Oenophiles…unite!

José Andrés’ and his at Mediterranean mezze mecca Zaytinya, announce a special two-week festival celebrating the grape from November 14-27. The Grape Festival is designed to highlight the fruit with different variations including, raisins, brined grapes, fresh grapes, grapevine leaves, and dishes smoked over grape vine trimmings. Head [...]

Join Dan Searing, Craft Bartender and author of the recently published cocktail book “The Punch Bowl,”  for a seminar at The Passenger (1021 7th Street, NW) covering recipes and stories surrounding “the flowing bowl,” on Tuesday, October 4 from 6:30 to 8 PM. Searing is also a partner at Room 11 in Washington, DC, [...]

Guests at Ripple's Sierra Nevada dinner will get to sample the brewery's Life & Limb beer.

Cleveland Park restaurant Ripple welcomes guests to its first ever beer dinner featuring exclusive beers from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co and a menu designed by Executive Chef Logan Cox. Ripple’s “Beer Guy,” , will lead guests through each [...]

The Smoky Scotsman is a great cocktail for the warmer weather.

Though some cocktail enthusiasts associate Scotch with the cooler weather, you needn’t eschew it when the mercury climbs. And now that September is here, and fall is right around the corner, it’s a great time to reacquaint yourself with Scotland’s peaty potables.

Charlie Whitfield, the [...]

Taste this Brunello di Montalcino, and lots more great Italian wines, at BRABO's Italian wine dinner.

Italian red wines tend to have that great balance of restrained yet noticeable fruit, along with an Old World subtly and a refreshing line of acidity that makes them super food friendly. And the best examples have the tannins, [...]

Estadio celebrates Spain's famous fortified wines the entire month of September.

This September, Washington, DC’s contemporary Spanish restaurant Estadio (1520 14th St. NW, Washington, DC, 202.319.1404) will pay tribute to Spain’s famed fortified wine by offering rotating tasting flights throughout the month, and by hosting a special food and sherry pairing seminar on [...]

Just found out  late last week that I passed my WSET Diploma Unit 3 exam with Merit! So that’s it: I have passed all 6 units, completed blind tastings, essay tests and research papers, and I now have my WSET Diploma, which also gives me the right to add DSW (Diploma of Wine Studies) after [...]

For the last several years, DC’s Craft Bartenders Guild has declared July to be Rickey Month in the District in honor of DC’s native cocktail.  And now it’s official.

On Sunday evening, DC Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton unveiled a plaque commemorating the birthplace of the Rickey, and making it Washington, DC’s native cocktail. The spot is [...]

Recently I had the chance to dine at Ripple in Cleveland Park. In addition to the impressive housemade charcuterie and extensive selection of cheeses and accoutrements,  several of Executive Chef Logan Cox’s menu items really stood out for me. (I was especially loving the Crispy Soft Shell Crab dusted with cumin, as well as the [...]

Dirty Martini's Mixin' Mondays let you be the mixologist.

Did your Monday get off to a slow (or manic…) start this morning? An area bar and restaurant has just the antidote, for today, as well as the start of each and every work week.

For those who wish to be cocktail critics and [...]