Category Archives: spirits

The Spirits Guru of Gardiner, NY

For 25 years “on the rocks” meant climbing the ‘Gunks in New York’s Hudson Valley and managing rock climbing gyms in New York City for native New Yorker  Ralph Erenzo. These days it has a new meaning  for him as Co-Founder of Tuthilltown Distillery,  located on a former gristmill in the verdant Gardiner countryside just a short […]
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Meet Mexico’s First Lady of Tequila- May 4-The Connected Table LIVE

She’s called “The First Lady of Tequila” and is the first female “Maestra Tequila” certified by the Academia Mexicana de Catadores de Tequila. And she makes a pretty amazing tequila called Casa Dragones. After years building the Cuervo brand globally, Bertha Gonzáles Nieves stepped out in 2009 to create her own style of tequila to rave […]
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Spirits Works Distillery’s Ashby Marshall on Grain To Glass- The Connected Table LIVE- March 23

Though the profession of wine making has had a fairly large contingent of women at the helm for decades, the spirits making game has long been male dominated, and it’s only recently that women have started turn their eye towards running a still. And, while we may be able to only count female distillers on […]
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A Clever New Magazine Covering Cannabis and a Global Tea Ambassador- March 9- The Connected Table LIVE!

You asked. We listened! We’re excited to announce The Connected Table® Sips on iHeart.com, our podcast series to provide more ways to spotlight people, brands and initiatives in the industry separately from our live show. The five minute podcasts are recorded, and guests can call in from anywhere in the world. They can be used for […]
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A Distiller Grows in Brooklyn- NY Distilling’s Allen Katz Jan 20th

As the revival of cocktail culture has seen its bloom blossom over the last decade, and more and more people have hopped on the bandwagon to learn about, and make cocktails, one of the people they have turned to to help educate themselves has been Southern Wine and Spirits of New York Director of Spirits […]
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Learn the Difference Between Tequila and Mezcal- The Connected Table LIVE Aug 26

Tequila was always my “nasty spirit” in college. There was something about drinking tequila than made me want to dance barefoot for hours, preferably on a beach. I stopped drinking it for a long period of time until my former agency started working with Frida Kahlo Tequila, and I was properly educated on true tequila […]
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The How of TAO- The Connected Table LIVE! May 20th

TAO: the process of nature by which all things change and which is to be followed for a life of harmony (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tao)  Tao (pronounced “dao”) means literally “the path” or “the way.” It is a universal principle that underlies everything from the creation of galaxies to the interaction of human beings. The workings of Tao are […]
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Jennifer English Joins The Connected Table April 15

The table is always the liveliest where Jennifer English is seated.  One of our favorite – and most articulate- food and wine radio personalities, Jennifer joins us on The Connected Table LIVE! April 15th, 2pmET to dish. The conversation will certainly be lively and varied! Jennifer is a multi-award winning broadcaster whom we first came […]
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April 15- Talking Irish Whiskey with Stephen Teeling- The Connected Table LIVE!

With a history of making spirits that dates back to the 1700’s, Stephen Teeling’s family has probably done more to shape the concept of what we call Irish Whiskey than any other family in Ireland. Now the Teeling family is about to open Dublin’s first new distillery in over 125 years, bringing the legacy of his […]
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The Business of Wine: VINO2015 and Southern Wine & Spirits’ Lee Schrager

What we love about working in the wine and and food industry is meeting so many fascinating people who share the same passion for quality ingredients and the pleasures of the table. In years past food or wine as business news was usually centered around agriculture, product or marketing news or food safety.  Now, we see food […]
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