Max and Matt continue their tour of Wilkes County! Here's what they learned;

• Jay Raffaldini of @raffaldini Vineyards specializes in Italian-style dry white and red Appassimento wines.
• How Jay tbrought Wall Street to Wilkes.
• Louis Jeroslow of @elkincreekvineyard! helped elevate the property in 2001 and in addition to wine offers up some pretty dank brick-oven pizzas that they prepare from scratch every Sunday.
• Why Blue Man Group moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Max had a serendipitous moment when traveling to Luray caverns in Virginia which introduced him to Virginia Distillery Co. and Gareth Moore. Here's what the Max and Matt learned;

• Who is Doctor Jim Swann
• What does it mean to be single malt whiskey
• How to artfully blend whiskey
• Why Aberlour Scotch is a muse
• When should we conduct a Scotch vs American single malt blind tasting ala The Tasting of Paris

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Max and Matt continue their tour through Wilkes County, NC. Here's what they discovered:

• Apple Brandy Beef is a 100+ year old cattle farm that dry ages the entire carcass.
• What are best practices for marbling beef and why that's important.
• Did you know that Wilkes is the largest corn producing county in the state? BTW, the cows love it!
• Amalfi's of Wilkesboro- taught us how to balance what a chef wants to cook (fresh seafood/Napoli cuisine) vs what the guests want/ expect (central Italian cuisine)
• The best way to cook Octopus
• Why an Italian immigrant who happens to be a talented chef, ended up in Wilkes County.

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This episode gets smoky as we discuss the modern cigar lounge. Here's what we learned;

• Which cocktails go with which cigars?
• Where do the best cigars come from?
• What is a Catador?
• When you leave a cigar lounge how can you not not reek of cigar smoke?
• How do you decide what type of cigar you would like?

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Max and Matt journeyed to Wilkes County North Carolina and discovered some absolute gems! Here's what they found in this episode;

• The man the myth the legend Nico Von Cosmos, owner, winemaker, brew master and Mead Maker of Stardust Cellars!
• The only bio-dynamic farm in North Carolina.
• How to be cooler and more bohemian than Brooklyn, NY
• Why is North Carolina perfectly suited for growing certain plants.
• What the heck is Mead anyway?
• How is Pet-Nat truly made?
• Is Methode Ancestral different from Pet- Nat?
• Nico might be the next Elon Musk, so pay attention to this episode.

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We love "dive bars." Imagine within your favorite dive bars there was just a little something more? Food driven by a bad ass chef and spirits selected by a dude who has walked the wood more than anyone cares to count. This "Dive" is a jump into comfort with class.

Wow Downtown Cary!

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We finally dive deep into cheese! Samantha and Austin Genke from Boxcarr Handmade Cheese guide us through the cheese making world. Here's what we learned;

• How to raise and name 150 Kids (goats)
• What is rennet?
• The difference between American, French and Italian cheeses.
• When in the cheese making process can you define the texture?
• What is the importance of a washed rind.

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Matt & Max sit down with the owner of Bar Virgile, one of the best business minds in the craft cocktail game. Here's what they learned:

• How to perfect a Ramos Fizz
• Why and how to buy out your partners
• What's the deal with Alcohol to go during Covid.
• Whatever happened to pre-shift lineup?
• The reason we all need to #sitthehelldown

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Howard Sider and Ryan Cummings help you sift your way through the hippest and nerdiest craft brew, with 90 Second Beer Review. Here's what we learned;

• Why it only takes 90 seconds to know if you should buy a beer.
• How to drink beer and tell others about it?
• Why Pints of Love is the best virtual beer fest going & why you need to attend!
• How you get your wife to install a urinal in your man cave.

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Jesson Gil has golden nuggets of restaurant knowledge. He joined the pod to chat about what it was like to take the reigns of a legendary Asheville restaurant. Here's what we learned from Jesson;

• Why you would turn down a VP position at McDonald's to open up your own restaurant.
• The secrets of running a restaurant that is culinarily successful and business savvy, and why the two do not need to be mutually exclusive.
• What to do when one of your employees tests positive for Covid.

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