Developing a taste for wine is easy when your family owns vineyards and your father won’t start a meal unless a bottle is on the table. It was a natural progression for our guest today to go from wine drinker to Master Sommelier. Once he left Puglia and arrived at the Stafford London, Gino Nardella
The cocktail was created by Benoit Provost and made with Saffron Gin, shaken with lemon juice, honey and Champagne and garnished with star anise. It has long been the most popular drink on The American Bar’s Cocktail menu. If you want to hear Benoit Provost, Head Bartender at the American Bar in the Stafford, head
Lush Life Podcast, Season 2
How one man avoided a lifetime of house flipping with Sam Carter, Bombay Sapphire, Laverstoke
Our guest today had a moment of doubt. After watching too many episodes of Location, Location, Location, he thought he would switch from making Rum Flips to doing Room Flips. Thank goodness for us, it only took a matter of months before Sam Carter saw the errors of his ways and settled back behind the
To celebrate the opening of the Bombay Sapphire Distillery at Laverstoke Mill in 2014, Sam Carter, the Bombay Sapphire Brand Ambassador, has created this future classic in the making: Bombay Sapphire with Martini Bianco, Bottlegreen elderflower cordial, lime wedges then topped it off with Fever-Tree ginger ale. SAM CARTER’S TOP TIPSYou can adapt this cocktail
Rumor has it that one day in the 1860s, successful wine dealer Alexandre Le Grand was lounging in his library when a slip of paper fell out of the book he was reading. This simple slip of paper held the recipe that would ultimately change the course of his life. It was said to be
Our Lush Life guest Gregory J. Buda is mixing an Irish Whiskey & Apricot Soda – a match made in heaven! Sadly, unless you can scam a few bottles of Dickie’s Dried Apricot Soda, you can’t make this at home. Still, you can make Cinnamon Tincture at home. The recipe is below! To hear more
Looking down a microscope 24/7, you could get thirsty. Our guest today did, leading him to experiment more on martinis, than moss, stepping away from a life of botany into one filled with B52s, Bacardi and bitters. Today, we sit down with Gregory J Buda, Director of Education & Training Manager of the Dead Rabbit,
Lush Life Podcast, Season 2
How to ride your horse and carriage straight to the Carversville Inn with Lydiann Spencer-Jones
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
Enjoy the “South Of The River” while you’re outside on the terrace of the East London Liquor Company! You need some time to make this cocktail if you want to get it right. First start with East London Liquor Company’s Demerara Rum and some Taiwanese Oolong Tea. Use 14g of tea to a 700ml bottle and let it
Lush Life Podcast, Season 2
How to go from Archeologist to Brand Ambassador in one easy sip with Mikey Pendergast, East London Liquor Company
His parents both did it and they never wanted our next guest to go anywhere near it. Like kids usually do, he didn’t listen. Somehow Mikey Pendergast found himself on a fast track to becoming an archaeologist. That was until he stepped behind a bar. Now they can breathe more easily as he is now