C risp, fall weather calls for sophisticated, streamlined cocktails, where the mixers take a back seat and spirits are ...

If you want to get technical (and we often do), a “martini” is made with gin. The other basic ingredient is vermouth. It’s usually adorned with an olive or perhaps a lemon twist. Simple, elegant, ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

If you didn’t know any better, you might assume the classic martini was a vodka-based drink. And while it can be made with vodka (it usually needs to be referred to as a “vodka martini” in that case), ...

My quest for Tennessee whiskies took me to Thompson Station, a charming small town not far from Lynchburg, the home of Jack Daniels. This is among the newest boutique distilleries that has sprung up ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aly Walansky is a NY-based journalist who covers cocktails and dining. A perfectly chilled dirty martini may be one of the sexiest ...

The recent announcement that Bond will be switching to martinis made with Belvedere vodka in the next film, Spectre, has been greeted as a return to form, but the truth is that the Bond of the novels ...