FIrst Pour Wine

Pastora Fino Sherry

February 19, 2016February 18, 2016Nick Comment

If there is a wine as confusing as Vermouth, it might be Sherry. While Sherry has a plethora of styles ranging from dry [...]

February 18, 2016March 9, 2016Nick Comment

While Martini may hold the name sake for a drink related to Dry Vermouth, Dry Vermouth is frequently referred to as French in [...]

February 17, 2016March 9, 2016Nick Comment

While you can’t make a manhattan without Sweet Vermouth, you can’t make a Gibson without Dry Vermouth (if you thought I was going to say [...]

February 16, 2016March 9, 2016Nick Comment

As mentioned before, sweet vermouth has a ton of uses like Manhattans, Rob Roys, and Negronis. In case that list seems short, you [...]

February 15, 2016March 9, 2016Nick Comment

All this week on First Pour Wine, we’ll be focusing on fortified wines that primarily get play time as cocktail ingredients. Leading off is [...]

February 14, 2016February 14, 2016Nick Comment

Unless the bottle of wine you’re using is a screw top, you probably are going to need to remove foil from the neck [...]

February 13, 2016February 14, 2016Nick Comment

When I picked up the wine from Canada on the tour of Niagara on the Lake, my tour guide tried to convince me [...]

February 12, 2016February 10, 2016Nick Comment

Cupcake has come through once or twice before, and has managed to mostly provide unobtrusive wines with some subtly. The Black Forest though, [...]

February 11, 2016February 12, 2016Nick Comment

If you aren’t familiar with what Ménage à Trois means, then I don’t recommend you look it up at work (especially using an image [...]

February 10, 2016February 9, 2016Nick Comment

Paso Robles has been producing dependable value the last few years, especially when it comes to big reds. Much like Valentine’s Day in [...]