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Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss whether the hyper-focus on visual design in new bars and restaurants has created a landscape where as long as you craft visually striking cocktails in a photographable place, the actual quality of your food and drinks is largely irrelevant. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Zach is drinking: A latte at Café Presse
Joanna is drinking: A Cosmopolitan at The Odeon
Adam is drinking: Corpse Reviver #2 at Philadelphia Distilling
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Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss why it is that craft spirits have struggled to find markets outside of their home city, state, or region, and whether there's any means for these distilleries to find national or international success. Plus, the team tastes a couple of their favorite local spirits. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
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Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss Adam's recent article about how January can be a great month to get into otherwise-crowded bars and restaurants, and why it is that so many restaurants are so uncreative with promotions and attempts to generate business in January: is Dry January really an insurmountable obstacle? Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Joanna is drinking: The Hanky Panky
Adam is drinking: Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon
Zach is drinking: Lol water
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Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss the many ways in which brand loyalty is a powerful force in the drinks world, how early experiences and exposure to certain brands can shape a lifetime of drinking decisions, and why some brands fit in certain spaces where others would never go. Then, they taste three spirits that they have strong associations with: Bombay Sapphire Gin, Stoli Vodka, and Dewar's Blended Scotch. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
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Zach speaks with Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein about Portugal's Alentejo wine region, with a particular focus on the many ways in which the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Program (WASP) has become a model for other wine regions, including an emphasis on sustainability not just in the vineyard, but in the winery and with the people and surrounding community as well. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
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Adam, Joanna, and Zach explore why sweetness has become so looked-down-upon in the drinks world: the influence of diet culture, the association of sweetness with cheapness, and more. Plus, what the team would drink in the case of impending apocalypse. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com.
Joanna is drinking: Rouge River Hazy IPA
Zach is drinking: Steven Smith First Flush Darjeeling Tea
Adam is drinking: Belleflower Hazy IPA
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Adam, Joanna, and Zach take stock of the non-alcoholic beer category: why there's such excitement surrounding it despite relatively small sales totals to date, why there are more varied offerings than ever before, and why non-alc beer fares much better than non-alc wine or spirits. Then, the team tastes one of the most popular and successful non-alc beers, Athletic Brewing's Run Wild IPA. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
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To usher in 2022, Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss some of their predictions for the year in beverage alcohol, including even more flavored products, consolidation in the wine world, more no/low-alcohol offerings, and more conversations about representation and bad behavior throughout the industry. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
Joanna is drinking: Chimay Grand Reserve
Zach is drinking: Jean Vesselle "Oeil de Perdrix" Champagne
Adam is drinking: ...Pursued By Bear "Baby Bear" Syrah
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To wrap up 2021, Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss the wild year that Champagne had: from predictions of doom to record sales, and how a whole group of wine drinkers realized that Champagne could be a part of their regular drinking rotation when they were drinking at home. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
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Zach speaks with Master of Wine Susan Lin and Master Sommelier David Keck about the wines of France's Loire Valley, including an overview of the region's many varieties, styles, and appellations, why brightness and freshness unite the wines of the region, and how they can be enjoyed at a wide range of occasions and with any number of different cuisines. For more information about locating the wines mentioned, visit the Loire Buyer's Selection. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.
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