Love this simple and pretty white sangria by Lisa Marietta Gianotti

Barbacoa Cocktail with mezcal and ginger, spiced with chipotle, for a colorful, smoky-flavored drink.

A twist on the Suck UK key ~ lovely skeleton key bottle openers!

Take a look at these brilliant label designs for wine bottles created using only a single sheet of white paper ......

Trader Tiki's Exotic Syrups now available. Blair's gone pro with a line of delicious syrups. now featuring Orgeat, Vanilla, Cinnamon, and Don's Mix!

Befuddled by Boston shakers? The Kitchn provides a step-by-step tutorial on mixing like a pro.

Lemon Meringue Pie cocktail from the Carneros Bistro in Sonoma CA. Limoncello di Sonoma, Absolute Vanilla Vodka, fresh lemon, agave and a meringue cookie.

The infused spirits in this photo are legal. But are your favorite bartenders breaking the law by making their own infusions? California's Alcoholic Beverage Control says yes.

Dr. Bamboo picked up a little booze knowledge during the last year or so.

Ernest Hemingway's recipe for Absinthe Champagne with St George Absinthe Verte!

Herbsaint is going back to the original formula and label! It had been toned down due to absinthe-importing restrictions. NY Times says it will be available in a couple days.

Here are ten cocktails matched to the Best Picture nominees.

A look at some variations of the Brooklyn cocktail, including Vincenzo Errico’s Red Hook that started the trend and drinks inspired by the Red Hook like the Greenpoint and Bensonhurst.

Beautiful Japanese traditional barrel design champagne cooler.

Some cocktails with "beautiful green liqueur" :) Excellent stuff for summer, cocktail novice.

The Lemon Drop is NOT just a girly drink when perfectly made. And this one most definitely is not girly!

What was the most popular and least intuitive ingredient at the 42Below Vodka competition in San Francisco? Fennel.

Edible Geography on ice - varieties, properties and how to grown your own glacier.

Cocktail Culture features this Triple Shot Café Latte with other coffee cocktails to get your caffeine fix.

Is anyone still paying over $50 for Tuscan wines? Here are some budget suggestions from Jason Wilson's new wine column.

It's like a polaroid in a polaroid in here! Check out the unboxing of the yummy new Absolut Berri Acai that showed up! It's a delicious mix of acai, blueberry, and pomegranate.

Blood-orange-infused tequila is the secret to the Blood Orange Jalapeño Margarita. LA Times shares the recipes!

Its time for Absinthe in this months Mixology Monday and A Mountain of Crushed Ice whips up a Chocolate Suissesse with Mozart Dry.

February "Scotchtails" including this delicious Pineapple Cobbler.

Rogue's Morimoto Soba Ale makes an amazing cheddar!

Cookies made with Absolut Mandarin! The Cooking Photographer shares these boozy treats.

The Latin Quarter - a great twist on the Sazerac created by Juaquin Simo at Death & Company in NYC. Made with Ron Zacapa 23 and Mole bitters.

Sink the Bismark! is the strongest beer in the world (41%). The name reflects the arms race between its Scottish creators and a rival German brewery

One of the great absinthe cocktails - Chrysanthemum Cocktail at Science of Drink blog.

Today the Pegu Blog brings you the pre-Tiki cousin, the Bermuda Rum Swizzle.

A Maple Bourbon Sour and Honeysmoke Margarita at San Francisco's Urban Tavern

It rains Tiki Cocktails! - More from A Mountain of Crushed Ice - Beachcomber´s Punch.

The Norwegian Negroni -- a Scandinavian version of the Italian classic.

Leave the shaken Martinis to James Bond. The Kitchn cuts through the myth around mixing techniques.

Grapefruit bitters made with pink grapefruit. Perfect for punching up your Hemmingway Daiquiris!

Roatan Rum Punch - escaping the winter blues.

Your next drink offering during Tiki Month at the Pegu Blog is the potent Boo Loo.... Use two straws.

Aquavit cocktails with a nordic point of view.

Valet offers up a simple and good-looking guide to the essential home bar.

Miss Nancy cocktail served at Oliver's Twist in Seattle - a bit like a French 75

Robert Simonson of Off the Presses samples two new Irish single malts.

Dr. Bamboo puts a much-maligned spirit under the microscope to determine if its reputation can be salvaged.

Time Out NY says PDT is making vodka hip again with the Gold Coast, made with Karlsson’s Gold, Carlshamns Flaggpunsch, simple syrup, dill and “black pepper essence.”

Read more: http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/2010/02/game-changers-pdt-introduces-a-vodka-cocktail/#ixzz0frpA1Tvs

Design*Sponge has some fun with home-made labels for home-brewed beer.