With all the parties, panels and tastings going on next week in New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, my favorite event is ...

Two types of junipers can be harvested for berries, the common juniper (Juniperus communis) and eastern red cedar (Juniperus ...

A new wave of gins feature botanicals straight from the shoreline, whether seaweed, oyster shells, or Australian wattleseed.

In the late 18th century, a young Massachusetts farm boy named Eli Whitney unknowingly .....turning point in American agriculture. At just 12 ...

The gin-based Last Word cocktail is both a classic and a springboard for endless inventive variations; El Ultima Palabra uses tequila instead of gin — you get the idea. The Dutch Word uses either Bols ...

In the mist-draped hills of Cherrapunji, where the clouds descend like whispers and the rains write poetry across the red earth, a quiet revolution is brewing.

Climate change is altering juniper berry flavors, threatening gin's distinctive taste as weather patterns affect essential oils.

It is the berries from the plant that give gin its taste: and – in the same way wine talks about terroir – geography and growing conditions such as soil, altitude, rainfall and temperature can affect ...

Juniper berries, known for their bold aroma and medicinal properties, are harvested from a wild evergreen shrub that thrives ...

Scientists have discovered that juniper berries—the key botanical giving gin its distinctive taste—vary dramatically depending on where they're grown and weather conditions at harvest ...