Radio Imbibe

Episode 48: Lance Winters, St. George Spirits

Episode Summary

For this episode, we talk with Lance Winters, master distiller and president of St. George Spirits in Alameda, California, about the distillery’s approach to vodka, how this approach fits in with the other spirits St. George makes, and the distillery’s past and future as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Episode Notes

For the cover feature about vodka in our May/June issue, we spoke with St. George Spirits master distiller and president Lance Winters about the distillery’s approach to making vodka and flavored vodka. St. George is also known for its gins, whiskies, fruit brandies, and other spirits, and Winters discusses how they bring a similar philosophy to making vodka as they do to other spirits; and we look back on St. George’s history as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, and look ahead to what the future may bring for the distillery.

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