Category: Cocktails & Spirits

PRODUCT: Interactive Vodka Bottle

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What’s new in the seemingly endless stream of premium vodka? Finally, something: The programmable vodka message bottle. Yes, your personal digitized message will travel around the body of the vodka bottle like a news tickertape. Medea, a vodka from Holland, is the first spirit to combine 18th-century distillation techniques with 21st century technology (the message…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Improving Bad Bubbly With A Kir

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[1] Kir Royale: sparkling wine and crème de cassis, which is blackcurrant liqueur (photo © The Mercury | Atlanta (now closed, alas). [2] The original Kir, simply crème de cassis and white wine, has no bubbly. It begat the Kir Royale (with Champagne, above) and a dozen more variations (photo © Stuart Webster | Wikipedia).…
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RECIPE: Blueberry Lemonade Cocktail

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Celebrate National Lemonade Day. Photoand recipe courtesy Smirnoff.com.   Celebrate National Lemonade Day, August 20th, with adult lemonade. You’ll love this recipe from Smirnoff Vodka; we made it even more blueberry by adding fresh blueberry purée. In addition to Smirnoff Blueberry Flavored Vodka, you can find Stoli Blueberi, Pinnacle Blueberry and other brands. BLUEBERRY LEMONADE…
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PRODUCT: Caramel

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Le Caramel is a new company with a line of caramel products based on recipes from Normandy. There are currently four products: Caramel sauce (called Caramel Cream) in salted vanilla or chocolate Caramel candies made with salted butter or chocolateThe candies and creams (sauces) are made in California in the traditional French method, slowly cooked…
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