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Who | Wes Klassen
Where | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Current Bar | odd duck | wine & provisions
Past Bar(s) | Grand Trunk Saloon, The Relic Lobby Bar, Loloan Lobby Bar, Langdon Hall
Favourite Spirit | grape based spirits…specifically Sherry!
Favourite Juice | Pineapple
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Negroni
First Classic Cocktail you ever had | Dirty Gin Martini Up
Favourite Part of the Job | When guests ask me to take them on a flavour journey and I choose what they will drink for the evening.
Favourite After Work Drink | Fernet. And a smashable lager of some sort.
Favourite bar in the world | PDT (New York)
Best known for | My colourful shoe collection, wine memes, dad jokes, and my punk rock cheese cart with lights.
Favourite “at work” memory | Doing a blue angel in the middle of pre-shift meeting at Langdon Hall because people didn’t believe it could be done.
What’s the most popular cocktail in your city? The one that is least talked about
Favourite thing about your city | The excitement guests have to support new small businesses and the growth that is happening.
Who is your favourite fictional bartender? Moe Szyslak
What was the last photo that you took? A promo shot for the current red wines by the glass I’m featuring
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? Portugal…all over.
Any claims to fame? Before we found our physical location my wine bar won one of the best new pop ups in Canada by EnRoute Magazine
Aperitivo or Digestivo? Both? lol
Sparkling or Flat? Sparkling
Paper Plane or Penicillin? Paper Plane
Sherry or Vermouth? ugh both?! LOL
Are you available for freelance gigs? Not at the moment. I own and run a wine bar/bottleshop/resto
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