A New Era Begins

We are incredibly pleased to announce that the future leader of the Drink Real revolution, Reed Martin, was born early this morning. He is a healthy little boy, and by the look of his nose already a fan of Cabernet Franc and Lambic. The father, Ty, the driving force behind our world wide operation, and mother Beth, enlightener of little and large minds alike, are both doing well. We raise a glass to you both with heartfelt hope, pride and congratulations, and we leave you with a thought from our attaché in Québec.

"I never thought of myself as an adult until my newborn, still warm from birth, clutched to me for security. It was as if I could feel my heart in him."

there's a bluebird in my heart

We'd like to give a special thanks to Duncan Mitchell (proprietor of The Chapel Tavern) for single handedly selling us out of Coniston's Bluebird Bitter. Luckily we have more arriving later this week. We consider ourselves lucky to work with someone like Duncan, and a handful of other bar owners, who understands that there is world outside of cheap corn based beers. Allow us to pay homage with Charles Bukowski-

"there's a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

but I pur whiskey on him and inhale

cigarette smoke

and the whores and the bartenders

and the grocery clerks

never know that

he's

in there."

The Beer of Bandits

We've been gone so long and so much has happened we don't really know where to start. Most importantly, we are working with The Shelton Brothers' beer portfolio. They have so many incredible brewers in their book that we would be fools to list just one, but that's what we'll do because we're full of fool's wisdom.

Blaugies La Moneuse

Go to St James' Infirmary and order one.

It's Just So Good

Our egotistical leader finally relented, after three months and change of soaking up the well wishes of others, and decided to let us move forward with wine blogging and worthless tidbits. So it begins again. We have started working with a new superstar in the Loire Valley. His name is Eric Chevalier and he makes mind boggling (when your mind boggles you're truly living) Chardonnay and Fie Gris from somewhere in the Muscadet. Above is a picture of the young turk with a bottle of his Fie Gris. The wines will arrive in May. We humbly request you buy vast amounts.