Pete Napolitano’s Got a Theory
The iconic Melody Lanes bartender on bartending’s “mathematical signature” and what he’s learned from 30 years behind the bar.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Eric Medsker
Phil Ward Just Wants to Bartend
One of the most idiosyncratic players in the modern drinks movement has never been one to follow trend.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: William Hereford
The Muse Behind NYC’s Most Iconic Hotel Bar
Author, illustrator and misfit, Ludwig Bemelmans is rarely discussed in the context of his namesake bar at The Carlyle Hotel. Regan Hofmann profiles the enigmatic icon who seemed to embody…
- story: Regan Hofmann
- photo: The Carlyle
Searching for the Modern-Day Jerry Thomas
Equal parts swagger and hammer—with the "soul of a poet" and the fashion sense of a sailor—Tom Vaught is the modern-day embodiment of the legendary 19th-century bartender Jerry Thomas.
- story: David Wondrich
- photo: Doron Gild
Drinking with Novelist T.C. Boyle
The famed author of 24 books of fiction on his wild past, never looking back and the accident that led to his love of Central Coast pinot noir.
- story: Jennifer Cacicio
- photo: Jamieson Fry
Wine Disrupter Jon Rimmerman on What To Drink, Drink Out Of
Garagiste's Jon Rimmerman gets another round of high-profile ink, this time in GQ, where talks his favorite glassware, the "Next Napa," and why we should be paying a bit more…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
All of the Wine, and Always
M.F.K. Fisher’s lesser-known musings on wine and its indelible link to living well.
- story: Anne Zimmerman
- photo: The Private Collection of M.F.K. Fisher
