Easy Reader Contest: Win an official “Boardwalk Empire” flask (CLOSED)

March 7, 2012   5 Comments  

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Sip these festive Thanksgiving cocktails

Nov. 14, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Bonus cranberry sauce recipe inside!

How to drink Scotch like your dad

Nov. 1, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Drink it like your dad does

Wine Riot: New York

Oct. 19, 2011   1 Comment  

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Fun and accessible

The Balvenie Tun 1401 review

Oct. 13, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Drink it with the best steak you can buy

Learn to make your own wine

Oct. 10, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Frank Zoll at work. (Courtesy of Zoll Cellars.)

BCAE offering classes

Living room bar made easy and affordable

Sept. 30, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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BPA-free plastic bags in boxed wines?

Aug. 13, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Boxed wines have many environmental advantages over bottled, but some of the plastic bags inside the boxes contain BPA, a synthetic chemical that has been linked to a range of human health problems. Bota Box, pictured here, and many other box wines come in BPA-free packaging. The simple way to know is to read the labels when you’re wine shopping. (Peter Knocke via Flickr)

Maybe not…

Amy Winehouse: Death by alcohol withdrawal?

Aug. 3, 2011   1 Comment  

Amy Winehouse at Kalemegdan Park in Belgrade, Serbia. This was the singer's last live concert performance before her death on July 23, 2011.

Her last live performance was in Belgrade, Serbia.

Kings of Leon urge Caleb to enter rehab

Aug. 2, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Caleb Followill at the 10th anniversary party of TAO New York at on October 16, 2010. (WireImage)

Cancelled tour and alcohol problems

Lindsay Lohan tests positive for alcohol — back to jail?

June 23, 2011   1 Comment  

LOS ANGELES — From her big house to THE big house? Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan will be in court today, and judge may just send her to jail if it is determined that she broke her probation. Lohan, 24, under house arrest for theft, tested positive for alcohol earlier this month after a barbeque hosted [...]

Cool down from royal wedding fever with a Pimm’s Cup cocktail

April 26, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Love it or hate hearing about it, the royal wedding is an excuse to drink!

Forget eggnog! We’ve got the perfect cocktails for your holiday party

Dec. 20, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Owner of Trina’s Starlite Lounge in Somerville shares some of her favorites

Eat, drink, and be merry at the 15th annual J Ball on Christmas Eve

Dec. 17, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Boston professionals of all religious persuasions can come together for cocktails and dancing

The Embassy Cables: Saudi youth party hard

Dec. 7, 2010   1 Comment  

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According to a November 2009 cable from the American Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, put online by Wikileaks on Tuesday, the elite young people there “party like the rest of the world.” “Behind the facade of Wahabi conservatism in the streets, the underground nightlife for Jeddah’s elite youth is thriving and throbbing. The full range [...]

Re Midas wines are fit for a king but won’t break the bank

Dec. 7, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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King Midas would have loved to have gotten his hands on these!

Speak Easy: Five Prohibition-era cocktails to wet your gullet

Dec. 7, 2010   Leave a Comment  

A Mary Pickford, sans cherry

Did “Boardwalk Empire” get you in the mood?

EarthTalk: Organic beer? Environmental degradation?

Dec. 6, 2010   1 Comment  

Environmentalists want to put a monetary value on the negative impacts of industrial activities, such as polluting, and to force offending companies and utilities to compensate society for the harm they do (Thinkstock Image)

Where’s the “green” beer?

Boardwalk Empire Finale: It’s time to measure your capacity for sin

Dec. 6, 2010   1 Comment  

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Nothing huge happened, and that’s OK

Get in the holiday spirit with alcoholic whipped cream

Nov. 30, 2010   2 Comments  

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But be sure to keep it away from the kids!