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The Weekend Pour: Wine & Health🍷
Every Friday, bringing you a book, podcast, and article that I'm reading or listening to with a drink in hand.
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Derek Brown
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15 Words to Change Your Life
Dr. Stephen C. Hayes shares the secret to a liberated mind and how psychological flexibility can help support mindful drinking.
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Derek Brown
Pulling the Curtain Back on Spirit Competitions
Spirits judge, Derek Brown, reveals the secret to medaling at spirit competitions for both alcohol and non-alcoholic spirits alike.
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Derek Brown
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Thanksgiving Pairings: Save Your Brine for The Next Day
L.P. O'Brien of Netflix Drink Masters' favorite non-alcoholic Thanksgiving pairing actually comes the day after.
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Derek Brown
I ❤️ N.A. L.A.
Los Angeles is a rising star for non-alcoholic cocktails with numerous shops, pop-ups, and bars, including one of the best non-alcoholic cocktail…
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Derek Brown
Re-Enchanting Nightlife
Maria Bastasch created "No & Low" pop-up, Disco Mary, through both her experience and with a little magic.
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Derek Brown
From Spice Cabinets to Spinning Cones
Seth O’Malley’s unusual journey to become the U.S.’s first founding distiller of a completely non-alcoholic spirits distillery, Wilderton Botanical…
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Derek Brown
Say Yes to the Bitters
Ian and Carly Blessing left "fancy wine" to start a line of non-alcoholic cocktail bitters and make something entirely of their own.
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Derek Brown
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