Episode 140: The 2026 Imbibe 75, with Shaun Merritt Williams

from Radio Imbibe · host Shaun Williams, Paul Clarke

Happy new year! We’re starting Imbibe’s 20th anniversary year with a special global celebration of the Imbibe 75 list of people and places shaping the way we’ll drink. This year's list includes Shaun Merritt Williams, a bartender and sake expert at Jewel of the South in New Orleans.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe.

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We’re kicking off Imbibe’s 20th anniversary year with our Global Imbibe 75 list of people and places shaping the way we’ll drink, including bartender and sake expert Shaun Merritt Williams from Jewel of the South in New Orleans. We talk with Shaun about what led to her fascination with sake and how she plans to parlay that passion into education and events.

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