How One Rumfest Can Transform Your Life

Peter Holland

  Peter Holland’s relationship with Rum changed from platonic friend to true love by the time he left his first RumFest UK in 2009.  He had just launched his own Rum-centric website, TheFloatingRumShack.com and, for a long time, it was just a hobby. Now after almost 10 years, he has grown to be one of

Why Savoie wines will knock your skis off!

Why Savoie wines will knock your skis off!

One morning with Bernard Vissoud, Savoie wine specialist, and you will never dismiss the wines of Savoie Mont Blanc again. Savoie grapes have suffered a bad reputation in the past. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of a new generation, these wines are changing minds and winning awards. My guests, Jérémy Dupraz of Domaine

How to Make the Mauresque Mai Tai

Mauresque Mai Tai by Johnny Salvo, Savoie Mont Blanc, France

Our cocktail of the week is one of the many that Johnny made for me. It’s called the Mauresque Mai Tai  – the Savoie twist on the Mai Tai or you could say a tiki twist on the local Mauresque cocktail, originally made with Absinthe and Orgeat. Hear Johnny explaining the Mauresque Mai Tai on Lush

How to Start Your Career Right

Scott Lever, Chivas Regal, London

So you want to be a Brand Ambassador? You can get there a variety of ways: bartending, competition winning, or by applying to the Chivas International Graduate Programme like our guest today, Scott Lever, Chivas Regal Brand Ambassador.  A year into the program and his enthusiasm is palpable. It’s not hard to be excited when

How to Make the Viva La Autumn!

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Viva La Autumn! Head Bartender at Studio Bar, Adrian Fartais shares his recipe for the ‘Viva Autumn’ Cocktail which was available at K West Hotel & Spa for London Cocktail Week 2018. Viva Autumn consists of the most renowned Italian liqueur with its lemon yellow colouring and harmonious taste. Treat your taste buds with this easy

How to Be Bold In Your Approach

Charlotte Cook, Truman's Brewery, London

People drink beer all the time, but how many can say that after drinking one IPA, their future was altered completely? Our next guest can. Charlotte Cook was on track for a career in law and, after that very sip of craft beer, she knew her life had changed. Now as Co-Lead Brewer at Truman’s

How to Complete a PHD While Sipping Pisco

Who would think the Greek rhetorician Hermogenes might have been the Brand Ambassador of Pisco Waqar? He wrote of clarity, brilliance, gravity, beauty, distinctness, sweetness and subtlety. All the same rhetoric that Brand Ambassador Javiera Lorenzini Raty uses to describe Pisco Waqar. She should know, as she is also completing a PHD on Hermogenes’ influence