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Spritz Garnishes: How to Finish an Aperol Spritz and Every Other Spritz

How to garnish a spritz, the right way. The orange slice question settled, a garnish for every spritz, and how to finish the alcohol-free version too.

Champagne and Sparkling Wine Garnishes

The champagne garnishes that actually work, matched to the wine, plus the one rule that keeps your bubbles alive and a make-ahead garnish bar for a toast.

Summer Mocktails

Ten summer mocktails built on real citrus and botanicals instead of sugar. Refreshing, low in sugar, and easy to batch for a crowd.

Brunch Cocktails

Nine easy brunch cocktails built for a crowd, each with an alcohol-free version from the same setup. Bloody Marys, mimosas, spritzes, and more.

Non-Alcoholic Tequila: What It Is and How to Drink It

Non-alcoholic tequila is a zero-proof spirit built to do what tequila does in a drink without the alcohol. It carries heat, brightness, and that grassy bite, then stops there. No proof, no hangover...

Summer Cocktails

Every summer cocktail guide on the internet has the same twenty drinks. Aperol Spritz. Mojito. Margarita. Moscow Mule. A watermelon something. A frozen something else. By the time you finish scroll...

What Is Soda Water? A Complete Guide to the Cocktail Essential

Soda water goes into a vodka soda, a whiskey highball, a spritz, a mocktail. Most people pour it without a second thought and assume it is plain water with bubbles. It is more than that. Soda water...

Cinco de Mayo Cocktails

Most Cinco de Mayo cocktail guides tell you to make margaritas. Then they suggest a strawberry margarita, a spicy margarita, a frozen margarita, and a watermelon margarita. By the time you finish r...

Sarti Spritz: The Pink Italian Aperitivo Cocktail

The Sarti spritz is pink, fizzy, and garnished with an orange slice. It's lighter and more floral than an Aperol spritz, less bitter than Cappelletti, and considerably more approachable than Campar...

Lambrusco Spritz

Most spritzes are a summer drink. The Lambrusco spritz is not. Because it's built on sparkling red wine rather than white or rosé, it carries the dark fruit and earthy depth of a red wine into the ...