Taste Radio
The top podcast for anyone building a business in food or beverage, BevNET’s Taste Radio features interviews with the leaders and rising stars of our fast-evolving industry. The shows also include discussion on emerging trends, innovation and news of the week from our regular cadre of hosts from the BevNET and NOSH teams.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 782
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
BevNET Podcast Ep. 42: Rounding Out the Numbers With Investment Platform CircleUp
In the past two years, crowd investing firm CircleUp has morphed from solely a platform for investors to fund innovative, early-stage consumer brands into one that is also an investor itself. Last we…
00:35:15 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
BevNET Podcast Ep. 41: Five Brand Attributes That Spell Success for Whipstich's Mike Burgmaier
BevNET’s podcast team recently visited with Mike Burgmaier, the co-founder and managing director of Whipstitch Capital, an investment bank that provides mergers and acquisitions and private placement…
00:36:56 |
Fri 13 Jan 2017
BevNET Podcast Ep. 40: The Trends to Watch in Beverage, Beer and Food
Year two of the BevNET Podcast begins with a discussion on trends to watch in the worlds of non-alcoholic beverages, craft beer and natural foods. In this edition, the podcast team is joined by BevNE…
00:45:46 |
Fri 06 Jan 2017
BevNET Podcast Ep. 39: What Happens at BevNET Live…
It took us a couple of weeks to recover from the biggest BevNET Live conference yet, but in this edition of the podcast, we reflected on the three-day event, which was held from Dec. 4-6 in Santa Mon…
00:36:09 |
Thu 22 Dec 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 38: Mouthwatering Innovation? FoodMinds Says It’s In the Can.
In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, the team is joined by Grant Prentice, the vice president of strategic insights for FoodMinds, a food nutrition communications and consulting firm. FoodMinds adv…
00:44:20 |
Fri 16 Dec 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 37: Califia Farms CEO: “The Biggest Could Be Ahead of Us”
Greg Steltenpohl, the CEO of Califia Farms and a beverage entrepreneur for nearly four decades, is constantly thinking about innovation. For Steltenpohl, who cut his teeth in the beverage business in…
00:39:59 |
Fri 09 Dec 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 36: High-Stepping With L.A. Libations Co-Founder
The career of Danny Stepper, a co-founder of beverage incubator L.A. Libations, is one that comes with lot of stories -- and he's happy to tell them. BevNET's podcast team recently sat down with Step…
00:32:59 |
Fri 02 Dec 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 35: Health-Ade Co-Founder -- Kombucha is Poster Child for “Real Food” Movement
Health-Ade’s new 50,000 sq. ft. production facility in Torrance, Calif. is impressive: state-of-the art equipment, automated technology, and plenty of room to make a lot of kombucha. We recently visi…
00:26:19 |
Fri 18 Nov 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 34: Zico's Mark Rampolla -- Investors Love Brands Focused on Systematic Change
These days Zico founder Mark Rampolla spends most of his time thinking about transformative technology and better-for-you sweets. Three years removed from the sale of his coconut water brand to the C…
00:19:18 |
Fri 11 Nov 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 33: The Secret Sauce in Coke’s Recipe for Entrepreneurial Investment
A couple weeks ago, the podcast team had an opportunity to sit down with Scott Uzzell, the president of the Coca-Cola Co.’s Venturing and Emerging Brands (VEB) unit. The overarching mission of VEB is…
00:20:56 |
Fri 04 Nov 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 32: Conveniently, a Conversation About BevNET’s Five-Star Reviews
After a few weeks on the road, the podcast team finally made it back in the conference room at BevNET HQ, where we recently chatted about our travels. In this edition, we look back at last week’s NAC…
00:37:48 |
Fri 28 Oct 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 31: What's Trending Among London's Libations?
For this week’s episode of the BevNET podcast, we’ve crossed the Atlantic to explore a beverage market that’s outside of our usual coverage area: London. Joining the podcast are Hugh Thomas and Joe B…
00:31:34 |
Fri 21 Oct 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 30: The Dirty Secret About Success in the Beverage Industry
In this edition of the BevNET podcast, we’re joined by Gerry Khermouch, a longtime beverage reporter and the editor of email newsletter Beverage Business Insights. Khermouch, who also pens a column f…
00:30:32 |
Fri 14 Oct 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 29: Why ACG, An Early Investor In Suja, Doesn’t “Make Bets”
Trevor Nelson, the co-founder and managing partner of private equity firm Alliance Consumer Growth (ACG) is admittedly gunshy about speaking to the media. It’s not that Nelson isn’t well-spoken; in f…
00:27:28 |
Tue 11 Oct 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 28: Gatorade and the Gatekeepers of Sports Drinks with ESPN's Darren Rovell
Darren Rovell, the veteran ESPN sports business reporter, wrote the book on Gatorade -- literally. His 2005 feature First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat Into a Cultural Phenomeno…
00:38:23 |
Fri 07 Oct 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 27: The Next Investment Target for General Mills’ 301 Inc. Unit Is...
At Natural Products Expo East 2016, BevNET’s podcast team sat down with John Haugen, the vice president and general manager of General Mills’ 301 Inc. incubation unit. In this podcast, Haugen discuss…
00:13:29 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 26: Blogging The Food Revolution with Max Goldberg
Influential blogger and organic food pundit Max Goldberg stopped by the BevNET Podcast home office this week for a discussion of the state of the organic food and beverage industry, the issues concer…
00:25:01 |
Fri 30 Sep 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 25: What Are The Next Billion Dollar Brands? Tom First Tells.
This week, the podcast team is joined by veteran entrepreneur, investor and advisor Tom First, best known as the co-founder Nantucket Nectars. First is currently an operating partner at private equit…
00:33:38 |
Fri 23 Sep 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 24: Hacking Expo East
Natural Products Expo East 2016 opens next week, and this edition of the podcast offers our take on how exhibitors and attendees can make the most of the event.
00:23:29 |
Fri 16 Sep 2016
BevNET Podcast Ep. 23: It’s Effectively Our Take on Probiotics
In this edition of the podcast, we follow up on a recent BevNET Magazine article that examined a growing controversy regarding standards and regulation in the expanding world of probiotic beverages. …
00:30:25 |
Fri 09 Sep 2016
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