Episode #42: Wayne Curtis, Drinks Columnist, The Daily Beast, Imbibe and Garden & Gun

In Episode #42, Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig of Hanna Lee Communications chat with Wayne Curtis, Drinks Columnist for The Daily Beast, Imbibe and Garden & Gun. ⁣⁣⁣

Wayne won the Spirited Award for Best Cocktail & Spirits Writing at this year’s Tales of the Cocktail, where he also earned top accolades in 2017. He is the author of “And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails” and was a long-time contributor to The Atlantic.⁣

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Lend an ear to this jovial, inquisitive and scholarly journalist who shares his thoughts on:⁣⁣⁣⁣

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1. How The Daily Beast, Imbibe and Garden & Gun have different editorial points of view and audiences.⁣

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2. How his stories often come about by posing the simple question, “Why do you do something in the way you do?”⁣

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3. How rum continues to fascinate him, from its history to its politics to its vast spectrum of flavor profiles.⁣

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4. Why he believes cocktail books written by bars are a snapshot of our times and provide an important historical record.⁣

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5. Why he thinks Sazerac Company’s Mark Brown, one of the brightest people in the industry and the author of an indispensable e-newsletter, is bringing hospitality forward.⁣

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⁣Connect with Wayne via his website, www.waynecurtis.com, and on IG at @wcurtis. ⁣

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⁣For more information on our agency, please visit www.hannaleecommunications.com.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ For a chance to win our agency's new book, "The Japanese Art of the Cocktail," please email [email protected] and share your favorite pitching tip from the show.⁣⁣⁣⁣

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⁣Connect with hosts Hanna Lee (@hannaleeny), Michael Anstendig (@michaelanstendig) and our agency (@hannaleepr) on IG.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

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