Spirit bottles can’t speak, so it’s up to us to decide how to enjoy them. Even if a brand promotes its tequila, whiskey, rum, etc. as a “sipping spirit,” there’s nothing stopping anyone from using them in cocktails or for pouring up a round of shots. While an Old Fashioned made with Pappy Van Winkle or a Manhattan with a base of Red Hook Rye might be delicious, most bartenders’ hair would stand on end at the thought of either. So what divides spirits meant for mixing or shooting a...| VinePair
Picture this: You’re out for drinks with friends and someone orders a bottle of wine, only when it arrives, it smells kind of off and doesn’t taste quite right. “I think it might be cooked,” your friend says, still swirling the wine around in their glass. Cooked? A wine? What does that even mean? To find out more about what it means when a wine is “cooked,” as well as how to prevent bottles from succumbing to this fate, we spoke with sommelier and founder of BABE wine bar Ren Peir...| VinePair