinks by Anthony Hogg (1979). This cocktail has classic composition and contain one of my favorite herbal liqueur - Pernod. The Pernod is strong anise-flavored liqueur from France. It is common substitute of absinthe.
Piccadilly
50 ml gin
25 ml [...]
This fall cranberry cocktail is perfect for Thanksgiving. It’s light enough that it won’t compete with a plate full of turkey and mashed potatoes. But the unique mixture of cranberry, honey, bourbon, green tea and ginger ale is full enough to satisfy the taste buds.
Grateful Cranberry Cocktail
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
1 oz. cranberry-honey syrup (recipe below)
Green [...]
The Harmony House Marketplace, which hosts free weekly tastings of various New York State wines on a year-round basis, this week will be hosting Jan McGuire and wines from Dr. Konstantin Frank.
The Marketplace, founded in Cohoes by Diane Conroy-LaCivita, is a series of businesses that includes The Wine Seller, The Baker Shop and R&G Cheesemaker, [...]
This interesting rare cocktail was found in CocktailDB. The Orange Bloom Cocktail is classic combination of three classic cocktails ingredients - gin, vermouth and Cointreau.
Orange Bloom
45 ml gin
15 ml sweet vermouth
15 ml Cointreau
Stir and strain into cocktail glass. Add cherry.
The Orange Bloom Cocktail has beautiful gold-orange color and great strong and sweet taste with [...]
This interesting modern cocktail was found on the Dale`s DeGroff site. The Metropolitan cocktail is so close to the Cosmopolitan, but use black currant vodka instead citron vodka. Dale DeGroff inform that author of this version of the Metropolitan Сocktail is Mike Hewett at Marion`s Bar on the Bowery in the NYC. Site and two [...]
This cocktail recipe was found in The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender, with 500 Recipes by Dale DeGroff. The Tropical Cocktail has classic elegant composition and, as Dale DeGroff specified, is an alternative to a Daiquiri Cocktail from the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
Tropical Cocktail
60 ml [...]
It looks like I’m about a year late on this one particular bottle. Announced and released around this time last year, Jim Beam’s Distillers Series was supposedly available only through January 2009, but I managed to pick up a bottle at Astor place just last week. I was intrigued by the friendly price point right [...]