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Hope you all had a great Christmas and are ready for the New Year. Did you get a bunch of wine gifts? 🙂
If you are a wine lover and like to keep track of what you drink, see wine ratings of other users as well as professional ratings store and rate your favorites and even track the wine in your cellar, you need Vivino!
Vivino is an online wine community, database and mobile application where users can buy, rate and review wines. Vivino was founded in July 2009 by Heini Zachariassen and Theis Sondergaard. As of 2014 ,Vivino has a wine database containing over 3 million different wines, and has 6.8 million users.
Take a photo of any wine label and instantly learn that wine’s rating, reviews, and average price. All supplied by the world’s largest wine community of 12 million wine drinkers.
1st up is Stephen Favrot, VP of Marketing at Vivino. The application and web site have changed significantly since I first started using it in early 2012. Co-Founder Heini Zachariassen was on the show in October of 2013. There is so much information to explore and use in addition to learning about wine you may want to buy or have purchased already. You can even buy wine through the App, and I’m talking some great deals. Check it out www.vivino.com
Want to see what I have been drinking? Follow “GoodLifeGuy” after you download the app or click here to see my wines, ratings and more. I have rated over 1200 wines and am currently ranked 426 out of many millions of users here in the USA.
In the second half I’ll be talking to my brother-in-law Chaz Robinson. He and wife Maggie have been busy building a company called “Sweet, Sour, Salty” and selling pickled locally grown produce sourced near their production facility in Virginia. While Chaz has an extensive background as a Chef at some great restaurants and has developed, ran and executed a great Denver restaurant called Shells & Sauce, I think he has found his true calling. The Pickle Master will tell us all about his story and the products produced. Note to self: Pickled Garlic is one of many must have jars…hope he brings some for Christmas day.
Follow them on Facebook and check out www.sweetsoursalty.net
Then…
Instead of a wine of the week, how about a fine Kentucky Bourbon with a cool name.
Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon
In 1794 a group of approximately 600 Mingo Creek militiamen surrounded Federal Tax Inspector John Neville’s fortified home, rebelling against the Excise Whiskey Tax of 1971. The farmers and militiamen taking part in this “Whiskey Rebellion” were fighting for the very same principles which fueled the American Revolution, and during the attack on Neville’s home – Bower Hill – two rebel leaders were killed, including Revolutionary War Major James McFarlane. Upon completion of the two-day battle, Neville’s home was razed by fire, and now, Bower Hill and the Whiskey Rebellion are commemorated with a new rebellious spirit, Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon.
Distilled and aged in Louisville, Kentucky, Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon has a warm amber appearance and an aroma of vanilla spice and rich, charred oak. On the palate, there are more spicy oak tannins complemented by lush fruits and wheat toast, leading to a long, smooth finish defined by caramel and popcorn.
Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon just hit the market in 2015 – be the first to pick up a bottle today at Jacob Liquor Exchange…tell them Good Life Guy “Bower” sent you!