{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Wine Centric Show","title":"Kevin Zraly | The Man Who Taught America to Drink Wine","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3894,"description":"Fifty years ago, a 25-year-old with no money, no connections, and a lot of nerve showed up at an office on the 18th floor of the World Trade Center every single day for two and a half weeks until someone finally let him in. That someone was Barbara Kafka. The place was Windows on the World. And what Kevin Zraly built there over the next 25 years became the greatest restaurant wine program this country has ever seen.\nOn this episode of The Wine Centric Show, Kevin joins co-host Inez Ribustello, former Assistant Cellar Master and Beverage Director at Windows on the World, for a conversation that covers all of it. How a kid from Pleasantville, New York hitchhiked to California in 1972 when there were only 24 wineries in Napa. How Joe Baum told him to build the biggest and best wine list New York had ever seen and not to worry about what it cost. How 30,000 people have passed through the Windows on the World Wine School. How his book, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course, has sold four million copies and never gone out of print.\nAnd what it felt like to dance alone on the roof of One World Trade Center on July 4th, 1976, above the fireworks, king of the world.\nInez brings her own stories from the 107th floor including a Krug 1976 mistake that became a masterclass, a phone call with Kevin that changed how she leads, and a girls weekend in August 2001 that she will never forget.\nThis one stays with you.\nKevin’s autobiography, A Glass Half Full, is coming soon. His 50th anniversary celebration of the Judgment of Paris takes place May 26th at City Winery in New York City. Details at citywinery.com.\nInez Ribustello’s book, Life After Windows, is available now.\nWe’re grateful for the support of our episode partners:\nThe preferred wine glass of Matt and the Wine centric show\n▪️Glasvin: Use code WINECENTRIC for 10% off: https://tidd.ly/41vgdSQ\n▪️Fearrington House: https://fearrington.com/\n\nEpisode HighlightsKevin Zraly’s journey from bartender to world-renowned wine...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vUFcStfgzzIgLspOTR6nSw_boW0s7hNF7Dbay33qG4M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNDhm/ODNkYjEzNWYzMGI0/Yzg0ZTUzY2RlMGYw/OWY4Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}