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We want to drink in their beauty, too!

When Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt released their Miraval Rose wine a few months ago, the 6,000 available bottles sold out within five hours.

Maybe it's because the wine, created in collaboration with the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel, is actually good. In a Vanity Fair article, Joe Bastianich called the wine "legitimate" and "serious", with "rose petals and confectionary sugar" notes.

Maybe it's because we want some of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's beauty to rub off on us.

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Got bourbon on the brain?

Bourbon, once a rough-and-tumble spirit, is enjoying a renaissance. Fueled by celebrities and chefs who Tweet pictures of their Pappy Van Winkle stash and their trips to Louisville to pick out a personal barrel to tap, bourbon has quickly become the "it" spirit, with collectors paying dearly for rare experimental and aged bottles.

If you are a serious bourbon aficionado, you might consider breaking the bank for the Bourbon on the Brain tasting event at Steak 954 on May 23 at 7 p.m. The tasting is only open to 25 enthusiasts who will have the opportunity to try at least 17 of the rarest bourbons ever bottled. The price for this evening?

A mind-boggling $1,000, of which 100% of funds raised will support the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Neurology Department to help researchers find a cure for memory disorders. The tickets are also tax-deductible and available at brotherbourbon.com.

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Awesome sundae -- it's just missing one ingredient...

With summer comes the longing for everything sweet, cold, slushy, icy and -- well, let's admit it -- infused with alcohol too. We at Clean Plate Charlie love all those things -- there's just one thing. We're so over rum runners, pina coladas, and daiquiris. Leave those to the amateur spring breakers and Canadian vacationers.

If you're like us, you've graduated from all those slushy-lushy drinks and want to start having some real adult drinking fun -- and what better way to start than with alcoholic ices and ice cream? While we South Floridians readily admit to day drinking, even we can feel slightly ashamed after yet another round of cold ones midafternoon. For times like these, we have a solution: make your own alcohol-infused ice pops, or buy some like Tip the Wagon to make at-home adult beverages you can enjoy in the comfort -- and privacy -- of your own couch.

So grab your plastic containers, ice cream scoop, and a few bottles of booze and let us introduce you to some of our top picks for the best adult iced beverage products and homemade recipes around.

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Summer sangria is cool and fruity.

Spring is here in south Florida. That means high pollen counts, soaring temperatures, and the return of incessant humidity.

With all that going on, we just want to head indoors and drink a cool cocktail made with fresh fruits.

Good thing Max's Harvest has introduced several new specialty cocktails, filled with flavors of the season like watermelon, berries, and citrus.

On the cocktail menu is a summer sangria, made with Zyr small batch vodka, berries, citrus and watermelon, served over ice and finished with sparkling wine ($12).

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Kapow!'s new line of spring and summer cocktails debuts today.

In the past year or so, the craft cocktail has been on everyone's menu -- but not every menu is truly craft.

Not so at Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca Raton, where cocktail menu creator Angela Dugan -- wife to Kapow! co-owner and Pizza Fusion CEO Vaughan Lazar -- recently stepped-in to revamp the establishment's cocktail selections. While there are plenty of South Florida bars doing an excellent job of fostering a resurgence of true craft cocktails, Dugan's special touches are amping it up a notch.

Today, the bar released its new cocktail menu -- over 20 drinks that highlight all the flavors of the season in a few dozen glasses. We asked Dugan what makes each of Kapow's new craft cocktails special. Here's what she had to say:

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It's perfect weather for a flight of whiskey.

Bundle up, south Florida! Tonight's going to be another chilly one, which makes it perfect to take a break from light beers and piña coladas and try some fine whiskey at Living Room at the W Fort Lauderdale Hotel.

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Drink your Easter candy.

The best thing about celebrating Easter is all that wonderful candy.

Chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and jelly eggs and are all delicious treats and it's a safe bet if you have kids, your sweet darling progeny will come home with a basketful of these delights. So what do you do with a houseful of candy?

Clean Plate Charlie suggests taking your share of your kid's sugary booty. After all, you're the one who drove little Timmy to see the Easter bunny in the first place, right?

And what, exactly, should mom and dad do with these hard-earned (or swiped) candy treasures?

Make cocktails, of course!

Serendipity 3, that famous mecca of all things decadent, has shared two candy-filled Easter cocktail recipes with us.

Make them at home, or try them at the restaurant for $12, along with their special holiday brunch.

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Will Layer Cake Wines win the Battle of the Bottles against Cupcake Vineyards? Or will Cakebread Cellars smash the competition? Find out!

In most countries, relaxing with a nice glass of wine is a perfectly acceptable pastime all on its own. They might even compare one vintage to another, extolling on each wine's virtues and complexities.

Here in 'Merica, that sounds like a lot of lazy, feel-good, socialist crap. Everything is a competition, and competition is everything.

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Celebrate st. Paddy's Day with gaelic twists on classic cocktails.

Though St. Patrick's Day isn't officially until Sunday, March 17, we suggest kicking things off early -- like how about cocktails tonight?

And since there's life after beer and a shot, we're heading over to Whiskey Blue on Fort Lauderdale beach for one of its featured cocktails made with Irish whiskey.

These libations are plays on a classic Manhattan and a Sazerac (which typically uses rye instead of Irish whiskey) and are available throughout March.

Both the Irish Manhattan and the Whiskey are $14 -- but you can also make them at home with these recipes, courtesy of the upscale lounge:

Read also:
- Top Ten Irish Bars
- A Beginner's Lesson in Guinness and Four Cocktails to Get You Started
- South Florida St. Patrick's Day Party Guide
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Watch the best bartenders mix it up at Buddha Sky Bar.

Next time you're in a really good bar, take a few moments to watch your bartender in action.

See how she pours your favorite spirits into the Boston shaker. Watch as he snips fresh herbs for garnish into your libation.

The difference between a good mixologist and the person who pours beer into plastic cups can be likened to a comparison between Picasso and the guy who paints Elvis on black velvet.

If you want to see the best talent in the tricounty area in action, head out to Buddha Sky Bar this evening for the Tri-County Bartender Throwdown.

From 7 to 10 p.m., a dozen of South Florida's best bartenders will each have ten minutes to create and prepare a unique specialty cocktail using Tanteo premium tequila.



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