For our recent party, we decided to offer Sangriatinis before dinner. Martinis are wonderful, and I love making sangria. This seems like the perfect combination. I don't like to use the cheapest burgundy for sangria, but I'm not using a high quality cab either. Back on Super Bowl Sunday, I ...

, or egg-cup. Ted Haigh, author of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails , feels certain that "they were named cocktails because they were your morning wakeup call -- like a rooster heralding the early...

... of the hundreds of similar fruity cocktails out there, even if the bar proudly sells a mix so you can make...

Appreciating Cognac.

Filed under: Wine , Dinner , West Coast , Beef , Cheese , Recipes , Cocktails , Rum , Spirit of Summer , Newspapers , America , Spirits , in sixty seconds This week, the feature story is not on wine, but cocktails . Rather than relying on the standard, vodka, Bay Area bartenders are turning to artisan tequilas, locally brewed and Mexican beers, rum and other exotic spirits. There are recipes...

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San Francisco is a hotbed of modern-day mixology, and many of the Bay Area's up-and-coming bar stars credit Dale DeGroff with making bartending a respected profession. Though DeGroff is perhaps best known for popularizing the cosmopolitan (Madonna...

San Francisco is a hotbed of modern-day mixology, and many of the Bay Area's up-and-coming bar stars credit Dale DeGroff with making bartending a respected profession. Though DeGroff is perhaps best known for popularizing the cosmopolitan (Madonna...