Q&A: Teves Freitas
Q&A with mixologist and Kō Hana Rum Brand Manager Teves Freitas from HFWF19.
Profile: Favia Wines
The husband-and-wife, Andy Erickson and Annie Favia-Erickson, team approach wine from different perspectives; she cares for the vines and grapes as a viticulturist while he creates the finished product as a vintner. In 2003 they began Favia Wines, a Napa Valley winery that combines their skill sets and shared passion.
Another Round, Make It Tequila
Richard Betts is has moved past wine and into the world of Komos Tequila, which he created with his partner Joe Marchese. “I love Tequila first and foremost because it embodies so much of my first love, Mexico. Add to that the fact that it’s an upper, a party starter, it’s my favorite thing to drink.”
Q&A: Schatzi Throckmorton
Q&A with winemaker Schatzi Throckmorton from HFWF17.
Q&A: Justin Park
Q&A with mixologist Justin Park from HFWF17.
Golden Age of Bordeaux
In 2016, the festival received a call from the wife of a late wine collector. Her husband had passed away recently and she had almost 300 bottles of wine that he had collected over 35 years. She wanted to donate them to the festival to support the non-profit’s mission to fund culinary training for aspiring chefs and edible education curriculum for elementary school students, programs in line with her late husband’s goals as an educator.
Q&A: Lauren Mote
Q&A with Lauren Mote, Co-proprietor BITTERED SLING, Beverage Consultant FOUR SEASONS and Canadian Ambassador WORLD CLASS.
Q&A: Julie Reiner
Q&A with Julie Reiner from HFWF15.
Mixing for Mocktails
To continue educating the public on safe driving throughout the pandemic, DTRIC Insurance partnered with Hawaii Food and Wine Festival for a virtual Hawaii’s Best Mocktails event. Four cocktail artists, Teves-William Freitas (standing in for Kyle Reutner), Chandra Lucariello, Dave Newman and Gwen Whiting, joined chef Jon Matsubara of FEAST, to create a virtual mixing and cooking class for the guests, hosted by Jason Genegabus.
Q&A: Paul Roberts
Despite his accolades – winner of the prestigious Krug Cup and the first Texan to become a master sommelier – Paul Roberts just wants you to drink good wine. “There’s no need to tell people what they like is wrong,” says the chief operating officer of famed Colgin Cellars in Napa Valley. “Now that I’m running a winery, I realize there are people who love our wines and some who don’t, and that’s OK.”