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The Night Cap Is Now The Day Cap Sipologist Theo Rutherford · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Enjoy your exploration. Hey, what's going on with you today, sir?
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  Speaker 2: But I'm sitting here looking at some gin vodka and
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  Speaker 2: sparkling wine, so I'm a happy camper.
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  Speaker 1: So you know what it's all about then, you know,
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  Speaker 1: being that sipologist that you are. We just did a
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  Speaker 1: wedding this past weekend, and it does seem to be
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  Speaker 1: the thing to have that signature cocktail this weekend. Though
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  Speaker 1: I've never seen this before, sweet red wine mixed with
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  Speaker 1: sundrop and crushed ice.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I feel like during the time it probably
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  Speaker 2: was delicious. The next day, I'm not entirely sure like
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  Speaker 2: that but at least during it that does sound pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: Especially Yeah, but the problem is with these special drinks
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  Speaker 1: and you're gonna be the specialist on this is the
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  Speaker 1: fact that they run out of it way too quickly.
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  Speaker 1: What is the so you know what I'm talking about?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean that means it's good, I guess,
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, if you want to drink it throughout the night,
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  Speaker 2: that's just disappointing. I guarantee you. The Briden groom probably
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  Speaker 2: didn't even taste fell.
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  Speaker 1: They did not, They didn't, they didn't. No, No, it
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  Speaker 1: was all gone during the cocktail hour. It was like done,
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  Speaker 1: gone out the door.
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  Speaker 2: That's just poor planning on the planner or the caterer's part.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm not going to sit there and judge them
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  Speaker 2: on their job.
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  Speaker 1: So now, what are you seeing? That's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a little bit different this year because everybody still is
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  Speaker 1: in love with the idea of being unique, and I mean,
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  Speaker 1: with so many choices these.
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  Speaker 2: Days, I think right now, the biggest thing that people
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  Speaker 2: are really looking at and they really want to togure
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  Speaker 2: out is how to sort of enjoy what they're doing
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  Speaker 2: even more, How to relax a little bit earlier, How
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  Speaker 2: to really be with the people that they're with, versus
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  Speaker 2: making it necessarily an overly big moment. So we're seeing
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  Speaker 2: people do something instead of a nightcap, that last night
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  Speaker 2: of the drink or the last drink of the night,
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  Speaker 2: rather where they're finally just the shoulders are going down
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  Speaker 2: and you're starting to actually relax. They're doing a day cap.
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  Speaker 2: So they're doing it a little bit early. Yes, that way,
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  Speaker 2: they're reaching for their favorite thing, they're reaching for their
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  Speaker 2: favorite cocktail, and they're able to actually enjoy the people
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  Speaker 2: they're with versus feeling like they have to entertain and
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  Speaker 2: they can relax at the end of everything.
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  Speaker 1: It's really interesting that you say that, because yesterday we
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  Speaker 1: had one of those fancy coffees, but we put alcohol
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  Speaker 1: in it because we're at the campsite. So you're right
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  Speaker 1: about that. Instead of the nightcap, we were doing the
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  Speaker 1: day cap, and it really does just for the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the day, you're nice and relaxed, you're into the moment.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like campsite also has airport rules, right do
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  Speaker 2: you sit there at a thirty in the morning. You
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't outside of an airport to day in the morning,
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  Speaker 2: but in an airport I think everything goes it works perfectly.
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  Speaker 1: Is that what your meetings are like at the Deutsch
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  Speaker 1: Family Wine and Spirits? I mean, are you guys just
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  Speaker 1: wide open and just having fun? Tell me what it's
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  Speaker 1: like to be there.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Deutsch is a great company, and we definitely
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  Speaker 2: you know, we work hard, play hard, So we take
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  Speaker 2: our jobs seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously. And
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, we ultimately have to
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  Speaker 2: remember that we work with booze for a living, and
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  Speaker 2: so it's supposed to be fun. We're supposed to enjoy
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  Speaker 2: what we're doing. We experiment a lot, we taste a lot.
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  Speaker 2: So there are definitely some nine thirty in the morning
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  Speaker 2: meetings that I'll sit there and there are eight glasses
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  Speaker 2: of wine in front of me to taste through. But
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  Speaker 2: we do take it, you know, we take that part
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  Speaker 2: seriously and actually spit and do the right thing. But
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  Speaker 2: we also at the end of the day do have
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  Speaker 2: pretty fun happy hours and our meetings can tend to
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  Speaker 2: be a lot of fun. Talking about the line sperit, well.
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  Speaker 1: You guys are involved, well you're not necessarily involved in this,
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  Speaker 1: but they but it has to be affecting you guys.
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  Speaker 1: The rise of these THC infuse things that are now
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  Speaker 1: being sold like a total wine. People think it's wine.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't affect you like wine does.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're we are seeing the rise in that. We're
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  Speaker 2: seeing that people will want to experiment with a lot
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  Speaker 2: of other things. We also are seeing trends with some
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  Speaker 2: people that aren't drinking at all. And to each their own.
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  Speaker 2: We will be here when they want to come back.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's sort of the way that we're
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  Speaker 2: thinking about it. Everything's cyclical. There will be a cycle
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  Speaker 2: to this. This is not the first time we've seen
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  Speaker 2: the wine and spirits industry have a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a dip. And so, like I said, when they're ready
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  Speaker 2: to come back to us, when they're ready to try
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  Speaker 2: us again, or to have something that's gonna help them
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  Speaker 2: relax a little bit. Maybe they have their first kid
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  Speaker 2: and the first sleepless night and they need something to
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  Speaker 2: help them go to sleep or something to help them relax.
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  Speaker 2: We will be here when they're ready.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with THEO Rutherford coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. He's from Deutsch Family Wine and Spirit. It's
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  Speaker 1: a great conversation with THEO. I've heard we're back now
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about the wines and everything like that from
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  Speaker 1: the Deutsch family. Wine and spirits. I mean, we're here
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  Speaker 1: in the Carolina. Is one of the things that Carolinians
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  Speaker 1: love wine. Oh my god, they love wine. But the
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  Speaker 1: thing is, though, is that how do we get it
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  Speaker 1: on our shelves? And if you are here already, where
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  Speaker 1: can they find it? Because grocery stores are finally starting
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  Speaker 1: to break it down, which is great.
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  Speaker 2: I was actually just in North Carolina. You know, love
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  Speaker 2: coming to visit you guys. Since things are starting to
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  Speaker 2: change a little bit, you're going to see Josh in
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  Speaker 2: a lot more places, which is great. And Josh is.
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  Speaker 2: One of the reasons that I love Josh is it's
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  Speaker 2: that friend that will never let you down no matter
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  Speaker 2: which variety you get. So we're talking today about Josh
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  Speaker 2: c but sparkling, which is perfect for summer, especially in
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  Speaker 2: some of those really lovely humid days that you guys
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  Speaker 2: are about to get. It's a perfect one for that,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's drinking on its own on the rocks in
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  Speaker 2: a sprit. But I really that's one of the things
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  Speaker 2: that I really love about Josh is as you're starting
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  Speaker 2: to see it in more and more places, as grocery
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  Speaker 2: stores are starting to sort of, you know, open up
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more. You're gonna see that friendly face
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  Speaker 2: and it's just going to help make your day a
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  Speaker 2: little bit easier.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I got to tell you something I've been with
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  Speaker 1: the creator of Josh and that that man won me
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  Speaker 1: over like you would not believe. When when I was inside,
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  Speaker 1: I mean inside the grocery stores and stuff like that,
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  Speaker 1: I spoke so highly. So whatever you, every every one
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  Speaker 1: of you guys are doing it right. You are building
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  Speaker 1: that relationship up with the customer who isn't a customer,
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  Speaker 1: they are a family member. That's how you guys make
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  Speaker 1: me feel.
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  Speaker 2: We try and Joe, Joe is one of the most
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  Speaker 2: special human beings I've ever met. And he truly when
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  Speaker 2: he says thank you to people for drinking his wine,
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  Speaker 2: he means it. It's not because it's patting his talk
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  Speaker 2: and stuff because of any He actually just loves seeing
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  Speaker 2: somebody hold a bottle of his wine or come up
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  Speaker 2: to him and say I absolutely love your wine and
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  Speaker 2: here's why, or tell stories about their son whose name
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  Speaker 2: is Josh. Yes, whine makes him think about him. There's
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  Speaker 2: just such an awtenicity to it, which is one of
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  Speaker 2: the reasons that I think it's that dependable right that
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  Speaker 2: we all that we all can have and we'd all
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  Speaker 2: know and love is. It's unpretentious and it's authentic because
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  Speaker 2: Joe is a real human being that made this for
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  Speaker 2: is Bad and really liked, you know, like sharing those people.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of real human beings, I want to commend you
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  Speaker 1: guys on what you're doing with the Surf Rider Foundation
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  Speaker 1: because you know, being here in the Caroline Is we
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  Speaker 1: love our coastline and I'm also from the Pacific Northwest
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  Speaker 1: where I really love my coastline. So you guys have
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  Speaker 1: dedicated your life to this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So Gray Will the gray Will Spirits Company with
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  Speaker 2: Gray well Do and Gray Wee Vocket. We actually just
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  Speaker 2: came out of our bocket. We partnered with the surf
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  Speaker 2: Frider Foundation recently and the surf Fier Foundation is fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: What they're trying to do to steing up the coast
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  Speaker 2: lines and waterways is really a yeoman job, and through
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  Speaker 2: our partnership to them, we're trying to help them reach
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  Speaker 2: their goal of cleaning up over seven hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 2: thousand pounds of trash from our coastal lines and waterway,
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  Speaker 2: which is an insane number to think about. We're actually
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  Speaker 2: doing beach cleanups and several other different things around the
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  Speaker 2: country to really help them reach their goal. So every
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  Speaker 2: single time you buy a bottle of Gray Well Gin
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  Speaker 2: or Grayel vodka, some of the proceeds from that purchase
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  Speaker 2: goes straight to the Surf Rider Foundation to help them
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  Speaker 2: reach that goal.
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  Speaker 1: So, now, what is it about vodka that makes it
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  Speaker 1: the ultimate energy to put in any drink? Because it
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  Speaker 1: does seem to go with everything you just said it.
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  Speaker 2: That is the lovely thing about vodka, as it really
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  Speaker 2: does go with anything. You can put it with lemonade
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  Speaker 2: and sparkling water and you've got this really lovely refreshing cocktail.
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  Speaker 2: You can chill it and drink it on its own.
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  Speaker 2: It really is sort of that lovely workhorse for you.
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  Speaker 2: With where Grey Whale Vodka is concerned, one of the
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  Speaker 2: things that we really wanted to make sure was there
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  Speaker 2: is while vodka is that great workhorse, some of the
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  Speaker 2: time it actually takes the back deep flavor wise, and
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  Speaker 2: we wanted to make sure that Grey Whale Vodka didn't.
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  Speaker 2: So we actually are using ten percent of California grapes
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  Speaker 2: in our distilate. So there's a little bit of sweetness
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  Speaker 2: to it, there's a little bit a sort of roundness
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  Speaker 2: to it, and so you know that you're still enjoying
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  Speaker 2: something that has a little bit of a kick to it,
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  Speaker 2: but it's still light, bright, refreshing mixes with so many things.
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  Speaker 2: We just like said we wanted to have We wanted
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  Speaker 2: to have a little bit of a voice in the
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  Speaker 2: game too through the vodka. So we really loved work
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  Speaker 2: on those projects, and those grapes really brings them cool things.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I love the way that you're breaking it down
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  Speaker 1: because so many people they assumed that they know what
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  Speaker 1: vodka is, but now you're talking to me about grapes,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm going, well, boy, aren't I the stupid one here?
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  Speaker 1: Because I had no idea. I always thought it was potatoes.
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  Speaker 2: You can so you can actually make vodka out of anything.
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  Speaker 2: So you can make it out of potatoes, you can
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  Speaker 2: make it out of wheat. Obviously, grapes that we're using,
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  Speaker 2: there's one that I've seen that uses sugar beet. Oh yeah, really,
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  Speaker 2: so long as you can distill it and they're distillable
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  Speaker 2: and they're fermentable sugars, you can make vodka. It's just
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  Speaker 2: that a lot of people think that vodka is this odorless, colorless,
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  Speaker 2: flavor lim thing, which is why they mask it with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of other things. And it doesn't have to be.
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  Speaker 2: It really can have some uniqueness that can have really
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  Speaker 2: cool nuance, and that's what we wanted to do. It
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  Speaker 2: really paired beautifully off of the gin that we already
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  Speaker 2: had that had that nuance from those botanicals that we're using.
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  Speaker 2: It has this citrus note, It has this really lovely
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  Speaker 2: mint equality because of the mint that we're using, and
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  Speaker 2: we didn't think that it would make sense for us
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  Speaker 2: to make another spirit. Yeah, it didn't also have some
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  Speaker 2: of that uniqueness that didn't also have some of those
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  Speaker 2: really subtle cool notes that people sip and go, wait
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  Speaker 2: a second, there's something. So we were workinglas that. We
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  Speaker 2: were working pretty hard to make something feel authentic. TOSK.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, where can people go to find out more about you?
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  Speaker 1: Because ten minutes with you is not enough. Dude, I
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  Speaker 1: could spend days with you and still just be learning.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate it. Well, next time, we definitely need to
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  Speaker 2: do it with a cocktail, yes, job, but for the
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  Speaker 2: two things that we talked about. You can go to
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  Speaker 2: Josh Sellers dot com to learn more about Josh and
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  Speaker 2: then Grey Whale Spirit dot com to learn more about
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  Speaker 2: Grey Whale and our partnership with their writer.
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  Speaker 1: Well, please come back to this show anytime in the future,
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  Speaker 1: and if you see the Josh family again, please let
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  Speaker 1: them know that I love them very much.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely I will, and thanks for having me. I will
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  Speaker 2: come back anytime you want.
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  Speaker 1: You'd be brilliant. Okay, thank you too, Thank you. That
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  Speaker 1: was pretty fun. I'learned some ship on that, a whole
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  Speaker 1: lot on the other. One's coming in even as we speak.