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...

Most brands of gin on the market fall into one of two camps: juniper-forward London dry; or lighter, floral and citrusy gins. But the gin we read about in pre-Prohibition cocktail books is usually neither of these styles. Bartenders and consumers interested...

Most brands of gin on the market fall into one of two camps: juniper-forward London dry; or lighter, floral and citrusy gins. But the gin we read about in pre-Prohibition cocktail books is usually neither of these styles. Bartenders and consumers interested...

Beer Cocktails...

Hometown cocktails...

... been enjoying lately features a dynamic woman I consider the undisputed Queen of Cocktails, Alberta ... include this one on Alberta's techniques for assembling cocktails. And one entitled The Flighito ... with this tasty recipe. You can see more on ITunes or better yet here on Cocktails on the Fly . Alberta ... of cocktails is 21-year-old Zheng Wen from Beijing. Four years ago she was the youngest champion ever...