Adam, Joanna, and Zach unpack VinePair's Top 50 Wines of 2024 list, including a discussion of the remarkable range of styles and varieties on display from America, their excitement around Syrah, and a few other favorites. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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 reading: The Definitive Ranking of Wine Bar Small Plates

Adam is reading: How Flavored Whiskey Became a Major Part of Modern Drinks Culture

Zach is reading: Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? Bartenders Weigh In

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Zach is joined by Sake ONO CEO Lana Buchanan to discuss the tremendous growth potential for sake in American drinking culture. While widely known and appreciated, sake has rarely been able to escape the confines of the most traditional drinking occasions. Buchanan outlines her team's efforts to change the conversation around sake, how branding and packaging are crucial to that effort, and some of the surprising successes they've had so far. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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 discuss a curious trend of cocktail menus at bars around the country focusing more and more on sweeter drinks. After over a decade of bars focusing on bitter, boozy, stirred concoctions, what's driving this shift in flavor profile and approach? Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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: Plum Boulevardier at Bar Goto Niban

Zach is drinking: The Vodou That You Do So Well at Ruby

Adam is drinking: Tu Campa at Mirate

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Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss the surprising emergence of shots on cocktail menus at a range of restaurants and bars that you might not expect, including ultra-trendy dining spots and fairly elevated cocktail bars. Why do so many beverage programs see value and opportunity in this format, and why are drinkers responding to them? Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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 reading: Holiday Wine Shop

Zach is reading: How to Use Fall and Winter Produce in Cocktails, According to Bartenders

Adam is reading: What Does the Future Hold for Downtown LA as a Cocktail Destination?

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Adam, Joanna, and Zach take the occasion of the release of the The World's 50 Best Bars list to discuss the sameness of so many of the establishments, how the mostly seem to exist to the jetset crowd, and why America is once more paving the way for a new kind of cocktail bar experience, even if the rest of the world doesn't quite recognize that yet. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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: Perfect (ish) Manhattan

Joanna is drinking: Bow & Arrow Brewing "Denim Tux" Pilsner

Adam is drinking: Angelo Negro Barbaresco

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To celebrate Halloween, Adam, Joanna, and Zach draft the best drinking holidays of the year: what are the criteria that make a day particularly good for drinking, and does it matter if everyone else agrees with you or not? Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and be well.

Adam is (hate)reading: The 11 Best Pumpkin Beers to Drink This Year (2024)

Joanna is reading: What It Takes to Run a World-Class Non-Alcoholic Beverage Program

Zach is reading: Long Live the Cross-Border Booze Run

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Adam, Joanna, and Zach explore whether the slumping wine industry can be revitalized by clever, collective marketing efforts, or if it will require a few key brands to change the conversation and get consumers enthusiastic about drinking wine. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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: Single Hill Brewing "Energy Cone" Fresh Hop IPA

Adam is drinking: Jeppson's Malört

Joanna is drinking: Paradise Lost at Nine Bar

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Adam, Joanna, and Zach are joined by VinePair Next Wave Award Winemaker of the Year Dan Petroski of Massican to discuss his journey in wine and why white wine is ascendant at a time when wine in general is struggling: how it better meets wine drinkers where they are, why in many cases it fits better with current food trends, and doesn't come with all the baggage that certain red wines do. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review VinePair on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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 listening to: Taplines: The Oral History of the ‘F*CK AB-INBEV’ Shirt

Joanna is reading: Tequila Matchmaker Removes All Tequila Brands From Its Additive-Free List

Adam is reading: How the Connaught Pour Conquered the Bar World

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