PRODUCT: Death’s Door Gin & Vodka

Take a drink of Death’s Door. The company makes gin and vodka, shown, plus white whiskey. Photo courtesy Capital Brewing.   What gin or vodka brand should you bring to a Halloween party? It’s got to be Death’s Door. Made in Wisconsin by Capital Brewery, Death’s Door takes its name from a strait between the…
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PRODUCT: Interactive Vodka Bottle

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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PRODUCT: Mango Vodka

It tastes like mango juice mixed with vodka. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. There are a number of mango-flavored vodkas on the market: Absolut, Finlandia and Van Gogh, among others. We recently sat down with a bottle of Three Olives Mango Flavored Vodka, made with natural mango flavor. Drinking it in shots was…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Red Cocktail Ideas

Mix up some passion for Valentine’s Day. Photo courtesy Grey Goose. You still haven’t found your perfect Valentine’s Day cocktail? We’re here to help! How about something red? Something vodka? Something sexy? And delicious, of course! Try the Lovesicle, Midnight Moment or Pair-tini from Grey Goose. All blend infused vodka (pear or orange) with Valentine…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate Vodka Cocktails

Chocolate cocktails range from sweet to spicy to sizzling, like “Hot Lips,” above. Photo courtesy Van Gogh Vodka. Chocolate has been called the “fruit of love,” so it’s no wonder that it’s the favorite gift for Valentine’s Day. Long thought of as an aphrodisiac, there’s a scientific basis to the claim. Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, the…
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