Radio Imbibe

Andra “AJ” Johnson has been a barista, sommelier, cicerone, and bartender, and today she’s a partner and beverage director for Serenata in Washington, D.C. For this episode, we catch up with AJ about ...

15 Feb 202226min

When Efrem Fesaha made the leap from a career in finance to open Boon Boona Coffee, a roastery and café in the Seattle area, he looked to his family’s home in Eritrea for inspiration. For this episode...

1 Feb 202223min

This episode introduces another of our Imbibe 75 People to Watch, Linda Milagros Violago. A Canadian sommelier and wine professional who’s worked at restaurants worldwide, Violago recently relocated t...

18 Jan 202216min

To kick off 2022, this episode introduces one of our Imbibe 75 People to Watch, Christian Suzuki-Orellana, known more familiarly as Suzu. A longtime Bay Area bartender, Suzu is the creator of the Kaga...

4 Jan 202220min

Martin and Rebecca Cate are the owners of Smuggler’s Cove and Whitechapel in San Francisco, and the authors of the James Beard Award–winning book, Smuggler’s Cove. The Cates have also both written for...

21 Dec 202123min

Audrey Saunders has been one of the world’s most influential bartenders and bar owners for more than 25 years, at places including Blackbird and Bemelman’s Bar starting in the 1990s, followed by her p...

7 Dec 202130min

Trained as an engineer and while working toward her MBA, Cha McCoy made an unexpected detour into a career in the wine world. For this episode, we talk with her about what led her into working as a so...

23 Nov 202127min

Our November/December issue features a profile by Nneka M. Okona about veteran Atlanta bartender Thandi Walton. For this episode, Walton talks with us about the path she took from her native Zimbabwe ...

9 Nov 202117min