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The 2024 Charleston Wine + Food Festival Returns With Elevated Bubbles and Bites

VinePair

Though not every chef, sommelier, brewer, and winemaker who breaks bread at Charleston Wine + Food is a South Carolina native, the Lowcountry is dutifully represented, and the others appreciate the recognition the state has carved out for itself in the food and drink realm.

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(parentheses): Redefining Sobriety with Artisanal Flair

Dry Atlas

This artisanal, vinegar-based botanical beverage is the brainchild of two sober entrepreneurs: Nick, a fermentation enthusiast with sommelier skills, and Tawny, a queer woman in recovery who has been reporting on the sober and sober curious space since 2015. It can be enjoyed on the rocks, neat, or shaken into creative mocktails.

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11 Restaurant Marketing Promotions for Easter and Passover

SevenRooms

Toast the Season with an Easter Cocktail Work with your bartenders, sommeliers and mixologists to craft drink pairings for all your popular to-go entrees and appetizers, giving diners more options to spend money with your restaurant.

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Q&A with Aaron Wisniewski, Founder & CEO of Guinep Cocktails

Dry Atlas

Tell us a bit more about your experience as a chef, sommelier, mixologist, and professional flavor designer. It’s the lens that has informed my roles as a professional chef, sommelier, and bartender since the beginning of my career in 2001. I was on my third “mocktail” of the night at a bar with a bunch of friends.

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Cannabis and CBD Beverages On The Rise

Cheers

Theres the NA beer and mocktail markets, and even zero proof alcohol. Cultivating Spirits, for example, offers a private dinner party for consumers, featuring a custom-crafted three-course meal paired with craft cannabis by a cannabis sommelier. Theres so much growth in the alcohol-free and hemp/THC beverage space.

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Intellectual Cannabist in New Mexico: Corrina Miramontes

Cocktail Whisperer

I suppose a lot of what I learned as a Sommelier helps me in the Cannabis industry. When I do drink, I love finely executed mocktails, Champagne, Burgundy (red or white) and agave spirits like Tequila, Mescal, Sotol and Bacanora. Yes, I learned about terpenes in wine! Smell, sight, taste! Next to smoking. I adore fine ingredients.