Chic Peek: Lucy’s Bar Is All Wrapped Up
Photography by Rachel McNair/The Content Agency
Lucy’s Bar is tiny, but it’s known for serving up decadent specialty cocktails that are huge on flavor. Come November, the watering hole is also known as the coziest, most Christmas-iest bar on Caroline Street.
Inspired by their favorite bars with particularly inviting ambiances, owners Lucy Rivas, Zach VanEarden and Kelsey McPartland decided to go all in for the holidays....
Scenes From the Wheat All About It Beer Release Party at Whitman Brewing
Photography by Zach Skowronek
On Wednesday, Saratoga Living teamed up with Whitman Brewing to celebrate the release of collaboration beer Wheat All About It. Sponsored by Helen Mastrion of Hunt Real Estate, the party featured pizza by Whitman, music by Paul Lambert, brew tours by brewer Nick Meyer, and swag bags with signature Wheat All About It pint glasses. For our full recap of the...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Bordeaux’s Wineries Are Now (Really) Open For Business
The news that Domaines Barons de Rothschild (DBR), owner of fabled Bordeaux wineries, Château Lafite Rothschild and Duhart-Milon, has begun construction of a state-of-the-are...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Every Rosé Has Its Thorn
As spring begins to, well, spring in the Capital Region, that means the center of wine gravity will shift away from the red wines...
Wine Wednesdays With William: How We Discovered Our First Wines In The United States
Ever wonder how that decanter filled with red or white gorgeousness, sitting on your kitchen island, ready for late-evening service, got there? I'd suggest...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Vines And Wines’ Early Roots
Some wine-drinkers might have a religious experience while drinking a glass after work. But what they might not know is that wine actually played...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Moscato d’Asti, The Wine World’s Sweet Relief
Anybody out there have a sweet tooth? (That was a rhetorical question.) While I could easily serve you any number of candies, pastries or...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Ode To A Particularly Mouth-Watering Bottle Of White
A lot of studying is involved in becoming a wine expert. Case in point: I recently taught a class to 12 local wine industry...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Orange Is The New White Wine
For those of you wine enthusiasts who enjoy tastings and attempting to identify the various notes that make up their favorite choices, orange wines'...
Wine Wednesdays With William: All About The Yeasts That Make You Love Sauvignon Blanc
Wine people are curious characters, as you have no doubt learned from my column. Case in point: Last week, halfway around the world in...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Vivino And The Future Of Wine Buying
Over the past year or so, I've been focusing on wine past and present—and what we can learn about it through that lens. But...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Wine Writer André Jullien, The First Of His Kind
I'd like to think that enjoying a good book or magazine feature about wine is as satisfying as drinking a bottle of it. And...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Celebrating 50 Years Of Wine Expertise
So you want to be an expert in fine wines, do you? You can't just watch a few YouTube videos (or read a few...
Wine Wednesdays With William: Weighing Your Wine Bottle Options
Last week in the Putnam Market Wine Room, several cases of merlot and cabernet sauvignon were delivered from the same wine producer—but they arrived in...