Van Dyck & Van Dyck - De Smaakadvocaten

Vandaag hebben we Nicky Verlinden (Alfa Spirits) te gast in onze podcast. Vanuit het mooie Hemiksem verkondigt Nicky het gospel van de cognac. Maar buiten cognac is Nicky ook gepassioneerd door kwaliteitsvolle wijnen. Nicky startte een eigen cognaczaak, maar voegde daar later ook zijn tweede passie, wijn dus, aan toe. Net als een beperkt gamma aan andere spirits. Met Alfa Spirits

Our apologies for the people who prefer Dutch episodes, but good news for those who like them in English: we have another international guest! As with most of our international episodes, it was a last minute recording, so again we only have Jeroen as the host for this episode. But as always you won't have to listen to only Jeroen, as he invited a nice guest again: Mister Paul Eva

Another international guest, so it's in English again! As this was a bit of a spur of the moment recording, there's only one Van Dyck today, Meugman Jeroen. But as always, we have a great guest so you won't have to listen to a monologue. Our guest for today is Lucy Coomber, regional sales manager for Isle of Arran Distillers. Lucy's first professional steps in the whisky industry

Today we have Rum Royalty in our podcast! Daniyel Jones of the House of Angostura is one the best known and most liked persons in the rum industry! Even in a podcast he brings the island vibes! In this episode he tells us about his journey, from growing up in Trinidad & Tobago to becoming global ambassador for one of the best rum producers in the world. Luckily for us, he bro

Are you ready to discover the unexpected world of artisanal grappa? Jeroen had the opportunity to have a talk with Silvia Blasoni, the export manager of Bepi Tosolini. The story of Bepi Tosolini, started shortly after World War II, when Bepi began to transform grappa, a distilled spirit of simple peasant origins, into a preferred product for the most refined and demanding palates.

Onze gast van vandaag is Guy Monfort van Vino Positivo. In zijn rol als wijnambassadeur is de hoofdmissie van Guy het positief verbinden van mensen via wijn. Zijn favoriete dagtaak is vooral jonge mensen wegwijs maken in de wereld van wijn. Al doet leeftijd er niet veel toe. Guy is een goede verteller en maakte er zijn job van om andere mensen wijn-mondig te maken. Guy is al meer d

Our guest for today speaks many languages but unfortunately Dutch isn't one of them. So, it's another episode in English! Gabriele Tručionytė, born in Lithuania, has been immersed in the whisky industry for almost a decade. Her journey in the drinks industry began even earlier when we worked as a bartender and bar manager, including stints at a whisky bar. Driven by pass

In this episode we have international guests yet again, so it's in English again! Today our guests are Stephen Rankin & Gordon Muir of the infamous Gordon & MacPhail. Together with Ellen and Eric from Whisky Warehouse, Jeroen organised an amazing tasting of exclusive Gordon & MacPhail whiskies. Moments before the tasting started Jeroen had the opportunity to talk t

Another English episode! Our guest for today is Alistair Walker of the Alistair Walker Whisky Company, known for its range of Infrequent Flyers bottlings. Alistair's whisky journey began in January 1997, when took on a job at the sales and marketing department of Burn Stewart Distillers. At that time Burn Stewart was the custodian of two iconic single malt distilleries: Deanst

In deze aflevering hebben we opnieuw een gast uit de bierwereld op bezoek, Sam Nagels van Brouwland. Maar het zou de Van Dyck & Van Dyck-podcast niet zijn als er ook over andere dranken gebabbeld wordt, afwijken daar zijn wij namelijk goed in! Waar Sam Nagels goed in is, is brouwen maar vooral ook ànderen laten brouwen. Hij zette zijn eerste stappen in de professionele bierwe