There is a life lesson in the making of a Cuba Libre: the smallest things can make the biggest difference. This is true for the phrase itself, the “Free…

File this under: you can’t go wrong. The Bellini cocktail is simply white peach puree and Prosecco, and it doesn’t even have to be fancy Prosecco. Peaches and bubbles combine…

The Black Manhattan cocktail is the perfect example of how the Manhattan pulls off the magic trick of both providing a blueprint and somehow a blank canvas for the creation…

The Manhattan has held dominant sway over the world of cocktails longer than any other drink, save possibly the Old Fashioned. It has certainly influenced drinking culture more than any…

The Godfather cocktail is more than a drink. It’s a philosophy, one that emanates from Don Vito Corleone, aka, The Godfather.  Imagine for a moment that you are him. In…

Everybody says the same things about the Greenpoint cocktail. The (same old) story goes that the Greenpoint is a descendent of the Manhattan (which originated in New York City in…

The Boulevardier cocktail rose from the dead a little later than such vintage cocktails as The Aviation, but once arisen, it spread like a happily drunken but extremely tasteful zombie.…

No drink in history benefited from its name as much as the Harvey Wallbanger cocktail. This is not to dismiss the drink itself, a simple but well-conceived mix of vodka,…

The Caipirinha doesn’t have a lineage involving fancy mixology innovation, and it’s almost too elemental in Brazilian life to have a definable history. This cocktail is accompanied by an ecstatic…

The Bee’s Knees cocktail is a reminder that so much in life is really about keeping things simple. This drink is comfort in liquid form: gin, fresh lemon juice, and…