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Understanding Burgundy: A Wine Primer
My desire to have a career in wine began over ten years ago. I impulsively headed to Napa Valley to work the harvest and then a tasting room. Afterwards, I foolishly felt like I knew everything there was to know
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The Sommelier: Your Tour Guide to the World of Wine
As a cliché and a rule, men have an aversion to asking for directions. We are willful creatures, near-malicious in our callous disregard for help when it is clearly and most urgently needed. Signs along the road, yes, these objective
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The Aviation Cocktail
The Aviation Cocktail. The name possesses many of the qualities I love in a good cocktail moniker. It says everything and nothing at the same time. It provides intrigue and fuel for the imagination. It conjures images in the head
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Beers Reviewed
Lucky Bucket Lager ABV: 4.5% Average Rating: B Lucky Bucket is the newest brand taking to the local market, and upon sampling their Lager I have nothing but high hopes for their next batch. The Lager features a copper hue,
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Beer & Food Pairings: Delighting the Senses
For some of you, the perfect food to pair up with a can of your favorite suds would likely be something in the realm of a hotdog at the ballpark. To be honest, I started out thinking that I was
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What’s In a Name?
Macanudo, Punch, Romeo y Julieta, Hoyo de Monterrey, Partagas, Montecristo, Cohiba. If you’ve ever smoked a premium cigar in your day, you’ve probably tried one of these brands. Unless you frequent cigar shops, these might be the only brands you’ve
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The State of the Cocktail: V Mertz and the Artful Pairing of Food & Spirits
In my continuing quest to evaluate the state of the cocktail art here in Nebraska, I have discovered some applications of this art form that are truly unique in their approach and inspiring in their passionate attention to detail. V
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Libation Conversation: The Old-Fashioned
It seems in many cases that the simpler a drink appears to be at first glance, the more complicated it actually is when examined more fully. Consider the Old-Fashioned; bitters, cherry, orange slice, sugar cube, bourbon, ice. Seems simple enough,
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Popping Your Cork: Options Abound Across Omaha
“Wine is sunlight, held together by water.” Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) “Wine is bottled poetry. ” Robert Louis Stevenson “Up to the age of forty eating is beneficial. After forty, drinking.” The Talmud, 200BC Winter winds can be most annoying
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Cuthills Vineyards
While all of Nebraska’s Vineyards and Wineries give us something different on the wine shelf than the norm, Cuthills has given the wine world wines that can found nowhere else. This all started as a dream of Ed Swanson’s over
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