Videos

Esquimalt Wine Co. Media Marketing Project We created 9 differently styled videos from 3 cocktails for use on social and online marketing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now,…

Esquimalt Wine Co. Media Marketing Project We created 9 differently styled videos from 3 cocktails for use on social and online marketing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now,…

Esquimalt Wine Co. Media Marketing Project We created 9 differently styled videos from 3 cocktails for use on social and online marketing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry's top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now,…

Esquimalt Wine Co. Media Marketing Project We created 9 differently styled videos from 3 cocktails for use on social and online marketing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now,…

Esquimalt Wine Co. Media Marketing Project We created 9 differently styled videos from 3 cocktails for use on social and online marketing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now,…

Esquimalt Wine Co. Media Marketing Project We created 9 differently styled videos from 3 cocktails for use on social and online marketing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now,…

Esquimalt Wine Co. Media Marketing Project We created 9 differently styled videos from 3 cocktails for use on social and online marketing. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now,…

This is the second episode of my three part mantra of Focus, PATIENCE, Success. I have talked about this over and over again but this one delves into how to have patience and mitigate when you are feeling like you don't. Share a dram with the hospitality industry's top global…

Campari Canada asked me to make a Negroni for BC Liquor Stores 100th Anniversary. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative…

It's almost the end of 2020, a rough year for most of the restaurant industry but a bumper year for many distilleries, wineries and breweries but how can you continue to build on this success. Here are the top 5 points from Kristoff, myself and the Acclamation Marketing and Media…

This is a three part series on something that I want you to take to heart for 2021. 2020 has been good and bad all year but planning now for 2021 is super important. This is FOCUS, part of my Focus, Patience, Success mantra for 2021. Share a dram with…

I wanted to tackle this one because as we continue to face lock downs, decreased revenue and more; the research and development into our businesses minute details. Here is my list of 5 things a owner or manager of a restaurant or bar should know daily. Share a dram with…

With the drop in guests over the last few weeks, I have been harping on the need to track and push per head spend and the education of training. This is something that is rarely looked at as closely as it should be, a higher per head spend means you…

A great chat with H from Elixir SF and so many more things, we get down to the driver of buying a 150 year old bar in 2003 and how he continues to leverage and build on the Elixir brand in San Francisco and further afield. Share a dram with…

I taped this last week on my 40th birthday, thought I would get the top ten things I reflect on, on this milestone. 1. You have time, you aren’t that old 2. Find someone that accepts you but doesn’t try to understand you 3. Work hard when you are young…

I chat to The Rum Ambassador and one of the team behind Equiano Rum, the latest rum to hit the market. We chat rum, launching a brand during covid and long term plans for the first Afro-Caribbean Rum on the world stage. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top…

I chatted to long time friend and peer, Raj Nagra from Bartender Boxing Organisation and how he turned a side hustle into a tour de force that is helping bartenders the world over with health and wellness. His passion for the sport and for this passion project is evident in…

Been really busy with new projects and running Clive's and I wanted to do something a little different when it comes to setting goals and being self aware. Self Awareness is the key to success when creating and striving for goals for yourself. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s…

Had an amazing chat with Charles Gibb of Fever-Tree North America, over 3 decades in the spirits realm leading teams the world over from the UK to Australia and the US. Had an incredible chat with him on everything from his entrepreneurial spirit inside global brands to what his legacy…

The last episode from the monster session I did with the Vic Food Guys. I have cut it up into 3 sections for your listening pleasure. We go indepth across the board on my upbringing, the hospitality industry and so much more. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top…

I wanted to give my raw take on the awards, especially the World's Best 50 that was just announced. I spoke with Mark Sansom from the organisation a few weeks back about the changes they have made over the last 6-12 months and I also go into how and why…

This episode was from a monster session I did with the Vic Food Guys. I have cut it up into 3 sections for your listening pleasure. We go indepth across the board on my upbringing, the hospitality industry and so much more. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top…

This episode was from a monster session I did with the Vic Food Guys. I have cut it up into 3 sections for your listening pleasure. We go indepth across the board on my upbringing, the hospitality industry and so much more. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top…

This episode was from a monster session I did with the Vic Food Guys. I have cut it up into 3 sections for your listening pleasure. We go indepth across the board on my upbringing, the hospitality industry and so much more. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top…