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Rhine Hall Brandy Distillery | West Loop, Chicago

Rhine Hall apple brandy distillery

California Wines With Jon Bonné

Explore the new age of California wines with Jon Bonné in his new book, The New California Wine.  

Stu's Kitchen | Chicago

Stu's Kitchen Bloody Mary mixes.

Ebanos Crossing | The Many Faces Of Mezcal At Downtown's Ebanos Crossing | Tasting Table Los Angeles

Bartenders Phil Ward and Justin Shapiro serve intriguing mezcal cocktails at Ebanos Crossing, a suave hangout named after a Mexican border town frequented by liquor smugglers during Prohibition.

Magic Beans | Humble Cup Provides Pour-Over Coffee In A Tiny Package | Tasting Table Los Angeles

Great pour-over coffee is available almost anywhere with Humble Cup (five packets for $15), a clever portable brewing system created by Leon Li, a local barista and coffee importer.

Art Of The Shim Cocktail Book Recipe Two Sisters Bar | Tasting Table San Francisco

Upon cracking open The Art of the Shim: Low-Alcohol Cocktails to Keep You Level, we had one question: What is a shim?

Marco's In Prospect Heights | Tasting Table NYC

Prospect Height's new Marco's has a way with cocktails.

Tools Of The Trade: David Wondrich

Cocktail historian and writer David Wondrich walks us through his vast, museum-quality collection of mixology mementos and cocktail curios as well as shares his recipe for Fireman's Manhattan.

Wine And Asian Food Pairings From Independent Spirits | Edgewater, Chicago

Wine and Asian Food Pairings from Independent Spirits, a new wine and spirits shop in Edgewater. 

Honeycut | Part Cocktail Bar, Part Disco, Downtown's Honeycut Is Feeling The Groove | Tasting Table Los Angeles

If you could assemble a dream team of L.A. cocktail talent, the lineup might look like the one at Honeycut, the new basement bar and disco club hidden beneath Downtown's O Hotel.

Bergerac Bar SoMa Russell Davis | Tasting Table San Francisco

At the new Bergerac, Russell Davis, co-star of Spike TV's Bar Rescue, is serving craft cocktails with hand-cut ice--as well as shot drinks.

Zam Zam Classic Bars Upper Haight | Tasting Table San Francisco

Legend has it that Bruno Mooshei, who owned the Upper Haight's Zam Zam until 1999, would throw you out for ordering a vodka martini.

Pacific Plate Brewing | Latino-Inspired Craft Beer In Monrovia | Tasting Table Los Angeles

We're excited about the precocious lineup of Latino-inspired brews at two-month-old Pacific Plate Brewing, located in a Monrovia business park.

Patiala Cocktail Lounge | Tasting Table NYC

Felice Next Door | Tasting Table NYC

Nestled next door to its sister restaurant, Felice, this Upper East Side bar opens today with Italian-inflected cocktails shaken up by mixologist Salvatore Tafuri. Drink in wine- and Amari-based quaffs while watching European soccer tournaments.

Simioni Imports Italian Wine | Tasting Table - Chicago

Try natural, organic and low-sulfur Italian wines from a new Evanston wine importer, Simioni Imports. 

Tiki No | The Tiki Cocktail Boom Hits North Hollywood | Tasting Table Los Angeles

The latest beneficiary of L.A.'s tiki boom is Tiki No, a three year-old lounge in North Hollywood, where bartenders Damian Windsor and Jason Bran have introduced a retro tiki cocktail menu. 

Counter Culture Training Center In Nolita | Tasting Table NYC

We felt that our espresso-making skills were seriously lacking (or err, nonexistent) so we went to learn and train with the best at Counter Culture's brand-spanking new educational Training Center in Nolita, which is open to professional baristas and home brewers alike. Watch the video to learn more!

Cocktail Recipe From Grace Restaurant NYC

Grace is an Irish pub with a few twists. Check out the impressive cocktail program curated by NYC's top female bartenders. Read more.

Song Tea Pacific Heights Peter Luong | Tasting Table San Francisco

To build his inaugural collection of 20 teas and teaware for Song Tea, Peter Luong spent two months traveling around China and Taiwan.

Drinking Beer At Half Acre, Solemn Oath And Revolution Brewery Taprooms | Chicago

Drinking advice from Michael Kiser of Good Beer Hunting: Half Acre, Solemn Oath and Revolution Brewery taprooms.

InoVino Wine Bar Cole Valley | Tasting Table San Francisco

Claudio Villani's Cole Valley wine bar focuses on high-altitude wines. But why? Read more.

Stumptown Coffee | Tasting Table Los Angeles

Stumptown, the iconic Portland roastery, has found a new home in the Arts District: a sparse, seatless café with tall windows looking out onto an industrial stretch of San Mateo Street.

Stumptown Coffee

Portland-based roasting company Stumptown has opened its first L.A. coffeshop in the Arts District, equipped with a 60-kilo Probat roaster. Along with its menu of epresso and coffee drinks, the café is offering pastries from Sugarbloom Bakery.

Gin Dinner With Robert Sietsema And David Wondrich

Explore the history of Caribbean gin cocktails with Dave Wondrich and Robert Sietsema at an exclusive event at the Tasting Table Test Kitchen. Read more!

CH Distillery's Spirits | West Loop, Chicago

Sophisticated, Chicago-made spirits at CH Distillery in River North. 

Acabar's Time-Traveling Cocktails | Tasting Table Los Angeles

Inspired by Heston Blumenthal's London restaurant Dinner, which prepares dishes culled from centuries-old cookbooks, barmen Josh Goldman and Julian Cox have drafted a roadmap of noteworthy cocktails throughout history.