I had occasion
to visit with F. Paul Pacult at the recently concluded Cheers Beverage
Conference and was once
again the better for it. During our chat he told me about his afternoon outing
with Dale DeGroff. For the benefit of first time visitors to Earth, Paul is our
planet's leading authority on spirits and all things alcohol and Dale is known
simply as the King Cocktail, and deservedly so.
February 2006 Archives
I enjoy bashing
multinational corporations as much as the next guy. Especially when one of
their herd does something outrageously stupid. Then I'm talking trash about it
with my first cup of coffee. But you can bet with confidence that cup of coffee
is from Starbucks. Now there's a corporation that even I won't talk trash
about. Political correctness be damned, I'm a loyal fan of Starbucks.
I am once again crammed into a seat on a commercial airliner,
making my way home from the recently completed Cheers
Beverage Conference held in Irvine, California. If you weren't fortunate
enough to have attended, let me fill you in on why you should do so next year.
Right
when you think you've heard just about everything there is to hear about this
industry, someone goes and bursts that notion to smithereens. If you're a fan
of the macabre and aren't repulsed by raw violence, read on; otherwise you'd be
well advised to avert your eyes.