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Drinks After Dark

Archive for the ‘Rare Finds’ Category

September 29th, 2008

Beautiful Bordeaux

Tis the season for Bordeaux, the beautifully complex wine that collectors vie to get a single bottleof. In fact, a bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite became the most expensive wine ever in 1985 when it sold for $210,000 at Christie’s.
The reason for this? Bordeaux completely embraces the concept of terroir: the idea that wines taste […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 0 comments

September 2nd, 2008

Review: Noir Bar – the “secret club” inside the Luxor

No trip to Las Vegas is complete without a sneak peek at the way “the beautiful people” live. Deep within the depths of the Luxor Hotel resides Noir Bar. The Luxor site doesn’t offer much information, except “private entrance, reservations required, dress code in effect.”
We were at LAX, which is one of the Luxor’s hot […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 0 comments

August 21st, 2008

Snake Whiskey

(image, Life’s a gasp)
Yep, that’s exactly what it looks like. A snake in a bottle of alcohol. Snake Whiskey.
What is snake whiskey? Well, it’s madness, a bottle of whiskey with a dead cobra inside,pieces of snake skin floating around in it, nasty! [source]
I, personally, didn’t find it nasty. […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 7 comments

July 9th, 2008

Review: Seattle’s best cocktails

When I was in Seattle recently meeting Gary Vaynerchuk, I got to talking to my bartender. We talked cocktails, as is my wont, and he told me about this little place that I’d never heard of before. Called the ZigZag Cafe, it was apparently the place in Seattle for cocktails.
He told the story that these […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 1 comment

June 13th, 2008

The most expensive spirits in the world

For that one person in your life who has everything, why not drop almost two million dollars on a bottle of booze?

Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne
This cognac comes in a crystal bottle dipped in more than four kilograms (almost 9 lbs) of 24K yellow gold and sterling platinum and encrusted with […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 2 comments

June 5th, 2008

Pet Plus Stemware and Dog & Cat Friendly “Wine”

I suppose after this post, I was opening the door for other wine-centric pet accessories. Charms and wine themed shampoo seems tame when you compare it to actually enjoying a glass with Fido.
Alice Wang has created a line of products that “explore how people treat their pets as human surrogates”. This includes a set of […]

By Rachel Segal -- 0 comments

May 31st, 2008

Dogs Uncorked: For The Canine Wine Enthusiast

You probably thought that was a metephor, right? Like, “Oh that Rachel…she’s such a kidder and obviously doesn’t REALLY mean that there is a market out there for products made for doggie wine lovers.”
Well, as much as I’m flattered that you think I’m so creative and witty…the fact is, Dogs Uncorked does exist and apparently […]

By Rachel Segal -- 1 comment