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Raise a Glass

Cheers to the Nation's Best Wine Programs

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Raise a Glass to Huse Culinary's, Jen Watterson, Director of Beverage Raise a Glass

Raise a Glass to Huse Culinary's, Jen Watterson, Director of Beverage

Twenty-two years after starting out at the legendary St. Elmo Steak House, Jen Watterson now runs the beverage program for all of Huse Culinary. The onetime aspiring rock star talks mentors, Malbec camp in Argentina, making the case for Nebbiolo, and why sparkling wine and fried calamari never miss.
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Raise a Glass to Flagship Restaurant Group's, Shannon Saulsbury, Wine & Sake Program Manager Raise a Glass

Raise a Glass to Flagship Restaurant Group's, Shannon Saulsbury, Wine & Sake Program Manager

Raised on an Iowa farm that once held the state's largest llama and alpaca herd, Shannon Saulsbury fell for restaurants the night Babbo treated a moody ten-year-old like royalty. Now she curates wine and sake across Flagship Restaurant Group's concepts. She talks Armenian Areni, screwcaps, sake's rise, and the era of moderate premiumization.
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Raise a Glass to Consolidated Restaurant Operation's, Bill Watson, VP of Marketing Raise a Glass

Raise a Glass to Consolidated Restaurant Operation's, Bill Watson, VP of Marketing

CRO, Consolidated Restaurant Operations, is ranked among the largest private companies. We sit down with Consolidated Restaurant Operations's VP of Marketing to talk wine, career, and what's ahead.
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Raise a Glass to Hyatt Lifestyle Hotels, Miranda Breedlove,National Director of Bars Raise a Glass

Raise a Glass to Hyatt Lifestyle Hotels, Miranda Breedlove,National Director of Bars

She grew up selling her family's handmade soap at craft fairs in Minnesota; now Miranda Breedlove directs the bar programs for Hyatt's lifestyle brands, from Andaz to Thompson Hotels. She talks a sherry epiphany in Jerez, the unstoppable rise of the spritz, and why her go-to pour is Gruner Veltliner or an orange wine from Eastern Europe.
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Raise a Glass to SSP America's, Josh Barone, Vice President, Commercial Raise a Glass

Raise a Glass to SSP America's, Josh Barone, Vice President, Commercial

SSP America brands themselves as "The Food Travel Experts. We sit down with SSP America's Vice President of Commercial to talk wine, career, and what's ahead.