‘Tis the season for schnapps and cordials, my friends. National Liqueur Day arrives on October 16, and with it, the call to raise a glass and outstretch a pinkie.
Not without irony, October 16 is also the birthday of the fabled drunk, beloved author, apex Libra, and tippler til the end, Mr. Oscar Wilde.
The word “liqueur” is derived (or distilled) from the Latin liquefacere, meaning “to melt, or dissolve.”
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