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Ethan Fixell is a Certified Specialist of Wine, Certified Specialist of Spirits, and Certified Cicerone® who has written about beverage for such publications as Food & Wine, Thrillist, Wine Enthusiast, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Men’s Journal, Playboy, Saveur, and Travel + Leisure.
He has taught classes at New York City's Astor Center, Brooklyn Kitchen, and NYC Wine Company, and has hosted private events for brands that include The Glenrothes, High West Distillery, Anheuser-Busch, and Pabst Brewing Co. He has also spoken at trade and consumer events around the world such as Thirst Boston, the Beer Marketing & Tourism Conference, Euphoria, and the US Beverage Expo.
He was previously Beer Director for Merchants Hospitality, buying beer and curating menus for five downtown New York restaurants.
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