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On this week's episode of Barrel to Bottle, Binny's wine consultant Emily is pairing some of her favorite junk food with the perfect wine.

The Demo Kitchen digs corn. In fact, we obsess about it at this time of year. Our Corn Pudding recipe highlights fresh corn in a sweet southern side dish, perfectly suited to accompany anything you may be pulling off the grill.

The magnificent Italian Aperitivo, Cocchi Americano, is a delight on the rocks with an orange wheel and serves as the cornerstone of a perfect Corpse Reviver No 2 cocktail. Just like Vermouth, it must be fresh to be at its best alone or in a cocktail. Luckily, 375 ml bottles are now available.

Pat and Roger are joined by Binny's Cigar Buyer Jack Spethman to talk all things sticks.

The Demo Kitchen has eaten fried green tomatoes across the southern United States, and we love them. We teamed these improved FGTs with a creamy remoulade and a fresh corn relish that takes advantage of the summer’s bounty. By dressing the relish with balsamic vinegar and adding a little Parmigiano-Reggiano to the breading we created a kind of Charleston by way of Emilia-Romagna dish.

Join The Whiskey Hotline for a virtual tasting of Flor de Caña rum.

It is officially peach season in the Midwest; time to learn how to make a real Bellini. It’s a simple drink but a sublime one when made from scratch.

Summer is here and Roger has a line-up of fruity, spritz, easy-to-make cocktails for the hot days ahead.

Here is a really simple dish to add to your midsummer grilling repertoire that takes no time and packs in loads of seasonal flavor. Firm, meaty swordfish is grilled over charcoal and smokey rosemary sprigs then dressed up with an explosively flavorful relish of garden-fresh tomatoes and olives.

It’s high time that we acknowledge Hemingway as the Papa of today’s trend toward low-cal, low-carb, (but certainly not low alcohol) drinks. Hemingway liked a stiff drink, so pace yourself as you enjoy this pink cocktail, lest you start seeing pink elephants or counting six blurry toes on your five-toed cat.