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Can We Cut Out the Snobbery Around Brand-Name Wines?
Season 6 Episode 74
Adam, Joanna, and Zach react to a recent article about New York wine pros not carrying Veuve Clicquot: it's certainly OK to decide that you're not go…
2 years, 1 month ago
Is Bartending Getting Harder?
Season 6 Episode 73
Adam and Zach discuss the state of modern bartending, and the growing gap between bars that aspire to a certain kind of global fame and acclaim and t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Wine Isn't Healthy. That's OK.
Season 6 Episode 72
Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss the wine world's freak out over concerns that drinkers no longer see it as the healthiest choice when drinking, and wh…
2 years, 1 month ago
Crown Royal Did It Again
Season 6 Episode 71
Adam, Joanna, and Zach talk about and taste this summer's breakout flavored whiskey, Crown Royal Blackberry: does Diageo just have a magic touch when…
2 years, 1 month ago
Do Bartenders Need to Know Bar History?
Season 6 Episode 70
Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss whether the current crop of bartenders and sommeliers should know the names and stories of some of their more famous p…
2 years, 1 month ago
Where Cannabis Is Catching Alcohol Off-Guard
Season 6 Episode 69
Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss the biggest way that cannabis products are threatening alcohol: by being the substance of choice for relaxation at the…
2 years, 1 month ago
Wine Is Listening to the Wrong People
Season 6 Episode 68
Why does the wine industry listen so intently to certain journalists, entrepreneurs, and wine professionals who haven't actually had all that much su…
2 years, 1 month ago
Do Consumers Really Care About Additive-Free Tequila?
Season 6 Episode 67
Adam, Joanna, and Zach posit that despite lots of industry and brand focus on additive-free tequila, relatively few consumers understand what the ter…
2 years, 1 month ago
Your Tasting Room is Not a Classroom
Season 6 Episode 66
In response to a pair of experiences Adam had in Napa Valley recently, he and Zach propose that wineries focus much less of their guest experience on…
2 years, 1 month ago
Most Drinkers Don't Care About What a 'True' Cocktail Is
Season 6 Episode 65
Adam and Zach talk about a frustrating habit that certain bartenders and drinks professionals have of policing drink names and insisting on a strict …
2 years, 2 months ago