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In the Winter 2020-2021 print issue of Distiller Magazine:
- My article on 10 of the world’s best bars and how they are surviving and recreating in pandemic here
- Fruit & Fire: A Napa winemaker & Kentucky distiller pioneer with smoke tainted grapes in smoked brandies here
- My interview with Grand Rapids’ Long Road Distillers‘ Kyle VanStrein and Jon O’Connor below and online
- My interview with bar manager James Downs of Kiesling in Detroit below and online
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My other Distiller Magazine features (top 10 bars, local distiller and bar manager interviews in each city or region):
- BALTIMORE
- BOSTON
- Northern California Wine Country (Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino Counties)
- CHARLESTON
- CHICAGO
- CINCINNATI
- DALLAS
- DENVER
- LONDON
- LOS ANGELES
- LOUISVILLE
- NASHVILLE
- NEW ORLEANS
- NEW ORLEANS, part two
- NEW YORK
- PORTLAND
- SAN DIEGO
- SAN FRANCISCO
- SEATTLE
- VANCOUVER, B.C.
- WASHINGTON D.C.
- World’s 22 Best Bars
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