Taittinger created Comtes de Champagne Rosé with the 1966 vintage, released in 1972, as the companion cuvée to Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs, owing from the very first moment the privilege of being the house’s rarest cuvee due to this exclusive composition. Next Wednesday 23rd @ el CÓCTEL Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 1999, the most accomplished expression [...]
Few bars advertise secret menus, it kind of defeats the purpose anyway, right In-N-Out? And some will flat-out deny they exist, but insiders know that there are a number of top-secret cocktails and classified add-ons to enhance popular items. Here are a few hush-hush items to ask your server for (cajoling may be necessary) next [...]
Building on the success of his restaurant el WILLY, Barcelona-born Willy Trullas Moreno has meticulously crafted a fine addition to the prodigious Shanghai bar/lounge landscape. From the unmarked entrance to the dividing wall made of columns of cocktail shakers (which sounds tacky but looks terrific) to the floral ceiling motif by Verónica Ballart Lilja and exposed raw brick walls, [...]
Even with equal parts Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth, the bitterness of a Negroni firmly establishes the drink as a Campari-based cocktail. No one is undecided about a Negroni. This Italian big brother to the Americano and distant cousin to the Martini is so bitter that its dissenters swear it should be stored in the medicine [...]
