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Mark Spivak’s second book, Moonshine Nation: The Art of Creating

Binny’s Beverage Depot

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History–

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Throughout the centuries, the role of women in the whiskey business has

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Whiskey Women—Link to: http://www.fredminnick.com

Binny’s Beverage Depot—Link to: http://www.binnys.com

Mark Spivak on Amazon—Link to:

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Canadian whisky has had a rough time in the U.S. over the past three or

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Binny’s Beverage Depot—Link to: http://www.binnys.com

Mark Spivak on Amazon—Link to:

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The role of sulfur in winemaking—and its effects on consumers—is one of the most misunderstood topics in the world of wine. Many wine drinkers believe that they are allergic to sulfites, that red wines contain more sulfites than whites, that European wines have lower sulfite levels than American ones: the misconceptions go on and on. Mark tackles this subject and reveals the truth, and what he has to say will surprise you. On Bizarre Beverage News, Mark reveals the country’s highest restaurant corkage fee, investigates the wine investment opportunity that eluded the panel of Shark Tank, and explores whether bad wine was the cause for Beethoven’s deafness.

LINKS:

Binny’s Beverage Depot—Link to: http://www.binnys.com

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History—Link to:

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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is one of Italy’s great wines, and the Tuscan winery Avignonesi is perhaps its greatest estate. Americans tend to confuse it with Montepulciano D’Abruzzo, but anyone drinking it for the first time will be charmed by its balance, elegance and value—it sells for roughly half the price of its more famous neighbor, Brunello di Montalcino. Mark speaks with Virginie Saverys, the Belgian-born attorney who purchased Avignonesi in 2009 and embarked on the task of making an excellent wine even better. On Bizarre Beverage News, Mark discusses the new legislation to allow direct wine shipments to Massachusetts, investigates the fact that beer is once again the most popular alcoholic beverage in America, and explores a Japanese spa where visitors can take a bath in red wine.

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Avignonesi—Link to: http://www.avingonesi.it

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History—Link to:

Moonshine Nation—Link to:

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As you prepare to open that prized bottle of Lafite or Petrus, a dark thought may cross your mind: It might not be Lafite or Petrus at all. Counterfeit bottles were once as rare as fine wine itself, a phenomenon restricted to rogue wine merchants and sommeliers in Europe who were trying to make some extra cash. In the past decade, however, wine prices have skyrocketed to unprecedented heights—and so have the fakes. Much of the credit for bringing the problem to the public’s attention goes to a collector named Bill Koch, who has filed a series of high-profile lawsuits against the con men who perpetrated these frauds. Mark speaks with Maureen Downey, a California consultant who has worked with Koch and other collectors in their efforts to eradicate counterfeit wine. In Bizarre Beverage News, Mark profiles a new wine dating service, designed to match up single and lonely wine lovers around the globe.

Links:

Maureen Downey = http://www.chaiconsulting.com

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History = http://www.iconicspirits.net

Moonshine Nation = http://www.amazon.com/Moonshine-Nation-Creating-Cornbread-Bottle/dp/0762797029/ref=sr_1_2_title_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406055762&sr=1-2&keywords=iconic+spirits

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Mark reports on a remarkable tasting of aged rums from the Bacardi Facundo Collection: four selections from the family’s private reserve, now released in a limited edition. He also examines the American renaissance in hard cider, revealed in a new website by blogger Tom Wark called The Cider Journal (ciderjournal.com). Turning his attention to wine served at 30,000 feet, he probes the fact that airline passengers spend more money on alcohol than anything else while aloft—despite the fact that their choices are predictably awful. On Bizarre Beverage News, he reveals the startling fact that French employers are now allowed to ban wine from the workplace, looks at the one country where wine is still made by treading the grapes by foot (Portugal), and evaluates the reviews of a new and influential wine critic: a Shiba Inu living in Manhattan.

LINKS:

Binny’s Beverage Depot—Link to: http://www.binnys.com

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History—Link to:

Moonshine Nation—Link to:

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Mark is back from the Telluride Wine Festival, and files a full report on that less-than-satisfying experience. The rest of today’s show is devoted to a collection of the Bizarre Beverage New stories that piled up over the past several weeks. Some highlights include: an all-nude wine festival, coming up on August 16 in (where else?) the Poconos; the latest in a series of trademark infringement lawsuits filed by E & J Gallo; the contents of the White House wine cellar; the recent Italian wine scandal, in which bottles of Brunello di Montalcino were refilled with plonk costing $1 per liter; how an obscured blogger forced the brewing giants to disclose the ingredients in their beers; Veuve Clicquot’s 50-year experiment to age Champagne at the bottom of the ocean; booze-flavored ice cream, and the manufacture of trendy goat cheese by prison inmates.

LINKS:

Binny’s Beverage Depot—Link to: http://www.binnys.com

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History—Link to:

Moonshine Nation—Link to:

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A large number of facilities that produce alcohol report ongoing occurrences of paranormal activity. Is there something about these places that attracts ghosts, and keeps those ghosts coming back? Mark speaks with Brock Wagner, one of the owners of Saint Arnold Brewery in Texas, the country’s largest craft brewer, about frequent ghost sightings in his building; he then talks with Amy Preske from Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky, which has had instances of hauntings for many years. Both places have been featured in depth on Ghost Hunters, as well as similar TV shows.

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Saint Arnold Brewing Company—Link to: http://www.saintarnold.com

Buffalo Trace distillery—Link to: http://www.buffalotrace.com

Binny’s Beverage Depot—Link to: http://www.binnys.com

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If you fantasize about owning your own winery, you’re not alone—after the desire to open a restaurant, winery ownership is one of the most common fantasies in the human psyche. The cost of admission, however, is

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Binny’s Beverage Depot—Link to: http://www.binnys.com

Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating History—Link to:

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