Avallen Calvados co-founders, Tim Etherington-Judge and Stefanie Jordan, talk about the environmental impacts of the drinks industry, how they settled on the production of Calvados to work towards a healthier planet, and their other sustainable approaches from packaging to blockchain technology.
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Bee to Bottle and Erika Spirits
This month’s episode, Bee to Bottle, covers the importance of bees to the agricultural landscape in France (and elsewhere) and how one small beekeeper at Erika highlights honey with a gin, vodka and mead.
Japanese Spirits in France
This month we learn about Japanese Spirits in France, their increasing visibility in Paris and how the two cultures are coming together to create something more than the sum of their parts for culinary/cocktail experiences.
Apple Calvados Quick Bread
Quick take: Make this Apple Calvados Quick Bread recipe and serve with a sweeter cider Quick breads are an easy way to bake up something sweet or savory even if […]
COVID-19 Effects on France’s Drinks & Food Businesses – Part. 2/2
In Part 2 of this bonus episode of Paris Cocktail Talk, we explore how COVID-19 has affected the drinks and food industry in France with a dozen interviews from cocktail, spirits and gastronomy professionsl
Recommended Reading and (Virtual) Cocktail Party Conversation Starters Vol. 19
It’s another roundup of interesting cocktail and spirits related articles plus a few fun bits of news just made for online confinement cocktail party conversation starters. Cocktail Reading Happy Hour […]
Recommended Reading and Cocktail Party Conversation Starters Vol. 18
It’s another roundup of interesting cocktail and spirits related articles plus a few fun bits of news just made for cocktail party conversation starters. Cocktail Reading Microwave Your Manhattan (by […]
Viva Agave! Meet Sophie Decobecq of Calle 23 Tequila
Viva Agave – the festival dedicated to all things agave starts tomorrow! And, we’re at our second to last interview in the agave series…
Viva Agave! Meet Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada, co-founders of the projects La Punta Expendio de Agave and Maria Sabina in Rome
Mezcals are unique spirits with very different peculiarities. Learn to explore them….
Peruvian food and drink pairing at 11,700 ft
Perched at over 11,700 feet altitude above the Moray Inca ruins in the much more remote Sacred Valley, MIL is a major destination restaurant for dedicated foodies and drinkies.