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Patrick Blair is the Beverage Director at both City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill and Barrio. Beveragesales, marketing, and knowledge have always been a career passion of his. Photos by Sally Shorr/The Buzz Agency Prior to these current roles, he was an Operations Manager for a top five craft brewery in the state of Michigan.
Patrick Blair is the Beverage Director at both City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill and Barrio. Beveragesales, marketing, and knowledge have always been a career passion of his. Photos by Sally Shorr/The Buzz Agency Prior to these current roles, he was an Operations Manager for a top five craft brewery in the state of Michigan.
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The traditional dispensary channel is not the optimal location for these beverages; people shopping there want high potency products. For dispensaries, low dose beverages don’t move and stocking them can be costly.
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