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Susan L. Schwartz

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Lush Life

Susan L. Schwartz

Lush Life

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Lush Life

Susan L. Schwartz

Lush Life

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A weekly Arts, Food, Travel, Society, Culture and Recreation podcast featuring Susan Schwartz
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I think relaunch is the word of the moment. It is Spring, after all. Not only will I be relaunching Season 8 of Lush Life, bringing you exciting episodes about sustainability, horse racing, the Beatles, absinthe, and so much more! But the big n
Few people would have the courage to leave a very secure future in academia for a very uncertain life behind the bar.  Our guest did, and he has never looked back.Are you crazy for Thomas Shelby and also have a passion for Japanese Whisky? Do y
You asked for it, and you got it - all of you kind people who filled out my survey asked for more interviews with more legends. Our guest is the world's most-awarded bartender & bar owner. If Mr Lyan isn’t a legend, I don’t know who is.If you c
Throughout history, artists and writers have been drawn to the Northern Italian hill town of Asolo; some say it’s because it’s the “city of a hundred horizons,” I think it’s because it’s the home of Asolo Prosecco!At one time, you might have ca
School is back, and a new season of Lush Life commences! How exciting!I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is the Lush Life Podcast, every week we are inspired to live life one cocktail at a time.Yes, next Tuesday, I bring you
Just when you thought my season was over, I’m surprising you with a little mid-summer episode dedicated to a place and spirit I love.If you’ve been listening to Lush Life for a while, you would probably know that I love Venice. If you are a fir
What a great way to start the summer by celebrating with a guest whose job it is to celebrate the best of the best.Mark Sansom has been Director of Content at The World’s 50 Best Bars, 50 Best Discovery, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, and soo
Join Christian Jensen, Founder of Jensen’s Gin on a journey to create a gin that harks back to the vintage gins he revered.Who would have thought that sitting in a bar in Tokyo you might sip a gin that reminded you why you fell in love with the
Are you ready to be comfortable with discomfort? Our guest was. Now  after nearly 25 years in the Guinness and beer space, he’s making a name for himself in the spirit world. Jason Kidd, founder of Outcast Brands, spent most of his career trott
As if organizing the biggest cocktail week in the world isn’t enough, my two guests have created the Michelin guide for the drinks industry! More than 10 years ago, Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne joined forces and made London Cocktail Wee
What cocktail combines three days of activities, collaborations, guest shifts, and seminars in Barcelona and bar industry legends from some of the most famous bars in the world with one serious message? That would be the Paradiso Sustainability
How many of us can’t wait to leave home, but then circumstances involving a global pandemic sent us right back to where we began.  Joining on this episode, sponsored by Louisiana Tourism, is Olivia Stewart, President of Oxbow Rum Distillery. Af
Do you remember Plato’s work, Symposium? Yep, that took place at a drinks party. Philosopher David Hume said that drinking was an antidote to philosophical depression, and Kierkegaard wrote an entire treatise on wine. Our guest today is another
You’ve finally done it - opened your bar, launched your spirit, won your first cocktail competition. So now what do you do? Time to call today’s guests!Since the moment I met them, Alex Chatwin and Alex Irving, Co-Founders of LX PR, have been L
Our guest today introduced me to a job title I had never heard of before - the maltster.  She works for one of the very few distilleries that still floor malts its barley - thus the need for a maltster.In short, a maltster is a maker of malt fo
Before our guest launched his first non-alcoholic spirit, his mission was to make it easy to be a mindful drinker. Now six years later, thanks to his hard work, it is definitely getting easier to be a mindful drinker!Morten Lee Sørenson gave up
On February 4th, the world will be celebrating International Pisco Sour Day, and it’s a great cocktail. Our two guests reveal why Pisco should be enjoyed for more than just one day and in way more than just one cocktail.Suyo Pisco was truly mea
Behind the doors of Warehouse 1, up north in Scotland’s Speyside, there is something brewing that we are all going to want to sample. Especially after you’ve heard it all from my guest today! Here to reveal the wonders of not only in Warehouse
Say his name in any bar around the world, and most bartenders will immediately whip out a well-worn copy of his eponymous bible of bartending. Today we meet the legend who not only authored that classic but so much more! If you didn’t know it a
When making cocktails, do you ever feel like something’s missing? One of our guests today did, and he made it his mission to fill that void. Chris Tanca, Founder of Cordusio, was that man. He was trying to make a cocktail and could find the spi
Did you ever look at a loaf of bread and see a bottle of vodka waiting to happen? Our guest today did, and now that bread has become the vodka that took Venice Cocktail Week by storm.Frank Grillo, the co-founder of Altamura Distilleries, wasn’t
How is it possible that you move to one of the chicest, if not the chicest, cities in the world and not find an even passible martini?  Today’s guest is living proof that anything is possible!Today joining me is the inimitable Forest Collins, f
Do you remember me talking about Venice Cocktail Week earlier this year?  If you are an avid fan of Lush Life, you might recall I was there for the launch of what has become one of my favorite weeks of the year. The city of Venice has always ha
Have you ever described the potato as lowly? Well, the heritage variety of potatoes that is at the centre of today’s episode is anything but. In fact, it’s regal.Today on Lush Life, Emma Hamilton, the co-founder of Edwards 1902 Vodka, will atte
It was her grandfather’s Manhattan that inspired our guest to love the art of making cocktails, but what was it about that Manhattan that would lead her to New Orleans? I’m Susan Schwartz, your drinking companion, and this is Lush Life Podcast,
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