Diary of a Distiller

Wine a bit, you'll feel better! We do! As junior man on the Winterport totem pole I am constantly having to be reminded to wine a bit and enjoy myself. Sometimes I have 17 different things going on and setting apart some time for fun falls to the wayside. I'm constantly worrying about back ordered equipment, monetary deadlines, and so much more; and that's just for the distillery. Then there are my writing and consulting gigs, traveling to events, and staying connected with all the big things and new trends coming out of NYC and the rest of the world. It's completely overwhelming at times, so every now and then I have to remember to pick up a glass of wine and say "Skoal!"
Last week I mentioned that I had been on several radio spots. The past week I was down in NYC, and ended up back on Mike Colamecco's Food Talk show on WOR radio taping several shows about artisanal spirits and basic introductions to rum, gin, and cocktails. Mike had recently been turned on to the world of cocktails, so that was a good topic to chat about since I was in New York for several cocktail events, including Jonathan Pogash's Summer Cocktail workshop at the Astor Center; which was excellent. So we had a nice talk about cocktails and he invited me to come back later this summer to do a few shows on the Cocktail Revolution, the New Golden Age of Cocktails that started around 6-7 years ago, an area I have been focusing on the past few years. You can check out the archives at WOR to hear many interviews with top food and beverage experts, and hopefully several interviews that I did, that will be playing over the next few weeks.

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