ariel arce

For this special episode, we teamed up with Discover South Carolina and Charleston Wine and Food to celebrate the state’s incredible restaurant and agriculture scene. Who better to hear from than the state’s chef ambassadors?

Each year, a group of chefs is tapped to elevate visitor awareness about the state’s restaurants, farms, food producers, and tourism locales. We got to speak to this year’s group on two special episodes of HRN Happy Hour. Both are out now, and we’ll link to them in our show notes! In this week’s Meat and Three, we’re bringing you highlights from those conversations. And in the second half of the show, we have some of our favorite moments from Charleston Wine and Food 2020 - one of the last in-person events HRN attended before the pandemic. 

Further Listening:

• HRN Happy Hour #131, South Carolina Chef Ambassadors Raffaele Dall’Erta and Jason Tufts
• HRN Happy Hour #132, South Carolina Chef Ambassadors Kevin Mitchell and Jamie Daskalis
• HRN On Tour #351, Steve Palmer and Shari Bayer
• HRN On Tour #356, Chef Binta with Harry Rosenblum
• HRN On Tour #334, Champagne Roundtable

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Dubbed "the Champagne Empress of Greenwich Village" by The New York Times, Ariel Arce presides over a quartet of downtown Manhattan, Champagne- and wine-themed establishments including Air's Champagne Parlor, Tokyo Record Bar, Niche Niche, and Special Club. She also just authored her own book (due out November 3), Better with Bubbles.

Ariel recently sat down with Andrew to talk about her childhood as a theater kid, getting turned on to hospitality at The Office in Chicago, and her circuitous route to a life devoted to Champagne and restaurants. There are lots of good lessons here about following your own personal passions and life as an entrepreneur.

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This episode is all about bubbles! Sam Benrubi, host of The Grape Nation sat down with NYC based Champagne mogul Ariel Arce (Air’s Champagne Parlor, Niche Niche, Tokyo Record Bar), sommelier and brand ambassador Philippe André (Charles Heidsieck), and Champagne sales expert Christian Holthausen (Champagne AR Lenoble). Sam’s guests popped bottles and shared Champagne expertise.

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We pop open a bottle for this all NYC episode. Up first, sommelier and restaurateur Ariel Arce epitomizes the notion of turning passion into action, and sharing that passion with the world. Her love of pouring wine--especially Champagne--and collecting vinyl has led her to open two fun and popular jewel box spots, Air's Champagne Parlor and Tokyo Record Bar. Inspiring Ariel at young age were her merrymaking parents and their dinner parties. We learn more about those soirees from Ariel's dad who joins us as well. Twenty-one-year-old Beshken began his musical life in his native Los Angeles as a jazz guitarist. DJ gigs brought him into the world of dance music, and now living in Brooklyn he's honed a distinct electronic sound infused with jazz and indie rock. Beshken's latest EP is Time Is The Longest Distance Between Two People, and he stops by for a live in-studio performance.

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