Imbibe Magazine
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Despite all her accomplishments in the wine world, Habibi doesn’t have one thing that wine professionals covet: the Master Sommelier pin. When she was a neophyte sommelier she aspired to be the first Black female Master Sommelier. But that changed in 2011.
Bartender.com
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
In 2011, she started bartending at a corporate restaurant called Red Robin. Marc Jensen oversees our bar program as the beverage director and head Sommelier. She ran the club for two years where she designed future trends, ran modeling calls, fundraised, budgeted funds, and put on fashion shows.
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Imbibe Magazine
JUNE 11, 2024
And with a push from savvy importers, knowledgeable sommeliers, and curious customers, that type of Spanish wine is only now beginning to percolate onto zeitgeisty wine lists. (If Salyer has had a front row seat to this evolution, having worked at the award-winning tapas bar since its opening in 2011.
VinePair
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
The movement can be traced back to the 2011 debut of Jungsik in Tribeca, from chef Jung Sik Yim, who previously worked at Aquavit and Bouley. And now, a large portion of the city’s most prestigious restaurants and exciting new openings fall under the category of contemporary Korean cuisine.
Imbibe Magazine
JULY 1, 2024
Several of Corpinnat’s current 11 members—Gramona, Recaredo, Llopart—are favorites of American sommeliers. “I Such a wine proves that, when terroir is respected and the wine is long-aged, even a company churning out more than 30 million bottles per year can produce one that sommeliers of Paronella’s status can declare “beautiful.”
VinePair
APRIL 16, 2024
You never have to flip your jigger,” adds Joaquín Simó, a drinks consultant who invented the Naked and Famous in 2011 while bartending at New York City’s Death & Co. At first only Luxardo was available,” says Max Seaman, sommelier at Republique in Los Angeles and former longtime manager of iconic craft cocktail bar The Varnish.
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