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Clover Club

Clover Club

The Clover Club Cocktail is truly magnificient cocktail. The Clover Club Cocktail is truly magnificient cocktail. This drink has all elements of great classic cocktail – the interesting story, simple and elegant composition and it is almost forgotten. This... 

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Kir Royale

Kir Royale

The German soldiers who ransacked a French village’s supply of wine didn’t know what they were starting. The villagers weren’t goi… The German soldiers who ransacked a French village’s supply of wine didn’t know what... 

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2009 Quivira Sauvignon Blanc Fig Tree Vineyard

2009 Quivira Sauvignon Blanc Fig Tree Vineyard

Quivira is a perennial fave at Drinkhacker HQ — check our glowing coverage of the 2008 version of this same wine here — and the 2009 sauvignon blancs are now hitting the market. This wine isn’t quite the hit that the 2008 was, but it’s... 

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Big House Red and Monthaven Chardonnay 3L Box Wines

Big House Red and Monthaven Chardonnay 3L Box Wines

Boxed wine continues to tiptoe toward improvement, with the folks at Octavin offering some decent wines in considerably more handsome packaging. These three-liter boxes fit more easily into your fridge but still promise to store your vino without it... 

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2004 Ruffino Romitorio di Santedame Toscana

2004 Ruffino Romitorio di Santedame Toscana

Ruffino is a name loaded with history — but most people probably know it from seeing it on the shelves of their local supermarket, where Ruffino is invariably one of the few Chiantis available. But Ruffino makes some fancier bottlings too, including... 

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Q&A: Does Zinfandel Make You More Drunk?

Q&A: Does Zinfandel Make You More Drunk?

Reader Sara writes: I hear drinking zin will get me drunk faster. True or false? In the wine world, zinfandel has a bad reputation for making grown men and women into slobbering fools Reader Sara writes: I hear drinking zin will get me drunk faster.... 

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2006 Blason d’Aussieres Corbieres

2006 Blason d’Aussieres Corbieres

A Languedoc wine from the Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) empire, this dark red is composed of syrah, mourvedre, grenache, and carignane grapes. Nothing very special, Lafite says it chooses the grapes for this wine to be “mature, fresh, supple, and... 

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Super Sake Smackdown

Super Sake Smackdown

Is sake making a comeback? For whatever reason, Drinkhacker HQ has been flooded with the stuff of late Is sake making a comeback? For whatever reason, Drinkhacker HQ has been flooded with the stuff of late. The intricacies of sake styles are too involved... 

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Introducing Hello Kitty Wine

Introducing Hello Kitty Wine

This is how teen pregnancies happen. [click for wallpaper size] This is how teen pregnancies happen. [click for wallpaper size] VIA: Introducing Hello Kitty Wine ... 

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2007 Pina Napa Valley Single Vineyard Cabernets

2007 Pina Napa Valley Single Vineyard Cabernets

Pina is hardly a household name, but this small winery is producing some of the best small vineyard cabernet in the Napa Valley. Today we look at the company’s limited release 2007 cabernet sauvignon bottlings. Pina is hardly a household name,... 

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