Every episode of Lush Life Podcast is dear to me and I love meeting so many new people. It’s very rare for me to interview someone whom I have known for at least 15 years.  Every Friday night, almost without fail, my family heads to the local inn for dinner. It’s a tradition when I

Alexandre Le Grand could teach us all a lesson or two on brand awareness. Lesson 1 – find a 300 year old recipe. Lesson 2 – remake it for today’s palate, Lesson 3 – Market the hell out of it. His first trick was copyrighting every aspect of Bénédictine – the recipe, the bottle, the

He was always been one step ahead of the gin craze. Olivier Ward, our guest today, worked for the powerhouse Hendricks in its early days, wrote one of the first gin blogs, and ultimately founded the Home of Gin, aka the Gin Foundry. Gin Foundry has grown as fast as the gin industry! Just when

First study English Literature, then move to London and then visit Cuba – at least that’s what our guest today did before making me the Daiquiri of my dreams. Dave Miller, General Manager of Ray’s Bar in London, reveals how one phone call changed the course of his life. From a tiny town in Scotland,