BevFluence Chicago Speakeasy: The Story of Norton

In 1873, the international wine community was stunned when a Missouri produced Norton wine produced by Poeschel & Scherer was declared the “Best Red of All Nations” at an International competition in Vienna, Austria. Then another medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1873. The popularity of Norton exploded – worldwide. At the time […]

BevFluence Chicago Speakeasy: Cambio — A Mexican-styled Tequila

Tequila is one of the only spirits in the world to retain a sense of place through its entire process, it retains its Terroir. Every choice we made with Cambio is to enhance the effect and show the true potential of the spirit.” John des Rosiers – Founder of Cambio Tequila At the very beginning of John des […]

Visiting Wolf Point Distilling During the BevFluence Chicago Speakeasy

During our Speakeasy events we try to visit local producers at discovered that Wolf Point Distilling was very close to our content house. Fortunately co-owner Victoria Polvino was working the taproom when we arrived, and thus, we received an excellent overview of the distillery and their expressions.  Regarding this portfolio, we immediately noticed the intricate hand drawn artistry […]

Attention Spirits Brands: Chicago Speakeasy & Bartender Lab 2025

BevFluence® is coming to Chicago this February! We’ll start off the new year with a week of imbibing experiences. From February 4th through the 8th the BevFluence team will be participating at CiderCon and attending various cider related events in Chicago. Then on Monday February 10th we will kickoff three days of programs consisting of tasting […]