Radio Imbibe

In the summer of 2020, wine educator and enthusiast George W.C. Walker III made a big move from Michigan to step into the role of assistant director of operations at Wade Cellars, the Napa Valley winery opened by NBA champion Dwyane Wade. We featured Walker as a Person to Watch in our Imbibe 75 issue earlier this year, and for this episode, we check in on how he’s settled into his role at Wade Cellars; the concerns among California winemakers about this year’s wildfire season; and the wines he’s enjoying this summer.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe. 

The July/August 2021 issue kicks off summer with a celebration of outdoor imbibing. For this episode, Trevor Easter and Britta Currie from The Snug in Sacramento walk us through one of the recipes they shared for that issue, the Phil Collins, and chat about bar life post-COVID and the drinks they’re excited to be mixing this summer.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe. 

Chris Cabrera is the national LGBTQ+ ambassador for Bacardi, and one of our Imbibe 75 People to Watch for 2021. For this episode, we chat with them about their work in creating the role of an LGBTQ+ ambassador and what this means for the hospitality industry, as well as about their role as an activist in the LGBTQ+ community, and the ongoing significance of Pride. Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us. To celebrate Pride, Imbibe is donating $2 from each subscription order through the end of June to Lambda Legal, which works to protect and advance the rights of LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV—click here to subscribe. 

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey founder and CEO Fawn Weaver was featured as one of our Imbibe 75 People to Watch in 2018, and since then, Uncle Nearest has gone on to become the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in history. For this episode, we catch up with Weaver about the newly announced Uncle Nearest Venture Fund—a $50 million project to invest in spirits brands founded, owned, and led by BIPOC and women—and discuss the fund’s first two recipients, as well as plans for Uncle Nearest and the freshly completed Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.

Kevin Diedrich’s prodigious talents as a bartender made him a star of San Francisco’s bar scene, and his Union Square bar, Pacific Cocktail Haven, is one of the mainstays of the city’s cocktail culture. For this episode, we chat with Diedrich about the challenges he’s faced running PCH during the Covid crisis; his decision to open a new bar, Kona’s Street Market (one of our Imbibe 75 Places to Watch for 2020) in the midst of the pandemic; and how a devastating fire at PCH the same week as Kona’s grand opening prompted him to take PCH’s cocktails and crew on the road in a series of pop-up events.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.

The May/June 2021 issue of Imbibe features a look at the flavorful world of liqueurs. For this episode, we’re joined by Jake Parrott, the national sales manager for Haus Alpenz—which imports some of the more fascinating (and delicious) liqueurs in the category—as he discusses how such liqueurs are produced and how to properly taste and appreciate liqueurs in cocktails, and guides us through a tasting of several liqueurs in the Haus Alpenz portfolio.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.

The March/April 2021 issue of Imbibe features an exploration of Scotch whisky and some of the people helping to shape the category, including Tommy Klus, a longtime bartender and current owner of Scotch Lodge in Portland, Oregon. For episode 22, we chat with Klus and Scotch Lodge bar manager Aaron Zieske about introducing drinkers to the wonders of Scotch whisky, what excites them most about the spirit, and their approach to making whisky cocktails.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.

The March/April 2021 issue of Imbibe dives deep into the world of Scotch whisky, and one of the people we spoke with for this exploration is Cameron George, the U.S. national brand ambassador for Ardbeg. For episode 20, we chat with George about the expressive single malts from Islay, and we discuss the evolution taking place within Scotch whisky’s outreach and marketing efforts.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.

Ian Burrell is no stranger in the rum world. An acclaimed rum expert, educator, and ambassador, and a founder of events including U.K. Rum Fest and London Rum Week, Burrell is now one of the co-founders of Equiano Rum, which debuted in Europe and the U.S. last year. In this episode he talks with us about the rum’s distinctive blend of spirits from Mauritius and Barbados; the history of the rum’s namesake; and the brand’s charitable foundation and its first grant recipient, Anti-Slavery International.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.

Our March/April 2021 issue dives deep into the world of Scotch whisky, with explorations of the spirit’s history, its diversity of regions and styles, and the people helping to shape whisky’s future. Becky Paskin is a veteran drinks journalist and the former editor of ScotchWhisky.com, and a co-founder of OurWhisky, a global campaign to champion diversity and inclusion in the whisky industry. In March 2021, OurWhisky released its inaugural report, Women & Whisky: Female Representation in Social Media Marketing. For this episode, we talk with Becky Paskin about the need for such efforts, the changes underway in the world of Scotch whisky, and how the whisky industry can move ahead on a path toward greater equity and inclusion.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.