Category Archives: News
Ardbeg Choppers in San Francisco
Please excuse the recent radio silence around here – it has been a crazy couple of weeks. The new Ardbeg Choppers are in San Francisco (along with some whisky) this evening at the Hideout in the back of Dalva (yes … Continue reading
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San Francisco K&L Wines Tasting on Thursday: Vermouth and Amaro
The recently inaugurated SF tasting is stepping out of the whisky world momentarily to drop into the world of Vermouth and Amaro. This is not the only change, the location will be at the San Francisco K&L store located at … Continue reading
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The Whisky Cocktail
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, whisky cocktails are back on top… some say they never left. And some are completely new to the scene. In any event, I dig a whisky-based cocktail, particularly when done right. With that in mind, … Continue reading
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K&L Wines Announces San Francisco Tastings!
We have posted about the great K&L tastings – at cost – that have been going on in Redwood City. Now finally we in San Francisco can join in on the fun without jumping on the freeway or risking getting … Continue reading
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A Quick Note – Article In Drink Me Magazine
We have been contributing from time to time to Drink Me Magazine’s online site. This time they actually trusted us enough to write an article for their hard copy magazine that is distributed here in the Bay Area. This was … Continue reading
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Dream On…Glenfiddich’s Cask of Dreams
This has been an unintentionally heavy Glenfiddich week. As mentioned in my post on Tuesday Glenfiddich has launched its Cask of Dreams campaign. To help promote the Cask of Dreams, Glenfiddich invited folks to the Clift Hotel on Wednesday to … Continue reading
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Taste Yamazaki 1984 At Cost
As mentioned before, K&L Wines has tastings at Martin’s West in Redwood City every Tuesday (tonight!). You can get a pour of great, often limited, expressions of whisky at cost. This week it is the recently awarded “World’s Best Single Malt Whisky” by Whisky … Continue reading
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Some “New” Hanyu
Just a quick hitter here. Ichiro Akuto has for some time been slowly releasing his stocks of Hanyu, mostly in the form of the popular card series. Well this week saw a release of four more “cards”. Hanyu is in … Continue reading
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Whisky Unites: Japan Relief
Whisky is a unifier and this could not be more evident than the responses to the devastation in Japan. Here are some of the events that I am aware of so far. I will try to update and add events … Continue reading
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Nirvino Tasting at the Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts
A stroke of good fortune led to my invitation by DG Blackburn to check out a Nirvino Urban Wine Tasting at the Boothby Center for Beverage Arts. The event started at 6:00 PM, and that was a good thing because … Continue reading
