\nSimon Difford doppelganger Bas Verhoeven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nand had a couple of wonderful evenings talking bidness. First item was my request for somethign special with Mandarine Napoleon. Remco did great, but for the life of me, I can’t remember the recipe.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/span>Bas explained a drink concept he came up with for one competition that involved real smoke, wood chips and shaved chocolate in a two layer glass\u2026it takes molecular mixology to a whole new level. <\/span>He also treated me to his signature drink, the Martila: <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u00bd shot Reposado Tequila<\/div>\n 1 Barspoon of lemon rind scrapings (not a zest, but scrapings with a serrated knife)<\/div>\n 2.5 Barspoons of Maraschino Liquor <\/div>\n 1 shot of dry white vermouth.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n Stir, garnish with lemon twist and voila\u2026<\/div>\n <\/div>\n We talked at length about Pisco which they were somewhat familiar with. <\/span>I gave the 5 minute version of <\/span>Pisco 101, told them all about Pisco Port\u00f3<\/span>n and the mosto verde process, and promised to get them the first bottled that exports to the Netherlands. (Johnny and Andrea\u2026you\u2019ll have to help me with delivering on that promise)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Wine Side<\/b><\/u><\/div>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019ve seen more presence of Chilean and Argentinian wines than I had anticipated. <\/span>I expected to see French\/Italian and Spanish wines, which I did, but there is surprisingly noticeable distribution of New World wines, according to my unscientific retail review in Amsterdam, Delft and The Hague. <\/span>Pricing seems to be a bit lower than the U.S. and in fact I saw a bunch of entry level wines at the \u20ac<\/span>6.99 \/\u20ac<\/span>7.99 level\u2026translated into dollars that\u2019s still below the $10 price point. <\/span>Valdivieso from Chile was especially noted as having good floor stacks in stores that had very limited real estate allocated for displays. <\/span>Canei was pretty well distributed by commonly on the bottom shelf with just one or two facings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Spirits:<\/b><\/u><\/div>\n<\/div>\n We had stopped by the Bols Experience, a mini-exhibit that was very well done. <\/span>The location can\u2019t be beat\u2026right across the street from the Van Gogh museum. <\/span>There were some good displays of atomizers with flavors used in their liqueurs and real samples of the various botanicals used as well. <\/span>They end the exhibit in a real bar (albeit stocked only with their products), but you can design a drink or choose one of their cocktails and have it hand-made and served with a flourish by bartenders trained upstairs at the Bols Bartending Academy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve been in Holland for a few days for meetings with our client Canei wine and next week with the folks from deKuyper. 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