Season XI: Stephen McConnell, wine + food critic, Avila Beach, California
By day, Stephen McConnell is a general contractor, but by nights and weekends, he is an independent wine and restaurant critic — like, really independent. On his food blog eatdrink101.com, he details his opinions on restaurants across the Central Coast, including white linen and fine dining establishments to fast food chain restaurants. On his blog wine1percent.com, he sips a new wine every day and writes a review of it. Every day! These are both extraordinarily well-visited sites, as are the corresponding social media pages for each, no doubt because Stephen McConnell does not hold back. He skewers and praises restaurants, wines, servers, chefs, and dishes very openly. Listen to this singular Central Coast personality talk about his take on the term “wine snob,” growing up Seventh-Day Adventist, and his obsession with crows.
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wine1percent.com
eatdrink101.com
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