What We're Drinking with Dan Dunn

Dan's guest is one of the best basketball players of all time, NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen. The main topic of discussion is the recently launched bourbon, DIGITS, a partnership between Pippen and legendary winemaker turned whiskey master Dave Phinney. Oh, and Dan and Scottie talk plenty of hoops as well. Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code WWDPOD20 for a great deal: https://w...

Dan welcomes the founders of Nocking Point Wines, actor Stephen Amell ("Arrow," "Heels") and Andrew Harding. Based in Walla Walla, WA, Nocking Point offers an array of different wine varietals created by some of the biggest names in showbiz, like Jason Momoa, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis. Also on the show, Lindsay Perry of Murphy-Goode Winery's "A Really Goode Job" c...

You've likely seen him featured in the hit Netflix docu-series "Bad Vegan," but did you know Joey Repice is also the guy behind one of the finest hot sauce brands in America? Well, you know now, bubba! On this episode we talk Joey's Hot Sauce, we talk "Bad Vegan," we talk about taking care of our planet... and we talk about all that like two goombahs from Philly and New York Ci...

This brief bonus episode’s featured cocktail has a name that strikes fear into the heart of the living. But the Zombie is actually made with lots of sweet and inviting ingredients such as fresh lime juice, Falernum, grenadine, rum, mint and more. Surprisingly, though, the recipe does not call for cranberries... or does it... Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code WWDPOD20 for a great...

On the 6-year anniversary of the release of his award-winning tome "American Wino: A Tale of Reds, Whites and One Man's Blues," Dan takes a stroll down memory lane. In addition to offering up everything you could ever want or need to know about Muscadine wine, he reads an excerpt from the book, reveals its origin and drops a few hints about a potential upcoming film adaptation. Our Spons...

After a spirited rant regarding the correct way to refer to one's pets AND another installment of our wildly popular new feature "What'll It Be" (this one featuring Bryan Cranston), Dan gives the skinny on some of the best booze and booze-related products on the market this Spring — from tequila to beer to whiskey-scented body wash, along with a terrific teeth whitener to take care of st...

Among the many vintage gems found in “Professor” Jerry Thomas’s illustrated Bar-Tender’s Guide of 1862, is a drink that originated in New Orleans called a Brandy Crusta. The recipe called for cognac, lemon juice, orange liqueur, and several types of bitters, served in a glass with a sugar “crust” (hence the name). Somewhere down the line, the Brandy Crusta was reimagined — sans bitters — and dubbe...

Dan is joined by Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist for The Strokes, a band that spearheaded a revival of 1960s-style garage rock in the early 21st century and continues making amazing music today. Albert is also the founder of an ultra-premium wine seltzer brand called Jetway. Plus, the debut of a segment called "What'll it Be," this one featuring Mr. Worldwide himself, Pitbull. And Dan reve...

For the third time since the pandemic began (and feigned being over) we return to The Stand Comedy Club in Manhattan for a riotously funny live panel in front of a sold-out crowd. Hopefully the third time is a charm re: Covid finally leaving us alone. Guests include comedians Joe DeRosa, Justin Silver, Natalie Cuomo and Sean Patton. What we're drinking throughout is Neptunia, a brand new expressio...

All hail the Manhattan! This classic cocktail named for NY’s most celebrated borough is, like the place, full of complexity, and definitely not for the faint of heart. But once you’ve come around to it, no other libation will ever move you in quite the same way. In about the time it takes to get through the Holland Tunnel (non-rush hour), Dan tells all about the only cocktail that can slug it out...

Dan chats up one of his favorite actors, Scoot McNairy. Scoot is known for stealing scenes in such films as Argo, Killing Them Softly, 12 Years a Slave, Gone Girl, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. On TV, he’s starred in AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, True Detective, Narcos: Mexico, and the Netflix western miniseries Godless... he’s also partnered up with the fine folks from TX Whiskey to help s...

In this, the 166th installment of America's favorite boozy podcast, Dan is joined by two of America's booze treasures — the former host of "Booze Traveler" Jack Maxwell, and Joe Beatrice, founder of Barrell Craft Spirits. And have we mentioned the word "booze" enough yet? Well, just in case... booze, booze, booze. Lively banter flows like rye whiskey in this episode (as does ac...

Comedian Brad Williams is back, with a big announcement about something no other comedian has ever done before... until now! Brad and Dan chatty-chat about all sorts of stuff, from the joys of Irish whiskey to the best comedians working today. Also on the show, the founders of Egan's Irish Whiskey, Jonny Egan and John Ralph, talk booze history, the state of the industry on the Emerald Isle, and St...

With St. Patrick's Day on the horizon, Dan tips back some Irish whiskey from The Dubliner with comedian, actor, podcast host and frequent guest Joe Derosa. These two old pals go toe-to-toe over a wide range of topics including the new mayor of New York, the most influential comedians of all-time and Kurt Russell's best movies. Not gonna lie, things get a little contentious... but it's all in good...

Academy Award-winning director and founder of Singani 63 Steven Soderbergh is back to talk about his latest film "Kimi" and a whole bunch of other topics including, but not limited to, some of the best character actors from his movies, a new drinking game, his epic quest to get Singani recognized as its own spirits category in America, and the next installment in the "Magic Mike&quo...

Dan has a rollicking conversation with the great Gianni Russo, best known for playing Carlo Rizzi in "The Godfather," which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Gianni talks about everything — his relationship to organized crime, his disdain for James Can, killing a pedophile when he was 11 years old and, of course, his love of wine. Our host has dubbed this interview an instant classic....

Born in Los Angeles, named for the capital of Russia, and created as the result of a supply and demand quandary, the Moscow Mule boasts one of the more unusual origin stories in the cocktail canon. Learn all about it, in the time it takes Kamila Valieva to skate the short program. Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code WWDPOD20 for a great deal: https://www.dietsmoke.com Advertising...

Our erstwhile East Coast Cohost cum Chief Other Side of the World Correspondent Colin Donnell checks in from Australia, where he's been holed up for many months shooting a new TV show for NBC... only the fanciest folks on the WWD podcast! Speaking of fancy, Dan and Colin are joined by roving correspondent Brad Japhe for a long and winding chat about birds, crocodiles, Internet trolls, corruption i...

Dan welcomes WWD's Chief Brooklyn Correspondent Scott Alexander for a SPIRITED discussion about an ambitious plan to combat some of social media's transgressions — a plan Dan has dubbed the "Who Cares? Movement." Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code WWDPOD20 for a great deal: https://www.dietsmoke.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-O...

The Harvey Wallbanger was invented in the 1960s by a booze importer desperate to unload a surplus of a weird vanilla liqueur called Galliano that no one wanted. He hid it where no one would notice: in a screwdriver. In a span of a few minutes, Dan tells ya everything you need to know about this canary-colored cocktail, including its fascinating relationship to Presidential politics. Our Sponsors:...

We kick off the episode with a throwback interview featuring one of Dan's favorite musical artists, G Love. Next up, a chat with LA bar impresario Cedd Moses, author of the new book "Pouring with Heart." Cedd shares some of his vast knowledge of the LA bar scene and offers tips on how to succeed in the bar business. Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code WWDPOD20 for a grea...

Dan enjoys some delicious red and white wines from Chile with famed entertainment reporter Stuart Brazell, of ABC's On the Red Carpet, along with a host of shows from Dick Clark Productions (The Golden Globes, American Music Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards). Also on the show, another installment of "Outside the Zone" in which Dan and WWD's roaming correspondent Brad Japhe try and f...

For the first time ever, we feature a drink for the sole purpose of canceling it. And that drink is the Irish Car Bomb. Invented by a pub owner in Connecticut who named it after an act of terrorism that has haunted generations of Irish citizens, needless to say this was not the American bartending community’s finest moment. Ah, but you know the old saw about dark clouds and silver linings... in th...

We begin 2022 with the always charming Zane Lamprey, former host of "Three Sheets" and "Drinking Made Easy," and the guy with whom we kicked off this whole podcast thing way back in the summer of 2019 B.C. It's a conversation focused on, but certainly not limited to, beer. Dan and Zane also make fun of each other a lot. Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code WWDPO...

Yo, ho, ho! In the time it takes to sing an ol' sea shanty — and who doesn't love an ol' sea shanty? — Dan walks us down the plank and dives into the Dark 'n Stormy, an invigorating coalescence of Gosling's Black Seal Rum and ginger beer that hails from Bermuda and derives its name from one of the worst opening lines in literary history. A kissing cousin to the Moscow Mule, it's an inviting drink...