Radio Imbibe

Episode 160: Negroni Week 2026, with Francisco Terrazas and Renato Giovannoni

It’s Negroni Week! For this episode we’re joined by Francisco Terrazas, executive director of the Tequila Interchange Project (TIP), to share how TIP has used a grant fro

Episode 159: Tiffanie Barriere and “Good Spirits: The Joy of Cocktails and the Stories Behind Them”

Tiffanie Barriere is an Atlanta-based bartender, educator, mentor, consultant—and now author of her first book, Good Spirits: The Joy of Cocktails and the Stories Behind

Episode 158: Best Of—That Martini Magic, with Natasha Bahrami, Trevor Easter, and Abigail Gullo

[This episode originally aired April 30, 2025.] The most celebrated cocktail of the 20th century is finding fresh fans today, as bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts aroun

Episode 157: Best Of—The Brandy Crusta, with Chris Hannah

[This episode originally aired October 29, 2024.] The Brandy Crusta isn’t only an essential New Orleans cocktail, it’s a key part of cocktail history, too. New Orleans ba

Episode 156: Bringing the Global Bar to Hong Kong, with Lorenzo Antinori

Lorenzo Antinori was taking a break from his law studies in Rome when the cocktail bug bit. After working at bars including the American Bar and Beaufort Bar at London’s

Episode 155: Vermouth Deep Dive, with Roberto Bava from Cocchi

Vermouths are a central component of today’s cocktail culture, and these aromatized wines and their relatives offer many avenues to explore. For this episode, we’re joine

Episode 154: You Should Be Drinking in New Orleans, with J’Nai Angelle, Kimberly Patton Bragg, and Gio Miano

Tales of the Cocktail is coming up fast, taking place this year in New Orleans from July 19-24. For this episode, we get insight on some great places around town to grab

Episode 153: Seed Library NYC and the Mr Lyan Universe, with Ryan Chetiyawardana

Ryan Chetiyawardana opened his first bar, White Lyan, in London in 2013, the first in a growing universe of cocktail bars built on a foundation of creativity and sustaina

Episode 152: Best of—The Gibson is Always There for You, with Sother Teague

[This episode originally aired on November 4, 2025.] The Gibson began as a minor Martini variation, swapping the latter’s olive or lemon twist for a pickled onion garnish

Episode 151: Twenty Years of Imbibing with Wayne Curtis, Ted Haigh, and David Wondrich

Imbibe features the best of today’s cocktails and cocktail bars, but our deep connection to cocktail history goes back to our first issue in 2006. For this episode, we’re

Episode 150: Absinthe’s Long Journey, with Ted Breaux

Ted Breaux is a research chemist and absinthe producer who in 2007 successfully challenged the U.S. ban on absinthe, reintroducing it to American drinkers for the first t

Episode 149: You Should Be Drinking in Spain, with François Monti

François Monti is a Madrid-based author and journalist, and a regular contributor to Imbibe. For this episode, we join François for a drink at the Madrid cocktail bar Mom

Episode 148: Everyday Sake, with Yoko Kumano and Kayoko Akabori

Yoko Kumano and Kayoko Akabori have been introducing guests to sake, shochu, and other Japanese beverages for many years now at their Oakland, California bottle shop and

Episode 147: The Business of Specialty Spirits, with Blake Riber from Seelbach’s

For this episode, we talk with Seelbach’s founder Blake Riber about his journey from bourbon enthusiast and blogger to building an online ecommerce site specializing in s

Episode 146: Talking Tequila With the People Who Make, Sell, and Serve It

Tequila is Mexico’s signature spirit, and the focus of our March/April 2026 issue. To better understand tequila, it’s valuable to hear from the people who spend their liv

Episode 145: Tequila Today, with David Suro Piñera

Our March/April 2026 issue is out, and it’s filled with a celebration and exploration of Mexico’s signature spirit, tequila. David Suro Piñera opened his Philadelphia res

Episode 144: The 2026 Imbibe 75, with Angus Rittenburg

THC beverages weren’t even an afterthought when Imbibe first debuted in 2006, but it’s a massive and rapidly changing part of the beverage world today. For this episode,

Episode 143: The 2026 Imbibe 75, with Sandrae Lawrence

Sandrae Lawrence is a familiar face to many in the British bar world, thanks to her role as co-founder of The Cocktail Lovers (IG: @thecocktaillovers), with husband Gary

Episode 142: The 2026 Imbibe 75, with Fabiola Santiago

Among our 2026 Imbibe 75 People to Watch is Fabiola Santiago, founder of Mi Oaxaca, a non-profit focused on preserving Oaxaca’s food and beverage cultures. Santiago joins

Episode 141: The 2026 Imbibe 75, with Kaitlyn Stewart

We’re continuing our celebration of Imbibe’s 20th anniversary year with a global celebration of the Imbibe 75 list of people and places shaping the way we drink. For this