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‘Natural Wine’. Quite the buzz words with some in the wine trade these days. Indeed, there are numerous importers that sell natural wines exclusively. Who wouldn’t want something one consumes to be as ‘natural’ as possible, right? Well in Geek’s humble opinion, such may not be the case, and we …
Three-plus years ago, Geek devoted this space to note an emerging trend we spotted at that time: sales of pink wines (aka rosés) were starting to heat up dramatically in Michigan’s more cutting-edge restaurants. Fast forward to summer of 2016 and heat up is an understatement: rosé wine sales are …
New video from our friends at Wolf Moon Mixers!
A great friend recently told us that her daughter doesn’t like the term “Brunch”. Instead she chooses to use the word “Blunch” to describe the weekend meal, that no matter what you call it, is something between breakfast and lunch and in many cases involves a rejuvenating and/or inspiring alcoholic …
Wolf Moon, our delicious new mixer brand, was featured in the Uniquely Detroit segment on Live in The D, Channel 4. Wolf Moon Pineapple Jalapeño Margarita 4 oz. Wolf Moon Pineapple Jalapeño Mix 2 oz. Silver Tequila Garnish with Salt and Lime Wolf …
Some local love for Valentine’s international award. WDIV ClickOnDetroit features Valentine Distilling after Valentine’s wins at the 2016 World Vodka Awards. http://www.clickondetroit.com/business/ferndales-valentine-vodka-named-the-best-in-the-world Congratulations, Valentine Distilling.
Almost 10 years ago—when the whole ‘screwcap thing’ was just starting to percolate—one of our New Zealand producers gave us a choice on our container order (1,100 cases) of Sauvignon Blanc: ‘you can have cork, or screwcap…same price’. Being early adopters, we were inclined to say ‘make it all …
The 2016 World Vodka Awards results are in and local distillery, Valentine Distilling, has brought home World’s Best Vodka as well as Best Varietal Vodka. Congratulations, Valentine!
This is the fourth in a series of four cocktails created by different Detroit bartenders for Whiskey Rebellion 2016 Shane Bang tends bar at the Standby. He is currently the president of the Detroit chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild and was named one of the top 25 bartenders in …
This is the third in a series of four cocktails created by different Detroit bartenders for Whiskey Rebellion 2016 Rudy Leon has been tending bar for a little over eight years. He is currently the bar manager at Selden Standard in Detroit. “The Koala-ty Check, based around eucalyptus because of its unique …