A review of Père Magloire Pommeau de Normandie on Difford's Guide - the definitive guide for discerning drinkers.

Distillation does not produce alcohol, it merely concentrates it. To produce a distilled spirit you need to start with an alcoholic liquid ('wash') to distil your spirit from. The majority of vodkas ...

Over the years, various people and bars have claimed to have created the Old Fashioned and for years the most vociferous of these come from Louisville's private Pendennis Club. In his 1931 Old Waldorf ...

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Crème de cassis is a blackcurrant liqueur which originated in France and is made by both infusion and maceration. The original recipe for a crème de cassis was thought to have been formulated by ...

I've heard it said, You can tell a newly opened cocktail bar is successful when they need a second bottle of Angostura. Over 500 cocktails on this website In cocktails, apricot brandy is one of the ...

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Vermouth is a fortified wine, part of the 'aromatised' wine family, flavoured with botanicals-aromatic herbs, spices, roots, seeds, fruits, and flowers. Traditionally, vermouth is distinguished from ...

While the exact origins of the Mojito cocktail and its name are lost in time, some trace it back to 1586 and a medicinal drink named after Sir Francis Drake. Drake was one of a band of privateers ...

Made with Bergeron apricots on the Roulot estate, one of the world's premier wine houses, by Jean Louis Chave.

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Three kinds of grape are grown in cognac: Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard, although a further four are permitted under regulations which date back to1936 (Jurançon blanc, Meslier ...