Come taste Finger Lakes Distilling products with me at Morrell & Company! Last month’s tasting was rescheduled because of the snow.
I’ll be at One Rockefeller Plaza (on 49th between 5th and 6th) from 4-6:30 pm on Friday 3/26, so you can get your weekend started early. Morrell sells the Seneca Drums Gin, the Glen Thunder corn whiskey and the McKenzie rye, but if you ask nicely, I might have a few other surprises in my bag. Hope to see you there!
Maybe wine coaches wear track suits bearing their initials, like Steve Bruce, soccer coach for Sunderland. This guy looks serious.
Another option could be short shorts and a wine glass instead of a whistle.
Regardless of the length of the pants, a stop watch, a clip board and tube socks would be required. I picture a lot of shouting. Some possible activities: overseeing tasting practice, running swirling drills, speed glass washing exercises, motivating the wine team prior to big drinking events.
p.s. This marks my 200th post – a big thank you to my readers. Maybe I would’ve hit this number sooner with a wine coach.
March 21-27, 2010 marks UNICEF’s annual “World Water Week”, where restaurants all over the country will be asking guests to donate money for the tap water they consume. Even $1 will supply a child with safe water for 40 days.
The project started in 2007 with just 300 restaurants in NYC, but now has spread to thousands.
All of the funds raised go to UNICEF’s water, sanitation and hygiene programs, with the goal of bringing clean water to millions across 100 different countries.
Their website is full of troubling statistics: of the 900 million people who don’t have access to clean water; half are children, water-borne illnesses are the second leading cause of preventable death in children, 4,100 children die per day from water-related illnesses and the list goes on. Get out and do your part.
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Come taste Finger Lakes Distilling products with me at Morrell & Company!
I’ll be at One Rockefeller Plaza (on 49th between 5th and 6th) from 4-6:30 pm on Friday 2/26, so you can get your weekend started early. Morrell sells the Seneca Drums Gin, the Glen Thunder corn whiskey and the McKenzie rye, but if you ask nicely, I might have a few other surprises in my bag.
Hope to see you there!
I have three upcoming tastings and I hope to see you there!
This Friday, 2/5 from 5:30-7:30 pm, I’ll be pouring McKenzie Rye at Crush. 153 E. 57th (between 3rd and Lex)
On Saturday, 2/6 from 2-5 pm, we’ll be mixing some Seneca Drums Gin cocktails at Union Square Wines for their annual Martini Bowl. Get jazzed up for the Super Bowl and sample over a dozen spirits featured in classic and seasonal martinis. We have a few tricks up our sleeve and we hope to be the Martini Bowl Champs this year. 140 Fourth Avenue (at 13th St.)
Keep it going on Saturday and drop by Bowery and Vine. We’ll be there from 4-7 pm, pouring Vintner’s Vodka, Glen Thunder Whiskey, FLD Cassis and maybe a surprise or two. 269 Bowery (at Houston)
Bar Celona, a relatively new tapas and cocktail bar Williamsburg, is hosting Hearts and Cocktails for Haiti this Sunday from 6-10 pm. For $40, you’ll enjoy 4 hours of an open bar featuring rum punch, beer, cocktails and wine served by folks like Jim Meehan of PDT and Lynette Marrero of Rye House.
More importantly, you’ll be contributing to an important cause. They hope to raise $20,000 for the Red Cross. Go show everyone your thirsty (and giving) spirit.
I created this blog because I took a class we offer at FCI called Food Blogging with Steven Shaw.
I was skeptical at first. I’m not on Facebook and I don’t tweet, and lord knows there were plenty of people who had already beaten me to the punch.
You might be thinking that most blog platforms are free and easy to use, which is true. So why would you need to take a class?
1. It’s fun. You’ll meet like-minded folks, who are passionate about food and beverage.
2. We’ll help you hone your concept and your writing skills.
3. There will be great guest speakers and networking opportunities.
4. Even if you have a blog already, you’ll learn how to promote it and how to potentially make money from it.
5. How can you resist this face?
The fearless instructor
My class ended in June and seven months later, I’m still enjoying sharing my passion for all things beverage. Class starts again February 18. Come join in the fun.
Happy 2010!
Join us to toast again with suds on January 21 from 6:30-9:30 pm while we explore beer from the British Isles as well as some domestic styles inspired by them. Hobgoblin, Skull Splitter and stout – oh, my!
Click here for more info and to sign up.
Tonight I’m hosting a tasting for Laren Spirer, Selena Ricks and Hal Wolin. I’ll be presenting the line up from Finger Lakes Distilling.
Laren pens Sweet Blog o’Mine (gotta love a Guns n’Roses fan) and also contributes to Serious Eats, Gothamist and Savory Cities. Selena writes The Dizzy Fizz, a blog on the NYC cocktail scene that also features a great glossary. Hal is behind A Muddled Thought and is currently featuring a pretty stellar gift giving guide.
Stay tuned and I’ll let you know how it goes!
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is full of fire – both real: the tree, Uncle Frank’s toupee, the electrocuted cat, the sewage-filled street drain – and imagined:
Bethany: Is your house on fire, Clark?
Clark: No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.
At the FCI, we like to light our alcohol on fire. Have you seen this baby in action?
the wand of the red hot poker. we don't call it red hot for nothing.
yes, that's a temperature reading across the front.
If you’re not familiar with our red hot poker, you can read more about it here, here or here.
The real point of this post, however, is to get you to attend our class, Holiday Cocktails with Nils and Dave on Wednesday, December 2 from 6:30-8:30 pm. Sure, we’ll cover some things you can’t/wouldn’t necessarily want to do at home, but there will also be some low-tech stuff that will make your drinks and thus your holiday parties, much, much better.
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