Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | The Glenlivet wants you to switch from beer, vodka and wine back to fine, single malt Scotch whiskey. The good stuff for the good life, for free tastings in Chelsea through tomorrow, Friday, December 2. You have to sign up on a special Glenlivet website — here’s the link — to become what’s called [...] Try before you buy. Warehouse Wines & Spirits, at Broadway and Astor place, has tastings nearly every Thursday evening. Tonight, it’s vodka. Free taste tests of Bison Grass vodka and Poland’s primium Vesica vodka, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. Whole Foods is celebrating August with wine tastings nearly every day, at the Upper West [...] The Lincoln Center liquor shop 67 Wine has regular free tastings. This week, there are two. Thursday, January 20th, sample wines from Napa Valley, poured by the winemakers. Lisa Peju of Peju Province and Stephanie Putnam of Raymond Vineyards will be both pouring and chatting, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, January 22nd, [...] The Fourth Annual FREE Champagne Gala at Crush Wine & Spirits is sample pourings of more than 30 different sparkling wines and champagnes, including top brands such as Krug and Dom Perignon. Even though this is FREE, reservations are required. Call it crowd control, call it knowing how much bubbly to chil. The [...] Sip, sample and shop the best wine, cheese, and other food items produced in New York State, at City Winery on Sunday, December 6. More than three dozen wineries in the Hudson Valley, Long Island and Finger Lakes wine-growing areas will be pouring. Artisanal food producers include cheese, ice cream, and New York State’s famous big [...] | |