The Lush

On Wednesday May 19th, CUESA and the San Francisco Chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) will host an evening of spring farmers’ market cocktails at the Ferry Building, SPRING IN FULL SWING. For $30, guests will enjoy two full-sized signature cocktails made with Oxley Gin, a classic English…

On June 5th, the Tempranillo Advocates, Producers, and Amigos Society (TAPAS) is hosting the most extensive annual tasting of domestically produced Spanish and Portuguese varietal wines in North America, for its third year, in San Francisco. It’s no secret grapes native to the Iberian Peninsula produce some of the…

UNCORKED EVENTS will be celebrating their fourth anniversary in style, pouring a vast array of their favorite wines from their first four years in one evening. Virtually every wine will be 90 points-plus rated, with many small production and hard-to-find gems, plus ultra-boutique wineries, cult classics, top importers, and luxury…

At my book signing event last week at the Tyler Florence shop in Mill Valley, faboo bartender Jackie Patterson made a most-refreshing cocktail for us. As promised to guests that evening, here’s the recipe—you’ll want to make a pitcher of it, it’s that good. Spring Cup…

Don’t want tequila on Cinco de Mayo? How about some quality suds? ~MONK’S KETTLE~ is featuring the Belgian-style and barrel-aged beers of Portland, Maine’s Allagash Brewing Company on May 5th as part of its monthly beer-pairing dinner program. Begun in 1995 by Rob Tod as a one-man…