Best Sips

The Würz That Can Happen

Originally deriving from Tramin, in northern Italy, Gewürz in German, means “spice,” so Gewürztraminer translates to “that spicy grape from Tramin.”

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The Green Fairy

When water is added, the clear absinthe turns a cloudy, opal green—this is known as the “absinthe louche,” or releasing “the green fairy.”

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Dynaco

The food menu at Dynaco makes short work for the indecisive. The list is monosyllabic in its entirety: Cake.

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The Season of the Witch

Like Hekate, for whom she named Manhattan’s first nonalcoholic dive bar, Abby Ehmann moves freely between two worlds.