Brian Freedman is a food, wine, spirits, and travel writer, restaurant and beverage consultant, drinks educator, and event host and speaker. He is Editor-in-Chief of Drink Me Magazine, contributing writer for John Mariani’s Virtual Gourmet and Philadelphia Style, restaurant critic and beverage columnist for Philadelphia Weekly and Suburban Life, and contributes to others. He hosts beverage-focused dinners and seminars through On The Front Vines, his gastro-consulting company and can be reached at info@onthefrontvines.com. Brian writes The Food, Drink & Travel Report.