Believe it or not, we had only eaten once in North Beach since moving to The Bay Area. One Sunday, we ventured out, with two friends in tow,…
I had no real experience of Cairdean Estate Vineyards before my visit. I had come across some posts of theirs in my Twitter and Instagram feeds, but that…
I have to admit I am not the fine alcohol and spirit connoisseur that The Brit is. He is the mixologist in our house, and I leave all…
We recently had a visitor from the Czech Republic. She brought a bottle of Becherovka as a gift. This is a traditional Czech liqueur with strong herbal flavours.…
August 16 was National Rum Day. It was also a fairly warm day. These two facts provided inspiration for me to make a Daiquiri. At some point, the…
The Napa Valley Distillery has a store in the Oxbow Public Market (A favorite haunt of ours). They sell a variety of spirits, abouht which I cannot write, as…
The Margarita is America’s best-selling cocktail. The name is Spanish for Daisy; a style of cocktail that was popular in the pre-prohibition US. The modern Margarita cocktail is…
The Sidecar is a cocktail that was created towards the end of the First World War. As with many cocktails, there are competing origin stories; one claiming that…
Napa Smith Brewery is in a unit of a small industrial park on the junction of Highway 29 and Highway 12. Neither this location, nor the warehouse building…
We recently wrote about our visit to Napa Valley Bistro and the Champagne Cocktail that I enjoyed. I have tried to re-create this drink at home. There were…