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Tips for Wine Pairing and Purchasing

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We asked two local wine pros, Brent Karlicek, wine merchant for Postino winecafé and Postino Central, and Steven Kelley, sommelier at Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort’s Different Pointe of View restaurant, for their tried-and-true tips on purchasing for parties and pairing wine with your favorite foods.

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Pernod Absinthe at Morton's The Green Hour

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March 13, I was invited to attend an Absinthe unveiling party and demonstration, The Green Hour, at Morton's Steakhouse in Phoenix. Everybody's favorite steakhouse has now added Pernod Absinthe to their bottomless liquor cabinet, and I pushed aside the fears of green fairy hallucinations to give the glorious green spirit a whirl.

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Celtic Sips and Swizzles

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If you’re looking for a little culture with your cocktail or a spiritual experience with your pint, you’re in luck. Ireland has plenty of intoxicating spots full of poetry and prose.

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New Orleans Tales of the Cocktail

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If heading to The Big Easy this summer, stop in at NOLA’s famous spirits fest. In no time you’ll be seduced by the city and quickly under a spell. It’s a Spirit-ual Thing.

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