The Madison Tasters Club is a monthly tasting group comprised of non-industry, non-professional consumers of wine. The group is moderated by a professional Sommelier who selects the evening’s wines. Each month the group will taste six selections with a specific …
Month: June 2019

Goombay Smash
Summer is here and it is the season to enjoy rum based tropical Tiki Cocktails. One of the most famous of all tropical drinks is the Goombay Smash. The drink originated at Miss Emily’s Blue Bee Bar on Green Turtle …

Ginger Rum Shrub
If you are a fan of the Dark and Stormy cocktail, then you will love the Ginger Rum Shrub. It comes from colonial recipe for a ginger syrup made with sugar, ginger and vinegar better known as a “Shrub”. While …

Limonata Scozzeze
Summer is here and it is time for cool highballs. This culinary cocktail is one of our favorite summer refreshers. It takes cucumber and marries it to gin in a most satisfying fashion. While any Gin will suffice, this drink …

The Planter’s Punch
The other day we came across an old advertisement from the good folks at Myers’s Distillery in Jamaica for The Planters Punch. Here is a drink that has as many renditions as it does claims to its origins. Some say …