John's Picks for Spring / Summer

What am I excited about, that you should be drinking right now? We've got a fresh crop of vivid and brilliant wines from Austria that have been the perfect complement to the relaxing weekend vibes ...

Katharina Gessl

Katharina Gessl is not new to the winemaking world as she’s been running through her families vineyards since she was little. After several years, long days in the vineyard and cellar, and many con...

Cocktail Books

We’re absolutely thrilled to have some of our favorite cocktail books now available here at Stanley’s. These are books we come back to time and time again, not only for the cocktails themselves, bu...

Dutraive

Who / where are they? Jean Dutraive purchased Domaine de la Grand’Cour in 1969 and his son, Jean-Louis joined the team in 1977, taking over in 1989. The estate, the oldest in Fleurie, is comprised ...

Barrigón

In 2020, after 10 years of making Mezal in Oaxaca, Barrigón founder Xaime Niembo decided to explore the diverse soils of Mexico and create a different delicious beverage…wine! Most grapes...

Decideret

High school friends Cornelius, Martin and Jakob came up with the idea to make delicious juice in the late summer of 2015. They were at Jakob’s college graduation party gathered around beers at a pa...

Wandering Barman

Ever wait too long for a fussy cocktail at a bar on a busy Saturday night, wishing you had ordered a beer instead? Enter: the kegged cocktail. This methodology means that you can get a drink with t...

Heater Allen

In this month’s beer club, we’re highlighting some of the country’s cultiest breweries. One of them is McMinnville, Oregon’s Heater Allen, which makes one of the world’s most awarded, sought-after ...

Elise Dechannes

Who are they / Where are they located? Elise Dechannes comes from a Champagne producing family in the tiny and very much under the radar appellation of Les Riceys in the southernmost part of the Au...

Ugly Half Brewing Co.

Taipei, 2015: Kiwi beer exporter Max Gilbert and an American-born Shanghai restauranteur Harn Sun fall in love. Wugu District (conveniently right outside Taipei, where it is illegal to brew beer), ...