LA Drinks Podcast
1) Lou Amdur- Lou Wine Shop and Tastings: Things That You Want In Your Mouth
‘Ineffable’ is the word Lou Amdur uses when describing his attraction to wine. He groups wine with love and friendship as being beyond description in terms of his ardency for them. When I first met ...Show More
Lou Amdur- Lou Wine Shop and Tastings: Things That You Want In Your Mouth
1:33:20 | Mar 5th, 2020
2) Adam Weisblatt of Last Word Hospitality- Big Plans For Small Venues Pt. 2
We continue our conversation with Adam Weisblatt, who is a principle in Last Word Hospitality, a consulting firm with a healthy list of high-profile restaurant clients. In 2015, at the tender age o...Show More
3) Adam Weisblatt of Last Word Hospitality- Big Plans For Small Venues Pt. 1
Today, while seeking out more beverage truths about Los Angeles, we take a slight detour to the subject of creating success in an eating and drinking establishment. And we ask about the unique role t...Show More
Adam Weisblatt of Last Word Hospitality- Big Plans For Small Venues Pt. 1
1:02:11 | Jan 20th, 2020
4) Caroline Styne- Hospitality is "A Codependent Need to Please People"
Caroline Styne is a successful restaurateur and a partner in the Lucques Group. She and her partner, Suzanne Goin, are also responsible for the first self-conscious ‘small plates’ restaurant in Los A...Show More
5) Patrick Comiskey- Words and Wine
Patrick Comiskey should be well-known to those who read the Los Angeles Times or who seek out writing about wine. He has been a regular fixture with the Times and, more recently, with the wine and sp...Show More
6) Zach Negin- Hospitality = Community
Today we’re talking to Zach Negin who is the owner of Tabula Rasa Bar in Thai Town. Rather than talking about drinks per se, we take a look inside an establishment that is on the front lines of what ...Show More
7) Nina Sventitsky- Romance Adjacent: A Wine Marketing Career
Nina Sventitsky moved to L. A. from New York in the 1990’s. Her career in marketing for magazine conglomerates led her there. She took a beginner’s wine course at Wally’s and became a wine enthusias...Show More
8) Amy Christine MW- Purple Wine
Amy Christine started her wine journey as a server in Detroit. She was encouraged to take the Certified Somm exam which satisfied her attraction to arcane information and laid the groundwork for furt...Show More
9) Steve Greer: Hey, Sip That Stuff! Steve Greer Talks Tequila
Tequila is at the center of a more general expansion of premium liquor worldwide. The wide-ranging flavors that are derived from the blue agave plant fall into line the with the variations one can fi...Show More
10) Jasper Dickson- Méthode Dicksonoise: Rediscovering Los Angeles Wine
The idea of starting a Los Angeles winery is a compelling narrative. Who doesn’t want to drink local wine? Apart from the touristy San Antonio winery and Rupert Murdoch’s Bel Air vanity project Mora...Show More