Episode 159: Steven Soderbergh

Steven Andrew Soderbergh is best known as an acclaimed American film producer, director, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. Hes behind a plethora of celebrated films including the Oceans Eleven and Oceans Twelve movies and most recently, Magic Mike XXL. What you might not know about him is that hes also behind a brand new spirit, Singani 63. What is Singani 63? A muscat grape based spirit made in the Bolivian Andes. Sound interesting? Learn more as Damon Boelte interviews Steven on a brand new episode of The Speakeasy. This program was brought to you by S. Wallace Edwards and Sons. Learning a new thing is always fun. The last couple of years, as things have started to heat up, Im hanging on by my fingernails. Theres a real pleasure when youre able to bring a product like Singani 63 out and have people try it and like it. Its fun to expose people to something new. This is what I call the beginning of Act 2. [02:00] This is not brandy, its its own thing. You spend a lot of time explaining what it isnt to people, rather than what it is. I stumbled upon something nobody had heard of or been exposed to here, yet has this long history. We got the best of both. 06:00 The general knowledge level of a bartender is much higher than it was 10 years ago. I look at a bar now completely differently than I did when I first started this process. [10:00] I didnt get into this to get bought out - I got into this so that people can get it. Hopefully at some point it becomes sustainable. [16:00] Im the Tony Montana of the spirit world. Im definitely hitting my own supply. [32:00] --Steven Soderbergh on The Speakeasy