From rock ‘n’ roll to good wine, from Chicago to Munich. Exceptional sommelier Justin Leone has come a long way. Why he switched from the music scene to gastronomy, how he came to his mentor, the 3-star Kapazunder Granz Achatz, and about his time at Tantris, where he took on the difficult legacy of Paula Bosch.
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From rock star to top sommelier: Justin Leone is a mixture of punk and bon vivant
I have the utmost respect for every restaurateur who makes it
Justin Leone about the leap into self-employment
With us, Leone talks about how difficult it is to become successfully self-employed in gastronomy. “I have the utmost respect for every restaurateur who makes it,” he says. He is concerned with the topic for a reason: the opening of his new restaurant “Bottles & Bones” is on the program this year after pop-up test runs.
Chicago night bar tours
The vita of the 40-year-old wine connoisseur is already turbulent. But his anecdotes are almost unbelievable. Nightly bar tours with industry giants like Juan Amador or Nils Henkel through Chicago and why a visit to the elBulli cost him his job are just the highlights. Too much to summarize – so just listen!
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