This morning on my Facebook group someone posted the following message. “Hi there, I am a producer for NPRs All Things Considered. Would you be available to chat about All Things Seltzer today? I am working on a piece and would love you have you involved.” I didn’t see theRead More →
That’s right, on June 14, at 6pm. I’m going to be on the most powerful 500 watt station In America. It’s 1460 AM’s very own IN FOCUS With Dr. Dan & Friends on WVOX. The photo below tells the whole story. In the bottom is my daughter, wearing her baseballRead More →
As on-going research for my book, I track seltzer in the news. Who is drinking it? What are they drinking? Why, and with whom? The trends and highlights I observed I now package for you, my crew of seltzer lovers, as 2016: The Year in Seltzer. SELTZER IS STILL HOT (ANDRead More →
If you like food, then Gastropod is the podcast for you. Co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley turned their microphones this episode on seltzer, and included yours truly to provide the historical sweep. As you well know, I am a harsh critic of seltzer coverage, as journalists so often getRead More →
I thought I heard them all before! In this clip, Michael Savage, a conservative radio host, tries to understand Bernie Sanders, and ends up on this bizarre rant about seltzer: “I still think the seltzer has something to do with it. If I had the time, I’d go back toRead More →
Today CBS aired the fantastic piece on seltzer’s resurgence (take a drink every time you hear the word) which is a sort of a video version of the recent Wall Street Journal piece. Not that I’m complaining – the more press outlets that cover the rise of seltzer the moreRead More →
Inspired by the Wall Street Journal article earlier this summer, CBS News contacted me to be the “seltzer expert” in their piece expected to air tomorrow morning, Saturday, on CBS Morning Show (8:15 a.m. in NYC). It was flattering to be asked and awesome to be part of yet anotherRead More →
There’s a great new article in the Wall Street Journal on seltzer, “Buy Into These Bubbles: Seltzer’s Fizz Is Back.” Below is the excerpt that quotes me: Barry Joseph, an associate director at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, began researching seltzer more than a decade agoRead More →
I just received this grisly but interesting article from the July 10, 1885 edition of the Scranton Tribune. Thank you Corey!Read More →
Last January I published a piece on Alex Gomberg. Now, larger news outlets are beginning to take notice: Prince of Pop A 25-year-old is bringing the fizz back to the seltzer business By DOREE LEWAK Posted: 11:01 PM, March 23, 2013 From the shtetl-icious beverage staple of the old country,Read More →