Travels with Wine, Whiskey, and Whatever Floats Your Boat (#118)

It’s Labor Day weekend in the US — picnics and BBQs galore — and #nerdbirds Brendan and Rachel reminisce with travel stories of all things drinkable: whiskey tasting in Tennessee and Japan, Guinness in Ireland, unique wineries in Central and Northern California, a surreal submarine bus tour in LA, Italian drinking culture, and nonalcoholic cocktails in the airport lounge.

Links to tours and companies mentioned in this episode:

• The very wide variety of Jack Daniels tours in Tennessee, including a Dry County one with no whiskey tasting
• Suntory Yamizaki Distillery, Japan
• Guinness Brewery Tour, Ireland
• Lost Spirits, from Brendan’s travel story while the startup was in LA. Now open for tours in Vegas
• Central California (Paso Robles): Halter Ranch, Peachy Canyon (with the Zinfandel Port)
• Northern California (Sonoma): Benziger Family Winery: Biodynamic Farming, Olive Oil Tours (one of many in Glen Ellen)
• Seedlip nonalcoholic spirits