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Cork & Bottle appears every other Wednesday in the St. Petersburg Times
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[Times files: Scott Keeler]
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April 18, 2007Sips and tips
By Times wires
Briefs and news of note.
April 4, 2007Reviving the blues
By CHRIS SHERMAN
A year after disaster struck, a Plant City winery is back in business, with a selection based on home-grown blueberries.
April 4, 2007Sips and tips
By Times staff and wires
Briefs and news of note.
March 21, 2007Legend filled our glasses
By CHRIS SHERMAN
When Ernest Gallo died this month at 97, he left the glass of his life more than half full. The glasses, bottle and jugs of our national table and picnic cooler were running over.
March 21, 2007Make me a . . . strawberry daiquiri
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Nothing says spring break like a frozen drink, and there's no better time to say that than during strawberry season. It's a good thing they come together.
March 21, 2007Sips and tips
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Yo ho ho and . . . a Riedel glass?
March 21, 2007Ready to be wined and dined at the Don?
By Chris Sherman
Abilities Foundation raised almost $200,000 this month at its 18th Wine & Food Festival. And there's more fundraising on the menu, with seminars, tastings and celebrity chefs.Abilities Foundation and its big-hearted volunteers and donors poured hundreds of wines and filled thousands of plates at this year's grand tasting at Tropicana Field - and they're still not done.
March 14, 2007Shake it up in shades of green
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Step away from the green beer. Now step up to the bar and order an emerald libation spiked with a colorful liqueur.
March 7, 2007Our new Ice age
By CHRIS SHERMAN
In addition to cooling your drink, melting ice adds water. Some mixologists take pains to make sure it's pure..
March 7, 2007Sips and tips
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Briefs and news of note.
February 21, 2007Give these new vintages a swirl
By CHRIS SHERMAN
The Paso Robles gang of Rhone rangers, zin fans, Cal-Italians and a few merlot and cabernet sidekicks rode into town last week.
February 21, 2007Make me a ... Bourbon Apple Punch
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Ah, the classics.
February 21, 2007Mining new territory
By CHRIS SHERMAN
In California's Paso Robles, far from Napa, winemaking pioneers have carved out a spicy, rich milieu now considered America's Rhone.
February 21, 2007Sips and tips
By CHRIS SHERMAN
A little something to sip on.
February 7, 2007Bidding on the good life
By CHRIS SHERMAN
The world's richest wine event's auction embodies the thrill of the quest, the joie de vivre of a lifestyle, and a delectable way to spread the wealth.
February 7, 2007Sips and tips
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Briefs and news of note.Spyke your beer
February 6, 2007Make me a . . . Mandarin Cosmopolitan
By CHRIS SHERMAN
The cosmopolitan is of decidedly modern vintage. One of the first girly-sweet '80s twists on a martini, it sweetens vodka with an orange liqueur and dilutes it all with lime juice and another favorite of the decade, cranberry juice.
January 24, 2007Beers that feel their beans
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Coffee freshly brewed into the bravado of a cold brewski adds a punch of flavor.
January 24, 2007Sips and tips
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Briefs and news of note.
January 10, 2007Make me a . . . Classic Gimlet
By CHRIS SHERMAN
The gimlet is a simple drink of only two ingredients, gin and Rose's Lime Juice, and centuries of romance and legend, from the Royal Navy to Philip Marlowe's bar.
January 10, 2007Sacramental vines
By MICHELLE LOCKE, Associated Press
A Catholic diocese in California is blending grapevines with grave sites on unused cemetery land.
January 10, 2007Vintner shares relative opinions
By CHRIS SHERMAN
The Moueix family is uniquely qualified to compare the wines of Napa and Bordeaux.
January 10, 2007Wine of the week
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Bogle Chardonnay, 2004
December 27, 2006New Year's Eve drink menu
By Sam Dolnick, Associated Press
If you're having a big party, you might not want to break the piggy bank to buy good Champagne.
December 27, 2006Sips and tips
By CHRIS SHERMAN and Times wires
Know your bubbly
December 13, 2006Cork & Bottle briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Wine of the Week and Make me a ...
December 13, 2006Giving whisky a go
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Single malt or blend, there is plenty of artistry and taste to admire.
November 15, 2006A grape way to give thanks
By JANET K. KEELER
The new Beaujolais arrives this week, just in time to perk up holiday feasts and festivities.
November 15, 2006Gin's surprising ingredients
By CHRIS SHERMAN
You can have your fruity vodkas, your silly-tinis. But gin, so flavorful thanks to juniper berries, coriander and even cucumber, stands alone.
November 15, 2006It's even easier to take your wine with you
By JANET K. KEELER
She drinks red and you drink white? No problem, thanks to the new single-serving wine boxes being sold at Target.
November 1, 2006Apples juiced
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Hard cider, once a ubiquitous part of American life, is making its comeback after being pushed aside by beer. Make sure it’s icy.
November 1, 2006Make me a...Wanda-rita
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Even for the classic margarita, every bar and bartender has a special formula, and the boom in tequila brands provides more choices.
November 1, 2006Pour me one more glass of antioxidant
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Pomegranate may be a hot flavor, but it has held a place on the mixologist's bar for a century or more. Remember grenadine, the red at the bottom of a tequila sunrise?P
October 18, 2006Bless my soul, it's an Elvis sighting in Napa
By CHRIS SHERMAN
He's not hiding in the vineyards, but fans can drink up in the name of the king!
October 18, 2006Ladies' choices
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Women's growing love affair with wine complements a once all-male passion. Today's female wine writers have plenty to say about it.
October 18, 2006Make me a ... Spanish sidecar
By CHRIS SHERMAN
October 4, 2006Simply red
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Winemakers have embraced the generic term and are blending as many as 15 grapes for smooth drinking and good taste at a moderate price.
October 4, 2006Cork & Bottle briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN
September 20, 2006Briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN
News of note from the beverage world.
September 6, 2006Dinner, in spirit, with Andre and Bern
By CHRIS SHERMAN
At Bern's Steak House's anniversary gala, the unseen guests of honor, a brilliant enologist, an inspired restaurateur and possibly convivial Bacchus himself, surely toasted fine eating and drinking.
September 6, 2006Wine briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Briefs and news of note
August 23, 2006Wine briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Briefs and news of note
August 23, 2006Wine sales' newest vintage
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Traditional connoisseurs, forget old expectations when you sample the new chain wine stores, where newcomers to wine can find strong notes of advice, enhancing a bouquet of personal preference.
August 9, 2006Chilling champ
By Times staff and wire report
Sauvignon blanc is a light, refreshing white wine, perfect for the summer.
August 9, 2006Wine briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Briefs and news of note.
July 26, 2006Cork & Bottle briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Briefs and news of note.
July 26, 2006Good and plenty
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Under many names in many countries, anisette starts out with distilled spirits, preferably a brandy made from grapes, raisins or pomace. It can also be made from alcohol produced from sugar cane, sugar beets, figs or other fruit.
July 26, 2006The spirit of relaxation
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Anisette, the sweet, candy-flavored drink, encourages us to pull up a chair and chat the afternoon away.
July 12, 2006Bubbly personality
By CHRIS SHERMAN
Champagne's highbrow image is starting to yield as the region's winemakers try to put some fun in their fizz.
July 12, 2006Wine briefs
By CHRIS SHERMAN and Times wires
Briefs and news of note.
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