Drinking on the Edge

Following a decades-long career as a book editor for the likes of Dan Rather, Stephen Hawking, and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. while founding the Hudson Chatham Winery, Carlo DeVito took it upon himself to venture into authoring several successful books about American spirits and other matters. He also is a winemaking consultant to New Jersey wineries. In this episode of Drinking on the Edge he shares...

Upon graduating from Vassar College, Nicole Sierra-Rolet floated into an expected, successful Manhattan career in international relations. Upon meeting an intriguing Frenchman her life took a widely divergent course which led her, her eventual husband, and his family in France to develop La Verrière. With time and effort from this Provençal property grew Chêne Bleu, a wine brand cultivated with na...

From diving into his wines with foods of many kinds, Skouras family scion Dimitris details how his father and he for decades have been at the forefront of modernizing Greek wines. David recounts how early in his career these then-outlying, affordable Greek wines turned his head and laments that they're no longer so cheap albeit for good reason. This interview was spurred from David's visit to Skou...

Philippe's a living, dynamic force hailing from a venerable lineage of Alsace's finest vintners. Concerned not only with his family's heritage and its modern vinous expressions, he's long espoused progressive means of incorporating his work and life as one through calculated applications of natural procedures in the vineyard and his life. Produced by Matty Rosenberg and David Furer at Radio Free R...

New York's Finger Lakes region, famed for its farmed grapes and grains, has grown from a summer-only respite from city life into a year-round destination location for all manner of adult beverage producers. While wine remains #1 and continues to grow, brewers and distillers (and cideries) have recently bloomed tasing advantage of its rich agricultural heritage and scenic surroundings. This DotE ex...

In an effort to set the bar weirdly, David's first Drinking on the Edge was buoyed by a round of unusual beers, wines, and spirits. First up were two Belgian beers from the relatively large (for Belgium) Timmerman's brewery; a 2012 vintage Gueuze and a 2019 Kriek (cherry) shared with Epicurean regular Mike. Secondly he popped corks on two bottles of Spain's leading bubbly, Cava; a fresh & youn...