On the night table: Jenna Diubaldo

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Jenna Diubaldo

Partner/blender, Sons of Vancouver Distillery

I have an audiobook I’ve been listening to by Adam Rogers. He wrote Proof: The Science of Booze, which is one of my favorite alcohol books. In that book he tackles really nerdy science aspects of alcohol, but anecdotally, finding interesting stories that teach you things.

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Jenna Diubaldo

Lately I’ve recently been listening to his most recent book, Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern.

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