Booze News

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Buzz Wine Beer Shop for a Beer Tasting

There’s a cool wine/beer shop on the corner of 5th and Spring Street in downtown LA called Buzz Wine Beer Shop in what is called the Historic Core – which may come as a surprise to some persnickety Angelenos (Westsiders) that there a) is a downtown and b) that there’s actually some history there. Be that [...]

• Fine Italian Wines, Vintage Cars & the Ghost of Biggie Smalls

Sometimes when cursing the gods you forget they let you go to amazing events like today’s Dalla Terra Winery Direct Annual Portfolio Tasting.  Done on the roof-top of the Peterson Automotive Museum (yes, the one where Biggie was gunned down by the unknown assailant) -– it had 19 Italian Wineries for perusing. I thought it would [...]

• Where the fuck should I go for drinks? APP!!!

Intrepid reporter, D.R. Stewart, tells us how the fuck to get a drink now. If life gives you lemons… blah-fucking-blah. There’s so many theories on what to do, some being make limoncello, some require throwing said lemons at the person who offered you such a banal phrase in your life’s lemon time. Recently, I had [...]

“a woman walks into a bar…” at Terroirs & Signatures Burgundy Wine Tasting

Have you ever been to San Francisco City Hall? If you have, you know how beautiful it is. Well, that’s where the Terroirs & Signatures Burgundy tasting took place. A grand setting for grand wines…most from the great 2009 vintage and some really wonderful 2010′s. The tasting started off with a two hour seminar on [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Dan Tana’s

This is how I got to Dan Tana’s, one of LA’s oldest Hollywood hangouts, still going strong where who-knows-what went on in the dimly lit old-school booths, safe from paparazzi and curious snoops. It’s like stepping right into the screen of a Hollywood movie where everyone from Hollywood powerbrokers to pawnbrokers, the rich, the famous, the [...]

• Wine Tasting at Tam O’Shanter: March 3rd. Be there!

Tam O’Shanter Wine Tasting News from Brien McNally the Tam’s Awesome Wine Manager “On March 3rd at 3:00pm we will be featuring Pinots from around the world and I have selected some interesting wines for us to enjoy. The first wine is from the Tarras Vineyard on the South Island of New Zealand. The region [...]

• Hurry, Hurry…Take the A Train to Traxx Bar at Union Station

I needed a drink. In a hurry. A bad week will do that. So, I cajole my friend, Bea, to join me because my friend Bea is a great drinking companion, and while she is in her golden years, she can drink anyone under the table. She totally has a hollow leg. I’ve only seen [...]

OF BOOZE AND BANDS: Trader Joe’s Tequila takes on the Mighty Patrón

Intrepid reporter, D.R. Stewart, reviews TJ’s tequila with the help of the J. Scott Bergman band. “My old 90′s band loved Patrón. We loved it so much, we married it to Corona. We would ask – “Would you like a Pa-trone-ah?” A Frosty Corona, with a shot of Patrón at the ready.  Kismet! Tequila has moved on. There’s an [...]

• L.A.’s Palm Restaurant – A Fabulous Bourbon and Scotch Tasting Dinner

Have you been to a special event dinner at the Palm yet? You should. Jonathan Mitchell, Assistant General Manager & Wine Director, manages to make every moment totally fun. Food pairing dinners can be tedious and serious with detailed recitations of where the food came from, its DNA, the farmer’s name who grew it, the [...]

“a woman walks into a bar…” at La Cita – the awesome-est bar in L.A.

Helllooooo L.A.!!!! Where have you been? More like – where the hell have I been? DAMN. I just ‘discovered’ the most awesome little bar in L.A. – La Cita rocks! Or whatever the prevailing hip hype word is. Hey, you like booze…it’s there. You like rockin’ dancin’ music…it’s there. You like to smoke…it’s there on [...]

• Have Yourself A Merry Holiday Cocktail at Border Grill (downtown)

It had been a while since I tippled at Border Grill so when I got an invitation to go downtown to check out their new cocktail program for the holidays, I was there faster than it takes to pop a cork. Bartender, Alexander Fazio, and Bar Manager, Mary King delightfully embellished each cocktail with stories [...]

• Can a critic criticize his choices?

Reported by BoozeNews Wine Reviewer D.R. Stewart Photo: Tom Plant Ian Blackburn continued his tradition of “Best ofs” by offering Los Angeles a night to cab it with “Stars of Cabernet 2011.” Held at the swank Peninsula (no, the hookers don’t go there anymore, it was the perfect environment to revisit a grape that suffered [...]

• Heaven is Sipping Scotch, Whisky and Bourbon at Whisky Live LA

Can you imagine walking into a giant ballroom filled with tables  and tables of amazing scotches, whiskies and bourbons…not to mention a buffet groaning with delectable fare…all just for YOU? Well, if you bought a ticket to LA 2011 Whisky Live event, this year at the Century Plaza, you would have thought you were in [...]

• “a woman walks into a bar…” at Baldwin Barmacie in Montreal

OMG. Everyone’s looking at me, young eyes pierce the veil of creeping decrepitude. Is she lost? Is there an all points bulletin for a woman who likes to wander into bars to get away from her local Final Sunset Home? Ok. I exaggerate but it’s painfully obvious I’m the oldest person in the room. Seriously, [...]

• Spirited Women’s cocktail group this Friday at Shangri-la rooftop bar

Hurrah for Friday! A great way to start the weekend… This week, Spirited Women will be meeting in Santa Monica at the Shangri-la rooftop bar: Suite 700 overlooking the beautiful Pacific Ocean this Friday, September 16, at 5pm…a bit early but try and sneak out for a wonderful tasting led by English Gins Connoisseur, Silamith [...]