About Wine

Cava, Great Value, Even Better Quality Sparkling wine is more than wine, it’s a celebration. Popping a bottle of bubbles can turn any reunion into a party. There’s no doubt the fine streams of bubbles rolling up flute-shaped glasses evoke a sense of finesse and elegance.  Sparkling wine is also versatile on the table, with an ever-present acidic backbone, you can pair bubbly wine with just about anything. Cava comes in all sweetness levels and colors, and there’s one for every budget too. It’s hard to argue that Champagne is not the most popular and acclaimed style of sparkling wine....

Vermouth is an under-represented spirit. Bartenders know it as the key ingredient behind many classic cocktails, but for the rest of us, vermouth appears to be surrounded by a mystical aura that makes it hard to understand. The challenging category is hitting the mainstream, though, and its gaining popularity fast. The turn of the century brought us back to appreciating the good stuff, quality spirits with a soul, and vermouth’s soul is an old one. To better understand vermouth, let’s start by saying that there’s no one vermouth but many. It all starts with wine. White, red, or rosé, wine...