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139: Inside Rum Buying at The Whisky Exchange, with Dawn Davies

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Did you know you can support The Rumcast on Patreon now and get bonus episodes, happy hours, and more? You can! Head to patreon.com/therumcast to check it out.

You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube.

In this episode, we caught up with Dawn Davies, head buyer for The Whisky Exchange—one of the premier spirits stores in the UK.

Dawn is a huge rum fan with an excellent palate (she's one of the very few Masters of Wine in the world), and her position at The Whisky Exchange gives her a fascinating perspective on the world of rum.

You can watch the video version of the episode here.

We discussed:

What goes into managing a store selection that includes nearly 1,000 rum SKUs

Balancing esoteric rum geek bottles with mass market selections

Which rums should be on more store shelves right now

Standouts from The Whisky Exchange's 5th annual Rum Show this past July

What it takes to go through the grueling 5+ years long Master of Wine process

How Dawn approaches tasting rums

Revisiting The Whisky Exchange's rum classification system 6 years in

Annoying label terminology

And more!

Relevant links mentioned in the episode:

Follow Dawn on Instagram

The Whisky Exchange website

The Whisky Exchange rum classification system

The Whisky Exchange rum flavor camps

Check out Boston Rum Week — coming up September 14-21

  continue reading

149 episodes

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Manage episode 502179233 series 2785242
Content provided by Will Hoekenga and John Gulla. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Will Hoekenga and John Gulla or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Did you know you can support The Rumcast on Patreon now and get bonus episodes, happy hours, and more? You can! Head to patreon.com/therumcast to check it out.

You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube.

In this episode, we caught up with Dawn Davies, head buyer for The Whisky Exchange—one of the premier spirits stores in the UK.

Dawn is a huge rum fan with an excellent palate (she's one of the very few Masters of Wine in the world), and her position at The Whisky Exchange gives her a fascinating perspective on the world of rum.

You can watch the video version of the episode here.

We discussed:

What goes into managing a store selection that includes nearly 1,000 rum SKUs

Balancing esoteric rum geek bottles with mass market selections

Which rums should be on more store shelves right now

Standouts from The Whisky Exchange's 5th annual Rum Show this past July

What it takes to go through the grueling 5+ years long Master of Wine process

How Dawn approaches tasting rums

Revisiting The Whisky Exchange's rum classification system 6 years in

Annoying label terminology

And more!

Relevant links mentioned in the episode:

Follow Dawn on Instagram

The Whisky Exchange website

The Whisky Exchange rum classification system

The Whisky Exchange rum flavor camps

Check out Boston Rum Week — coming up September 14-21

  continue reading

149 episodes

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