Under the Influence
This week, my firm hosted a fundraiser for a local food bank. The event – styled as a pub trivia contest – involved a fair amount of buying and selling…
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Here Comes the Judge
A few weeks ago, I received a remarkable email. It began with the following salutation: “Good afternoon, spirit experts,” I kept reading. With a salutation like that, how can you…
Loopholes in the sky
I travel a fair amount for work. Not every day – and not even every week – but enough to maintain MVP status on my airline of choice (thanks, Alaska!). …
I’m from the Government. I promise.
I’m occasionally sent links to odd alcohol-related stories from around the U.S. And this week I received just such a tip from a colleague in Portland, Oregon – a city…
Meaning
I like words. I like their sounds and their shapes. I like their specificity and the nuanced differences in meaning between synonyms. I’m a sucker for onomatopoeia and an etymology groupie.…
Where do I sign?
In August, I wrote about passion and pandemic, in a discussion of rewards-based crowdfunding. Now, as we approach the end of 2016, we’ve had a development in this space that…
Poached
Earlier this week I was listening to Mark Gillespie’s excellent WhiskyCast podcast, and his interview with Lagavulin distillery manager Georgie Crawford. Toward the end of the interview, Georgie mentioned that…
Terroir and Loafing
With apologies to Sam Cooke. Don’t know much about Chardonnay Don’t know much about Cabernet Don’t know much about cuvaison Don’t know much about Sauvignon But I do know I…
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