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Spirits |
September 22, 2023
Fino Fiends and Manzanilla Maniacs - Barrel to Bottle Makes Sense of Sherry
- barrel to bottle
- sherry
- cocktails
Are you a fino fiend? Manic for manzanilla? Amorous for Amontillado? Or maybe you have no idea what any of that means. Whether you're a sherry vet or a sherry noob, this episode has something for you.
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Spirits |
April 30, 2021
Barrel to Bottle: Handpicked Barrels with Whiskey Acres
- barrel to bottle
- whiskey hotline
- hits the road
Travel out to Whiskey Acres in DeKalb for a Whiskey Hotline/Barrel to Bottle field trip.
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Wine |
September 26, 2018
The Wine Hotline Hits the Road: Bordeaux - Rethinking Sauternes
- wine hotline
- bordeaux
- hits the road
Sauternes has the unfortunate distinction of being a wine everyone loves, but few people actually drink. It suffers from the perception that wine must be dry to be fine.
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Wine |
September 25, 2018
Wine Hotline Hits the Road: Bordeaux - Good and Bad Vintages
- wine hotline
- bordeaux
- hits the road
“Americans are allergic to bad vintages,” observed one person in Bordeaux during a recent trip. I couldn’t disagree. The view here is often absolute: a vintage is either good or bad. And people don’t want to drink “bad” vintages.
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Wine |
September 11, 2018
The Wine Hotline Hits the Road: Bordeaux
- wine hotline
- bordeaux
- hits the road
As we gear up to focus on Bordeaux for the month of September it seems fitting to recap the annual Binny's en premier trip.
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Wine |
July 25, 2018
Wine Hotline Hits the Road: Illinois Sparkling Co.
- wine hotline
- hits the road
A group of our wine specialists recently visited Illinois Sparkling Wine Company. Founder and lead winemaker Mark Wenzel walked us through the vineyard and shared his family's story
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Beer |
June 28, 2018
The Beer Buzz Hits the Road: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp
- hits the road
Back in 2014, the Binny’s Beer Team had the pleasure of attending Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp #110 in Chico, designing a spicy IPA that came to be known as Ryeday the 13th. Fast forward to 2017, we were pumped to return to camp, this time in Mills River, North Carolina.
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Cigars |
May 15, 2018
Cigar Team Hits the Road: La Aurora Factory
- hits the road
Our Cigar Team recently hit the road to Santiago to visit the La Aurora factory in the beautiful country that is the Dominican Republic.
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Wine |
April 01, 2018
Wine Hotline Hits the Road: Premiere Napa Valley
- wine hotline
- hits the road
Known as Napa Valley’s homecoming, Premiere Napa Valley is the annual tasting and futures auction that raises money for Napa Valley Vinters to invest in and support the Napa County community.
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Spirits |
May 21, 2017
Binny's Home Bartender: Adonis
- binnys home bartender
- wine
- cocktails
- confessions of a mixologist
- sherry
Sherry has long had an unfair reputation. Dismissed as the stuffy drink of choice for aging British aristocrats, or sickly sweet jug wine more suited to cooking than drinking. Fortunately the variety and quality of sherry is being rediscovered.
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