Raspberry Lemonade Cooler
3 oz. Tahoe Blue Vodka
3 oz. pink lemonade
Juice from ½ small lemon
4-5 fresh raspberries
4-5 fresh mint
½-1 oz. simple syrup
Muddle 4 to 5 mint leaves...
California wines shine at Wine Walk
The 8th Annual Tahoe City Wine Walk in June presented tourists and locals a chance to taste wines from regional California wine producers as...
Minty Chocolate Dream
3 oz. Tahoe Blue Vodka
2 oz. chocolate liqueur
½ oz. Peppermint Schnapps
½ oz. cream
Fresh chocolate mint (regular mint if not available)
Chocolate shavings
Muddle a few leaves...
Bubbles from New Mexico? You Bet
Picture this: it’s the early 1980s and a French family from Champagne that has been making bubbles there for decades comes to America and...
There’s science in those cocktails
Stir things up at the U.C. Davis Tahoe Science Center at Science of Cocktails on Feb.1. From 6 to 8 p.m., participants can enjoy...
Medicinal mixology: Lake Tahoe Distilling & Elemental Spirits
You wake up late, dry-mouthed and puffy-eyed from last night’s partying. You sort through your hangover remedy options: electrolytes, kombucha, pear juice, raw egg,...
Bloody Mary Endless possibilities
The origins of the Bloody Mary cocktail are somewhat clouded. One might remember the childhood game, Bloody Mary. It was played during slumber parties...
Wine film company finds a home in Tahoe
International filmmaker Colin West came to North Lake Tahoe in the winter of 2014 to shoot a wine-focused adventure TV episode and fell in...
The Healing Benefits of Tea
Whether loose, bagged or steeped, tea has been brewed around the world for thousands of years. Tea originated in China and was drunk for...
Wineries of the Sierra Foothills: Bodega del Sur Winery
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the second edition of the popular guidebook “Wineries of the Sierra Foothills: Risk-Takers & Rule-Breakers” available now...
