In Drinking French, David Lebowitz calls the Kir cocktail a gateway drink for many aperitif enthusiasts. "The clever combination of brisk white wine and black currant liqueur is named after Félix ...

The blueberry Kir Royale cocktail is a sparkling ... I love this cocktail with sparkling white wine, but if you're new year's ...

The Kir Royale is fascinating, in a way. In most ways, really. It’s got a great story with a long history. It has cultural relevance. The taste is great and complex, perfect for any time ...

For A Hint Of Fruitiness With Your Fish Eggs, Try A Kir Royale If it's subtle sweetness ... Champagne with a prosecco or ...

We don't drink much crème de cassis here in the United States, but it's all the rage in the Dijon region of France, where it's added to white wine to make a Kir, or sparkling wine to make a Kir Royale ...

"I think that’s how it started. They would make themselves grapefruit rosé the same way that we would make a white wine-cassis, a kir, in the North." The good news is, if you’re unable to ...

Its claim to fame is that it is supposed to be the base wine for a Kir (white wine with a drop or two of crème de cassis). But even then, aligoté is so disrespected that most people will gladly ...

But today's wine bar is defined by the owner's personal taste: Some have kitchens; some serve beautiful soups and stews; others keep it beyond simple. Bar Avignon and Kir, two eastside charmers ...