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Eight Sexy Valentine’s Day Cocktails

Various spirit concoctions perfect for a day of love and spice

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While making no promises about love potions or secret tonics, what we can guarantee is the quality of taste in the following eight drinks. Made with care and concern, they exemplify many ideals surrounding the holiday of love: spice, smoke and flavor. Whether you prefer a vodka or rum, or venture into the worlds of mezcal and pisco, there’s something here to warm the heart …

The Pisco Sour and Beyond

Three cocktails placing Peru's most cherished spirit at the forefront

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The historic grape-based white spirit, Pisco, is the basis for the national drink of both Peru and Chile. With production commencing at the turn of the 17th century, the tipple is as historic as it is representative of the cocktail cultures within its origin nations. Pisco is a descendant of Spanish-Arabic distillation, almost mirroring how Brandy de Jerez tasted before South America was a glint …