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Shochu Pros – Shochu’sday

June 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Joshin Antone

Christopher and Stephen at a Tokyo Swallows game.

This week (June 10th) we welcome our first guest! Joshin Atone, a bartender extraordinaire from the SG Group (perennial world’s best bars nominee). Formerly of Angel’s Share in NYC and Sober Company in Shanghai, Joshin is now brand manager of the new SG Shochu line as well as maintaining his position as the main level bartender at SG Club in Tokyo. Christopher will be doing the interview while Stephen takes a backseat and handles questions in the audience. 

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Every Tuesday night at 9pm Eastern Stephen Lyman & Christopher Pellegrini are coming to you live from Japan via Instagram Live for Shochu Pros Instagram TV. For each episode (weather permitting) one host will be “on location” somewhere interesting. The on-location host will give some backstory about the location and then the discussion will kick off. Once the topical discussion is finished, we will open the floor for questions from the live viewers. You can join through Christopher’s instagram (or Stephen’s when he is the host).

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Date:
June 10, 2020
Time:
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Event Tags:
Awamori, instagram tv, sg club, sg shochu, shochu, shochu pros
Website:
https://www.instagram.com/christopherpellegrini/

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The SG Shochu MUGI Label
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