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Top Tequilas
No longer hangover-inducing swill for the spring-break set, Mexico’s signature spirit has come of age as a drink savored by connoisseurs.
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Best of Napa, California
California’s most celebrated wine region is buzzing with stylish hotels, smart tasting experiences, and talented new players.
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Tom Seaver’s Napa Winery
One of baseball’s all-time pitching greats, Tom Seaver, is a rising star in the competitive fields of Napa Valley.
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Toujours Gamay
Many of us have encountered Beaujolais in its Nouveau form—and stopped there. But the region also produces some excellent vintages, and its signature grape, Gamay, is now being used to make first-rate wines from the Loire Valley to California.
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Rieslings Rising
The versatile white wines of Germany are enjoying a new golden age, but Martin Filler wonders if global warming—and the higher sugar levels it produces—will lead to a postmillennial meltdown.
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The Bitters Truth
Connoisseurs in pursuit of authentic, pre-Prohibition cocktail culture are rediscovering bitters and, as Mark Ellwood finds, making the old new again.
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State of Zin
The erstwhile country bumpkin of California reds, Zinfandel has evolved into a wine of unexpected depth and finesse, reports one former skeptic, Martin Filler.
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Gin Makes a Splash. AGAIN!
For decades gin languished while vodka enjoyed unprecedented popularity. Now a new generation of distillers, cocktailmakers, and, yes, imbibers, too, are celebrating the spirit’s flavorful botanicals.
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La Vita Frescobaldi
For 30 generations, the Frescobaldis of Florence have been making some of the world’s finest wines. Martin Filler reports from Tuscany on Italy’s still dynamic dynasty.
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