Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
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Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
Is Bourbon Back? The New Era of Buffalo Trace and Beyond
Bottles & Bites Without Borders
26 minutes
4 months ago
Is Bourbon Back? The New Era of Buffalo Trace and Beyond
Send us a text After years of chasing ghost bottles and lining up at dawn, bourbon lovers are wondering—is the tide finally turning? With Buffalo Trace announcing Eagle Rare 12-Year, and major distilleries finishing billion-dollar expansions, are the dark days of empty shelves and insane secondary prices behind us? In this episode, host Rob Clark digs into the state of the bourbon world—production trends, market shifts, and why you just might find that bottle of Weller, Eagle Rare, or even Bl...
Bottles & Bites Without Borders
Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
