In the French countryside, people don’t obsess over pumpkin spice flavored baguettes or Camembert as soon as the fall weather hits. Instead, Normans sip on a complex glass of fruity yet earthy ...

“When someone drinks calvados, they’re forced to acknowledge the base material it’s made from,” said Thad Vogler, the San Francisco-based proprietor of Bar Agricole (which has earned him multiple nods ...

Apple brandy is one of the world’s oldest spirits, and it’s making a long-overdue comeback, thanks to inventive bartenders mixing it up in new—and old—ways. First, an explanation: Apple brandy is not ...

The unmissable chance for spirit lovers to meet the founder of Calvados brand Christian Drouin and watch him stir all the combinations possible to taste your lovely Calvados! The event will be ...

National Calvados Week is the annual celebration by Père Magloire, the world's leading Calvados, of the source of their bounty: the apple harvest in Normandy. National Calvados Week is the annual ...

As the leaves start to turn brown, so does the liquor in my glass. After the bright flavors of spring and summer, fall and winter are about aged spirits and depth of flavor. Apples are a key flavor in ...

I first heard about the drink named ‘The Winter Angel ‘ in a Graham Greene novel. It is a classic cocktail, invented in the 1920s, and I couldn’t resist making it because it uses one of my favorite ...

Earlier this fall, Anchor Distilling Company hosted Hervé Pellerin of Christian Drouin Calvados as he led a tasting and reception at The Forgery, a new bar in SoMa. It was an intimate afternoon of ...

Not all brandies are born equal. Ask the person next to you how many brands of Cognac they've heard of and they may be able to reel off several big names without much strenuous recollection. Rémy ...

Apple brandy is the base for some of the oldest and most delicious cocktails, perfect for a warming drink as autumn approaches Before rum or Whiskey, our colonnial cousins put the apple orchards of ...

Calvados Boulard has unveiled its new plan to put its brand of cider spirit back on bar menus, with its range of classic cocktails-with-a-twist. To talk through the strategy, managing director Vincent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Dingwall is a Toronto-based sommelier and drinks writer. This article is more than 4 years old. Two Diageo vets, Tim ...