Tag Archives: martini

Sunday Night Cocktail Class with Adam Lantheaume of The Boston Shaker

We Wineaux are an adventurous bunch – with our ears to the ground, always on the look out for the new and worthwhile, ready to go with a trend if we find it appealing.  A phenomenon of the Ought Decade, cocktail culture has grown in prominence. Every restaurant and bar now offer a signature – [...]

Continue Reading

Campari Calling: Anno 1960

I’m not sure why this drink isn’t called “Anno MCMLX” but I could be easily be accused of overusing Latin in these posts. The Anno 1960 is a martini-style Campari-based drink. Even though I prefer ice-based drinks, I delighted in making it because I forgot how much I like my martini glasses and I need [...]

Continue Reading

The Gin Mill Spirit

We do not spring fully formed from the head of Zeus but are nutured by our mortal parents. Often their likes and dislikes become ours. And so it was from my father that I acquired a love of manhattans and to this day no one can match my father’s skill in making this cocktail. From [...]

Continue Reading