What We’re Drinking – Aloha Traveler Pineapple Shandy

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The Traveler Beer Company, based in Burlington, Vermont, released their Pineapple Shandy in their "Springtime Traveler's Variety Pack," with Illusive Grapefruit and Curious Lemon Shandy. It is a wheat ale made with pineapple juice. The pour is cloudy gold, the nose more candied sweet lemon than pineapple. But the pineapple

One nation under an ocean of booze

Simon J Woolf
Beer Reviews
2 min read
For Brits like myself, 2016 got off to a decidedly queasy start, with the extraordinary proclamations of the UK's Department of Health as it released new, draconian guidelines for alcohol consumption. Let's begin 2017 on a more positive note, ignoring for a moment the various political calamities on both sides of

What We’re Drinking – 2013 Psagot Edom

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
  The nose has loads of black cherry, with a background of dust and tobacco leaf. There is marvelous complexity on the palate. It leads with black cherry, then adds black currant, followed by deeper mulberry, all with an underlying tobacco leaf. Tannins are dusty and drying. This is a

9 Reasons Merlot Will Rule the World

Roger Morris
Feature Stories
3 min read
Are we underestimating Merlot? While most people in the wine trade recognize Merlot is making a comeback in the U.S. after its numbers slipped in the wake of Sideways, perhaps there is something much bigger is happening. What if Merlot is really in the middle of a run to replace