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Raise A Glass...!!
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items For the bottles worth pouring, mixers worth stocking, cocktails worth making and bar-cart extras that make the whole experience feel a little more grown. From champagne and spirits to the perfect finishing touches, this is where I keep the sips I’d a...
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The Good Stuff
Mix It Up
Shake, Stir & Sip
Glass Act
Pop, Fizz, Clink
Wine Down
The Good Stuff
I love me some Tito's, but before you pour it into my cosmopolitan, I need to know you can actually MAKE a cosmopolitan, because good vodka cannot save a bad bartender!
Tito's Handmade Vodka | Total Wine & More
Champagne over ice? Absolutely, because I am grown enough to enjoy my bubbles exactly how I please, and sophistication has never required anybody else's permission!
Moet & Chandon Ice Imperial Champagne
Grey Goose has a seat at my table too, especially when somebody understands that a proper cosmopolitan is a cocktail, not cranberry punch in a martini glass!
Grey Goose Vodka | Total Wine & More
Belvedere has that polished, dressed-for-dinner energy, the kind of vodka that makes me want the glassware to be every bit as fabulous as the guest list.
Belvedere Vodka | Total Wine & More
Marc Farrell brought Caribbean rum culture to the table and Ciara joined the party... I appreciate a bottle with some island heritage and business ambition behind it!
Ten to One Caribbean White Rum
Named for abolitionist and author Olaudah Equiano... this is the kind of bottle that can open a conversation about history while reminding us how much more there is to learn!
Equiano Rum
Gin, vodka, and now rum... this Harlem family clearly didn't come to the liquor business to play musical chairs with one bottle, and I respect that kind of ambition!
HH BESPOKE RUM
Mix It Up
Tonic water isn't supposed to be the boring relative at the family reunion; if it's sharing my glass with gin, it needs to bring something to the conversation!
Fever-Tree's premium tonic water
A Moscow mule ought to have a little attitude, and this ginger beer brings the kind of kick that says we're not just serving soda in a copper mug.
Ginger Beer
You'd think something this small couldn't make that much noise, then a few dashes walk into your old fashioned and change the entire conversation!
Aromatic Bitters
I appreciate a shortcut that doesn't announce itself as one, especially when I'd rather spend my evening sipping a proper cocktail than conducting chemistry experiments at the kitchen counter.
Cocktail Artist Old Fashioned Mix
One splash of red and suddenly the drink has an entrance, whether we're making tequila sunrises or giving a Shirley Temple the full main-character treatment!
Rose's Grenadine, 1 Liter
Shake, Stir & Sip
I love a cocktail with a little flair, but I also appreciate instructions that don't assume I spent my younger years apprenticing at a downtown speakeasy.
Cocktails Made Simple - by Brian Weber & Amin Benny ...
Sometimes I want the fancy glass, the beautiful garnish, and the whole grown-woman experience, just without the alcohol, because the celebration is the point!
Mocktail Party
Holiday cocktails should look like somebody cared, preferably without requiring me to miss the entire party because I've been trapped behind the bar!
The Art of Mixology: Making Spirits Bright
For those moments when throwing ingredients into a shaker and hoping for greatness is no longer an acceptable bartending strategy!
The New Craft of the Cocktail by Dale DeGroff
Because there's a very fine line between confidently playing bartender and creating something that makes your guests quietly reach for a glass of water.
The Essential Bar Book, by Jennifer Fiedler
Glass Act
Put my cocktail in one of these beauties and suddenly an ordinary Tuesday becomes a glamorous speakeasy scene, and I fully support that level of unnecessary fabulousness!
Vintage Art Deco Coupe Glasses Ribbed ...
If I'm sipping bourbon, I want a glass with a little authority when it lands on the table, not something that feels like it came from the hotel breakfast buffet!
Barski Whiskey Glasses - Double Old Fashioned
These flutes say we're celebrating something, even if that something is simply surviving another week with our dignity and sense of humor intact!
OJA Crystal Champagne Flutes Glasses Set
If I'm going to shake, stir, strain, and act like the bartender deserves a generous tip, I might as well have the equipment to make my performance believable!
Kitessensu 15-Piece Cocktail Shaker Set
I don't want my whiskey swimming in a sad little puddle of melted ice halfway through the conversation, so let's give that drink one magnificent ice ball and some dignity!
Whiskey Ice Ball Mold, Silicone Ice Ball Maker Mold with ...
Pop, Fizz, Clink
Brunch without bubbles is just breakfast with better lighting, and La Marca is more than welcome when the mimosas start making their rounds!
La Marca Prosecco Sparkling Wine - 750ml Bottle
That gorgeous black bottle strolls into the room looking expensive and reminds everybody that champagne taste doesn't always require champagne money!
Freixenet Cordon Negro Extra Dry
I don't believe in wasting perfectly good bubbles just because the celebration ended before the bottle did, so we're sealing this up and continuing the festivities another day!
KLOVEO Champagne Stoppers - WAF Patented Seal
Every home bar deserves an ice bucket that says "make yourself comfortable" while quietly announcing “yes, I thought of everything.”
3L Stainless Steel Double-Wall Ice Bucket
When plain bubbly isn't feeling festive enough, these little mixers let everybody choose their own personality without turning me into the full-time bartender!
Bubbly Toppers Gift Set, Champagne & Prosecco ...
I bought myself a bottle of Veuve Clicquot just because I felt like treating ME... and let me tell you, she has excellent taste because that champagne was GOOD!
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut Champagne
Two sisters, a wine empire, and a bottle called Black Girl Magic... I mean, sometimes the assignment is simply to celebrate ourselves without waiting for somebody else to give us a reason!
Mcbride Sisters Black Girl Magic California Sparkling Brut
Marvina Robinson built a Black woman-owned champagne house... because why should we always be the ones buying luxury when we can be the ones creating it!
Grand Reserve Brut | Stuyvesant Champagne
Isiah Thomas went from basketball championships to the champagne business... apparently retiring from the court doesn’t mean retiring from the celebration!
Cheurlin Champagne Brut Speciale
Issa Rae has her own prosecco, and somehow that feels appropriate for a woman who turned being awkward into an empire... I’ll raise a glass to knowing your lane and building your own highway!
Viarae Prosecco DOC by Issa Rae
Mary J. Blige gave us the soundtrack for heartbreak, healing, and getting our lives together... now she’s bringing the bubbles for the part where we finally celebrate ourselves!
Sun Goddess Prosecco by Mary J Blige
Listen... if somebody’s bringing out that gold Ace of Spades bottle, I expect an occasion worthy of all that shine, because that’s not a casual Tuesday-night pour!
Armand de Brignac Ace of Spade Champagne
Wine Down
Now THIS is my kind of bottle name... good times, good friends, and a Chicago Black woman founder I actually know, Chrishon Lampley, giving me another reason to support my people!
Love Cork Screw Good Times Good Friends Pinot Grigio
Chrishon named this one Head Over Heels, and I’m thinking a nice glass of Riesling sounds a whole lot less complicated than some of the people we’ve fallen head over heels FOR!
Love Cork Screw Head Over Heels Sweet Riesling
We’re Movin’ On Up? Now Chrishon, you KNOW I love a wine that sounds like it comes with a promotion, a corner office, and somebody finally recognizing your worth!
We're Movin On Up Cabernet Sauvignon
With a name like Hard Knock Life, I already know this wine understands that some weeks deserve more than a motivational quote... sometimes you just want to sit down and enjoy your evening!
Hard Knock Life - Concord
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We Go High Rosé
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No More Drama Moscato
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Be The Light - Sauvignon Blanc
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The Morning After Chardonnay