Olivia White

New York

Assistant Editor at VinePair

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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s Your Most Controversial Cocktail Take?

3 weeks ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

When it comes to cocktails, everybody has an opinion. Perhaps it’s a common one, like that Martinis should always be stirred and never shaken. Other opinions might be hotter takes, like Old Fashioneds are overrated. No matter what, every drinker has at least one opinion regarding cocktails and how they ought to be prepared and enjoyed. To learn about some of the most controversial cocktail opinions held by the pros, we asked bartenders from across the country for their hottest cocktail takes.
7 Cocktails to Make With Crème de Cassis

3 weeks ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

While its name might evoke the bygone cocktails of the disco era, crème de cassis is a deep red liqueur capable of shining in a wide range of cocktails. Often confused with Chambord, which is made with black raspberries, crème de cassis is made by infusing crushed blackcurrants in a neutral liqueur. The result is a sweet, slightly tart liqueur with subtle earthiness that imbues cocktails with a lush fruit note.
How St-Germain Went From Bartender’s Ketchup to Spritz Sensation

3 weeks ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

When Robert Cooper debuted St-Germain in 2007, he sent a shockwave through the bar industry. Launched in the first few years of the cocktail renaissance, St-Germain was the world’s first commercial elderflower liqueur — and one of the first high-quality, artisan liqueurs to hit the market in decades. The timing couldn’t have been better.
9 of the Best Hard Lemonades to Try This Summer

4 weeks ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

Nothing says summer like ice-cold lemonade — and alcohol brands know it. In the past few years, canned hard lemonades have grown increasingly popular, and major beverage companies are continuing to get in on the trend. With new SKUs regularly hitting the market from both big brands and small, there are a lot of hard lemonades out there, and we wanted to determine which are the cream of the crop.
4 Great Tequila and Mezcal Distillery Tours in Mexico

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

There’s no denying that Americans love tequila. Over the past two decades, it has steadily increased in sales to become the country’s second best-selling spirit just behind vodka. And our stateside infatuation with tequila quickly translated into admiration for other agave spirits like mezcal, which is predicted to continue growing by 10 percent year-over-year through 2027.
3 of the Best French Wine Regions for Budget Buys

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

French wine has a reputation for being among the best in the world. Unfortunately, it also has a reputation for being among the priciest as well. Just take a look at the 50 most expensive bottles from 2024. Nearly all of the bottles on that list hail from France — Burgundy, to be specific — with the least expensive going for $5,200.
Bartenders Are Putting These Four Disco-Era Cocktails Back on the Map

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

It’s no secret that the cocktails coming out of the 1970s and ‘80s had quite the bad rap. Vibrant in color, these drinks had a reputation for low-quality ingredients and generally unbalanced flavor profiles, so bartenders were quick to pivot away from them once the cocktail revolution rolled around. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that some of them don’t deserve a second shot. What’s old can always be made new again.
Is It Annoying to Request Food and Drink on Separate Checks at Restaurants?

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

Splitting the check after dinner has been pretty commonplace for a while now. Whether it be divvying up items depending on who ordered them or dividing the bill evenly among the table, restaurant staff have likely split checks any number of ways in accordance with guests’ requests. But what about some of the more unconventional requests? Would it be annoying to ask for your food and alcoholic drinks on different checks?
Cutwater Follows High Noon Out the Door at RNDC in California, Hawaii, and More States

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

Another partnership with Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) has come to an end. This week, news broke that Anheuser-Busch InBev has terminated its partnership with RNDC in California and “several other markets,” effective immediately. Rumored for weeks to be the case, the news was officially confirmed in an email sent to the RNDC California team from RNDC West Region president Bryan Boeck, which was later posted to the r/RNDC subreddit.
We Asked 22 Bartenders: What’s Your Doomsday Bunker Bottle of Bourbon?

1 month ago | vinepair.com | Olivia White

From zombie dramas to environmental disaster shows, the cinematic apocalypse is nothing new. Neither is our obsession with consuming doomsday content. And while we as viewers cope with the fictional end of the world in our own way (with a bowl of ice cream and a glass of wine, preferably under a weighted blanket), nothing helps a character cope better than booze — if they can get their hands on it, of course.