Utah is not known as the home of high-end libations as the state has historically leaned closer to prohibition than keg parties.  Yet the “Beehive” state has recently relaxed its views on the Devil’s brews allowing creative and energetic libation lovers to make the state their home. These skilled craftspeople, like High West Distillery, are [...]

Today Thirsty Thursday goes where it has never gone before…into the realm of wine from a box.  Now wine in a box is nothing new, but it’s typically associated with bargain based swill that can be a little harsh on the palate and even harder on the mind the following morning.  Because of this seldom [...]

Admittedly and regrettably Thirsty Thursday hasn’t delivered you a wine from the Italian Peninsula for quite some time, but that all changes today with a food friendly value red from Piedmont. Michele Chiarlo’s Barbera d’Asti Superiore “Le Orme” is aged for 8 months in 50-hl wooden barrels (meaning big barrels) and at least 4 months in [...]

Warmer weather is slowly creeping into our daily lives here in the States, so I thought for this edition of Thirsty Thursday I’d offer up a refreshingly complex beer from our friends at Grand Teton Brewing Co. that will be a palate pleasing cooling force on a hot summer’s day. “Oud Bruin” or “old brown” [...]

Brevity is the word for this edition of Thirsty Thursday, as yours truly has a wine event to attend (I know…life is rough).  However that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you with a wine that has any short comings. The 2011 Joel Gott Riesling, from the Napa wine and food entrepreneur of the same name, sources [...]

One of the quirkier things about wine is simply because a bottle holds a higher price doesn’t mean the juice inside possesses a superior quality to that of a lower level wine.  It’s this fact which drives many sophisticated and average winos alike crazy when they spend $20 on a bottle of wine that isn’t [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve offered up a Thirsty Thursday Fail so here you go… Do you like sticking your head in a jasmine bush and drinking a nondescript beer? Or do you want to drink a IPA style beer that doesn’t resemble an IPA? Well then Elysian Brewing Company’s Avatar Jasmine IPA is [...]