Carlos Kennedy-Lopez will be the head bartender of the soon-to-open bar Lolita in midtown Manhattan. Carlos currently works at another program run by the same group, Valerie.
Olivia Stewart is the President of Oxbow Rum, which sources its sugarcane from fields that Olivia’s farm has had since 1859.
Brands and drinks: Rhum J.M., Paranubes, Dakabend, El Dorado, Ti' Punch, Spiribam, CureCo, Rhum Clément
Miscellaneous: alluvial soil, Audubon Park in New Orleans, piloncillo/panela, tafia, Olivia was trying to recall the name Norbert Rillieux, Tequila Matchmaker, AOC, additives, fair vs. direct trade
Side note: I love this video that Olivia and her team put together
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