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 below and online
- 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 here
- My interview with bar manager James Downs of Kiesling in Detroit here
BARS FEATURED:
—California Gold, San Rafael, California
—Balderdash, Copenhagen, Denmark
—Circus, Catania, Sicily (Italy)
—Thunderbolt, Los Angeles, California
—The Old Man, Singapore
—The Bamboo Bar at the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, Thailand
—Williams & Graham/Occidental/American Bonded, Denver, Colorado
—Rosalie’s Menagerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Holland
—Bar Raval, Toronto, Canada
—Como Taperia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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My Distiller Magazine features since 2013 (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