Old Alcohols

'Certain spirits, like absinthe and Chartreuse, continue to age in the bottle.'

On December 12, 2012, the brand folks at Tanqueray decided to celebrate the unusual date (and Frank Sinatra's birthday) in an unusual manner -- by cracking open a 40-something bottle of Tanqueray. The event took place at the unassuming Mulberry Street Bar in New York's Little Italy, and gave a lucky few the chance to sip martinis and gimlets made with the sort of stash that generally gets tossed when your grandfather moves into the nursing home.

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How To Store And Serve Champagne

The bubbles show the age of the wine. Over the years the bubbles willgradually become smaller and smaller." 

Champagne: still the drink that shouts (calmly and with upper class restraint) luxury and celebration like no other. However, most of us quite probably aren't enjoying our Champagne correctly. Seriously, if you're going to pay a substantial amount for a bottle of decent fizz, you should really know the correct temperature to store it in. With this in mind, we spoke to Bollinger, easily the world's coolest Champagne purveyor (if it's fine by James Bond, then it'll, quite frankly, do for us) to receive the ultimate guide to enjoying your bubbles the right way. 

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