DOTJ - Drinking On The Job

Episode 321: Emmett’s on Grove has one of NYC’s most exciting wine lists. Wine Director Stella Alverson gives us the how—and why.

Send us Fan Mail What makes a great wine list great? At Emmett’s, Wine Director Stella Alverson presides over one of NYC’s most exciting lists—thoughtful, adventurous,

Episode: REDUX: The mystery of White Truffles, the Season is here!

Send us Fan Mail Imagine being on a subway in NYC with thousands of dollars of White Truffles stuffed in a duffle bag....... White Truffles have arrived in NYC! The Tru

Ep: Randall Grahm -California’s most visionary and influential winemaker.

Send us Fan Mail Randall Grahm is one of California’s most visionary and influential winemakers—an iconoclastic pioneer whose creative spirit reshaped the American wine

Ep 320: Dimitri Karagiannis, Wine Director at Babbo, on the challenges he faced and his journey to the top.

Send us Fan Mail Dimitri Karagiannis never imagined he’d become Wine Director at Babbo. He studied journalism in Athens, built a career in the media, then moved to New Y

Ep 319: Revisiting a great interview with Cathy Corison: Trailblazer, Wine Legend and Icon.

Send us Fan Mail I had to re- broadcast this with all the talk of problems in Napa.  Cathy Corison  has been making  wine in Napa for four decades and has seen it all,

Episode 318: David Wright, Curator of the Wellfleet Historical Society: Oysters, Shellfish & the Banana Story You Won’t Believe.

Send us Fan Mail Oysters, whaling, shipwrecks, the Revolution, bananas and a town built around the sea—David Wright brings the wonderfully strange history of Wellfleet t

Episode 317: Eulalie isn't trying to get you a reservation. They're trying to get to know you. It's not a restaurant built around technology. It's built around people, great food and wine.

Send us Fan Mail In  a world where restaurants are run by apps, algorithms and reservation platforms, Tina Vaughn is fighting back—with a telephone, a handwritten reserv

Episode 316: Encore Ep,Legend James Shrum is retiring after 33 years behind the bar. He’s met Nelson Mandela, danced with Hillary Clinton, hung with Warren Buffet, Paul McCartney and many more stories.

Send us Fan Mail James Shrum is The Worlds’ Most Interesting Man. Let this great bartender-adventurer show you how to punch above your weight class. Listen as he reminis

Episode 315: A historical dive into where the wine world went wrong. Justine Belle Lambright and Kalche Wine Cooperative are on a mission to give wine back to the people.

Send us Fan Mail Kalche Wine Cooperative is helping lead the way toward a new, sustainable, worker-designed economy. Their farming and production practices pay tribute t

EP 314:A DOTJ CLASSIC from the archives. Andre Mack is everywhere. Enjoy...

Send us Fan Mail Andre Mack defines true entrepreneurship. He doesn’t go around obstacles.  He walks through them... from restaurants to wine and spirits brands there is

Episode 313: Author Robin Robinson joins me to discuss his new book, The History of Whiskey. Reading it is like experiencing a Ken Burns documentary—only in a glass.

Send us Fan Mail Why is whiskey sometimes spelled without the "e"? Who makes the better whiskey—the Scots or the Irish? Did explorers really uncover three lost cases of

Episode 312: Mathieu Sabbagh is distilling Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes from Burgundy to create the award-winning SABS Gin, Marc de Bourgogne, and Fine de Bourgogne.

Send us Fan Mail Matthieu Sabbagh is one of the few mobile distillers in the world, traveling directly to Burgundy's most celebrated vineyards and producers to dist

Episode 311: Demaison Selections celebrates Thirty years. Countless bottles. Endless stories. Director Ryan Looper has a big secret to share!

Send us Fan Mail For 30 years, André Tamers and De Maison Selections have been changing the way America drinks wine—discovering iconic producers before anyone else, cham

Episode 310: Pierre-Antoine Rovani has turned Maison Remoissenet into a serious terroir driven Burgundy house. Let’s talk Burgundy!

Send us Fan Mail Wine critic. Palate shaper. Burgundy insider. Before he helped define a generation of wines at The Wine Advocate, Pierre-Antoine Rovani was helping sha

Episode 309: Emmy Award winning Chef Andrew Zimmern's new book, The Blue Food Cookbook is your seafood bible.

Send us Fan Mail Globetrotting chef Andrew Zimmern—a fearless voice at the intersection of food, culture, and curiosity—dives into what we eat, why it matters, and the s

Episode 308:Two rooms, one great vibe: Café Mulberry and The Mulberry. Partner Justin Sievers on what it takes.

Send us Fan Mail Café Mulberry and The Mulberry are redefining neighborhood dining—where old-school charm meets downtown edge, and every detail feels personal. This is a

Episode 307: Cho Wines, Oregon—precision, soul, electricity in every glass.

Send us Fan Mail David & Lois Cho are crafting wines with precision, energy, and a kind of quiet intensity that stays with you. No shortcuts. No excess. Just clarity an

Episode 306- L’erta…If Chianti had a Grand Cru village, it might be Radda. Real deal Chianti.

Send us Fan Mail Perched above the village of Radda in Chianti, this tiny 12-acre estate is carved into steep hillsides at 1,050–1,200 feet, surrounded by forest and bat

Episode 305: Philippe Guyonnet of Pierre Gravée Vouvray and the electric energy of Chenin Blanc.

Send us Fan Mail His first vintage captivated top sommeliers in Paris and Michelin-starred restaurants — and never made it to the U.S. Now the second vintage has arrived

Episode 304:Victor Schwartz is a hero. VOS Imports’ landmark victory over Trump’s tariffs! The back story starts here.

Send us Fan Mail When tariffs hit, small importers didn’t just lose margin — they lost oxygen. But one importer refused to accept it. Victor Schwartz of VOS Imports took