PUNCH

We are an award-winning online magazine, recognized by the James Beard Foundation, and partnered with Ten Speed Press. Our focus is on storytelling—both through words and visuals—centered around wine, spirits, beer, and cocktails. Our fascination with drinks goes beyond just enjoying them; we see them as a gateway to understanding the unique characteristics of different regions shaped by history. While America may not have the long-standing wine tradition that Europe does, our innovative approach to cocktails—mixing various spirits and wines for enjoyment—reflects our creative spirit. Some might view this as altering traditions, but we see it as a celebration of experimentation and reinvention, which is a hallmark of American culture. Our mission is to highlight the connections between beverages, their cultural roots, and the joy of innovation. We believe that the worlds of wine, beer, cocktails, and spirits have more in common than they often recognize, and we aim to illuminate the shared values among them. At the heart of PUNCH is our commitment to storytelling, but we also aspire to be your go-to resource for all things related to drinks. This includes everything from travel destinations centered around beverages to crafting the ideal Manhattan. To support this, we’ve created a collection of tried-and-true cocktail recipes, city guides, and a comprehensive A-Z drink guide. We hope you find it enjoyable!

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The Best Way to Make a Piña Colada? This Piña Colada Royale.

4 days ago | punchdrink.com | Tyler Zielinski

“If only I’d thought of it first,” said every bartender, at least once. It was how I felt back in 2019, at the Ave in Grand Cayman, when I first tasted the Escape (If You Like Piña Coladas) for the first time. The mashup of the iconic Ramos Gin Fizz and the Champagne Piña Colada from London’s Coupette was so simple, yet so clever, and it completely stole my heart (as did my now-wife, whom I also happened to meet and share this cocktail with on said trip).
The Rum Penicillin Turns the Classic Cocktail Summer-Ready

1 week ago | punchdrink.com | Chloe Frechette

With its signature smoky-spicy profile, its rich Scotch base and peated whisky float, the Penicillin is the encapsulation of fall in cocktail form. Were it a person, it might layer a flannel shirt under a chunky wool sweater below a beanie-topped head. But what would the drink look like if it shed its thermals in favor of flip-flops? Enter the Rum Penicillin.
The New Wine Terms to Know in 2025, According to Sommeliers

1 week ago | punchdrink.com | Mary Anne Porto

Since we last chronicled the new vocabulary of wine, a half-decade ago, wine culture has drastically changed. The way we shop for bottles has been reimagined, and how much we drink (if at all) has been reconsidered. Natural wine became entangled with the internet, so much so that posting about it is now a viable career path for a duo of wine-tasting influencer twins, a shitposting wine critic and several online personalities dedicated to making wine more accessible, or at least more fun.
The Latest Martini Trend? Giant, Shareable Dirty Martinis

1 week ago | punchdrink.com | Chloe Frechette

When you picture a communal cocktail, you probably imagine something along the lines of the NoMad’s “cocktail explosions” or perhaps the Scorpion Bowl and its many modern iterations—something fruit-forward, garnished to the max, paired with oversize curly straws and presented in a playful serving vessel. Perhaps there’s a cascading cloud of liquid nitrogen. However it’s served, the more-is-more approach of the shareable cocktail screams: “Fun!” But what does fun look like in 2025?
121 Glasses of Punch, 226 Photobooth Strips, and 1 Unforgettable Night at “Gay Prom”

2 weeks ago | punchdrink.com | Mariella Mosthof

On May 31, the line outside Dorothy stretched down West Chicago Avenue before wrapping around the corner and down a side street. It was Pride Month Eve, and Chicago’s beloved lesbian cocktail lounge was celebrating with its third annual Gay Prom. Clad in ’80s satin and slip dresses, patrons fretted about whether or not they’d get in (they did), showed off handmade corsages and pregamed with a case of hard seltzers someone had brought and passed around.
Make the Golden Glove, a Frozen Daiquiri Cocktail, This Summer

2 weeks ago | punchdrink.com | Al Culliton

At Bar Kabawa in New York’s East Village, Kathryn “Pepper” Stashek offers a cocktail menu made entirely of rum-based drinks. Unsurprisingly, there is a heavy Prohibition-era Cuban influence running through it: a Mojito Caballito, a Daiquiri No. 3 (aka Hemingway) from Havana’s El Floridita bar, a riff on the Presidente—and a Golden Glove. Stashek wasn’t, at first, set on including the latter, forgotten classic on the menu.
The M&M, or Mezcal and Amaro Montenegro, Is Off the Rails

2 weeks ago | punchdrink.com | Kate Mooney

The M&M shot isn’t a secret anymore. The 50/50 combo of Amaro Montenegro and mezcal, sometimes referred to as a “Managers Meeting,” once circulated exclusively among service industry folks and those in the know. Now, it’s not unheard of to see the M&M and its analogues actually printed on bar menus. And of late, the smoky-bittersweet blend seems to be entering a third phase: not only gracing menus, but now fashioned with bells and whistles.
The Drink of Summer for 2025 Is the Creamsicle Cocktail

3 weeks ago | punchdrink.com | Jess Mayhugh

Every year, without fail, the masses want to crown one cocktail the Drink of Summer. A couple of years ago, it was the Hugo Spritz, which echoed the Aperol Spritz’s popularity five years before that. (Both are still going strong.) Somewhere along the way, a Garibaldi was on every cocktail menu and the Dirty Shirley had its day in the summer sun, too.
In Madeira, the Nikita Cocktail Is a Frosty Summer Treat

3 weeks ago | punchdrink.com | Austin Bush

It was 1985, and the boomboxes of Madeira, a Portuguese island off the northwestern coast of Africa, were blasting Elton John’s “Nikita.” Oh, Nikita, you will never know Anything about my home I’ll never know how good it feels to hold you Nikita, I need you so Specifically, the song was dominating the radio at one particular bar in the fishing port of Câmara de Lobos.
Why Costco and Trader Joe’s Are Making Their Own Craft Beer

3 weeks ago | punchdrink.com | Courtney Iseman

Ten years ago, craft beer fans couldn’t have imagined “line life” referring to anything other than the hourslong queue for a brewery’s latest limited release. Today, however, it could very well describe the supermarket checkout line. As craft beer fades from shiny new toy into just another everyday beverage option, more beer drinkers are getting their IPA and stout fixes from the same place as their cereal and hummus. And in a growing number of supermarkets, that beer is from a store’s own brand.