Name That Grape
This grape showcases black, red, and blue fruits, is meaty and smoky, typically found in the New World, is ripe, jammy, and/or stewed on the palate and has medium tannins.
What is Zinfandel?
The five dominant red grapes you'd find in Bordeaux.
What is Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec?
Made from elderflower gathered from the hillsides of the French Alps, this liqueur gives off warm floral notes as well as hinted flavors of pear and lychee.
What is the difference between an IPA and a stout?
IPA's are more hop forward and bitter. Stouts are more malt forward and chocolaty
Citrus Vodka / Limoncello / House Sour / Prickly Pear Puree
The Pink Lady
This grape shows grapefruit, citrus, and melon, with pyrazine aromas such as jalapeno, cilantro, and fresh cut grass.
What is Sauvignon Blanc?
The grape of Barolo and Barbaresco.
What is Nebbiolo?
Originally created as the "elixir of long life," this popular herbal liqueur is produced by French monks from a 400-year-old secret recipe.
Chartreuse
100 Bonus points if you can describe the difference between green and yellow.
What is the difference between the pear martini and the prickly pear martini?
The pear is a pear, but the prickly pear a margarita with prickly pear puree which is an agave fruit from a cactus.
Gin / Fresh Lime & Lemon / Ginger Beer / Blackberry Puree
Bramble Jam
This grape is typically red-fruited, high alcohol, with spicy characters, floral components, and does not usually see oak treatment. Frequently found in blends, it is lower in tannin.
What is Grenache?
This region stands for 'new house of the Pope'.
What is Chateauneuf-du-Pape?
An herbal liqueur whose name in Italian means "bitter." This spirit is made from infusing a base alcohol with a blend of herbs, roots, flowers, and spices.
Amaro
What is the difference between a single malt scotch and a blended scotch?
Single malts are a single type of scotch that hales from a region of Scotland which usually has an age statement. Blended scotch is a blend of single malts used to achieve a certain flavor profile.
Gypsy Vodka / St. Germain / Fresh Lemon / Strawberry-Rosemary Shrub
Rosy Cheeks
This wine is typically found in the New World and showcases blue fruits, white pepper, occasional oak treatment, and originated in France. It is typically full-bodied, high tannin, and grown at high-altitudes.
What is Malbec?
This Napa Valley producer won the Paris Tasting of 1973 with their Cabernet Sauvignon.
What is Stag's Leap Wine Cellars?
Family-owned and produced and Italy, this crimson red liqueur gives a drying finish to any cocktail.
Cappelletti
What is the difference between bourbon, whiskey, and rye?
The mash build. Bourbon is at least 51% corn, whiskey is at least 51% grain, and rye is at least 51% rye. The word whiskey is also a descriptor of a sprit. Like rye whiskey, Irish whiskey, bourbon whiskey.
Rye / Select Aperitivo / Vermouth Rosso / Luxardo Maraschino / Angostura Bitters
This white grape is typically high in acid, unoaked, and frequently shows honeyed characters. Its descriptors are: yellow apple, Anjou pear, white peach, apricot, raw honeycomb, chamomile, green olive, and lamb's wool.
What is Chenin Blanc?
Define Pyrazine.
A compound found typically in Bordelaise varietals that showcases bell pepper, mint, jalapeno, cilantro, and other herbaceous components in the final wine.
Low-proof or nonalcoholic with flavors of lime, ginger, almond, and clove, this liqueur is often used in tropical cocktails and is thick in consistency, leaving a certain feeling on one's tongue.
Velvet Falernum
What is the difference between a boulevardier and a negroni?
base sprit. Boulevardier is bourbon or rye while Negroni is gin. With the addition of Campari and red vermouth.
House-made Rum Blend / Pineapple / Orange / Velvet Falernum / Grenadine
Falcon Punch