On World Whisky Day, we interviewed five different representatives from six different distilleries from across the world for our Live Tasting Event. On Part 1, we interview Val Colella, Castle & Key National Brand Ambassador and Dom Venegas, Pernod Whisky Portfolio Ambassador.
(00:03:05 - 00:28:30) - Val guides us through her history of growing up and living in New York, but finding her love and passion for whiskey down in Kentucky. She also shares how their young distillery is taking strides to become the next great American whisky distillery reviving in the Old Taylor distillery.
(29:00 - 01:20:20) - Dom takes us through his extensive personal history from behind the bar in San Francisco and New York. He shares his experience of opening bars like Bourbon & Branch and The Nomad New York, and the folk heroes he met along the way that encoungered him to develop an undeniable passion for spirits. He also ushers the audience back through history to explain strenuous backgrounds of how both The Glenlivet and Spot Whiskeys endured to be in our glasses today.