Cocktail WhispererKlaus and I have taken a trip, so to speak. We’re currently in Santa Rosa California to attend the Hall Of Flowers but took some time today to explore both the Cannadel and Jane Dispensaries! Incredible service and people!!!
As someone who concentrates on the very finest craft cannabis in California, I want to be the first to re-introduce to you the Hall of Flowers, in a virtual world. If it wasn’t for the Hall of Flowers, I fully believe that my path would not be the same. Business to Business means intuitive and pragmatic individuals. All wanting to get the job done right, the first time.
The Hall of Flowers is gourmet cannabis, elevated!
Mother’s Day comes but once a year, so you better not forget your mom! If you have forgotten your mom in prior years, I’m pretty sure you won’t want go through that again, should you forget, yet again. Please, don’t forget your mom! (Or your wife…)
The Hall of Flowers, held twice per year in Santa Rosa, California acted as my muse bringing together the best and the brightest to my trained palate. But don’t take it from me directly, you simply must travel to California yourself and take the journey. As I found covering the craft spirits business and writing six books on the topic, there are different levels of good. A couple weeks ago I led a panel at the Berlin Bar Convent for Park Street University on Cannabis Cocktails. The consensus at the end of the panel was encouraging. High quality craft spirits manufacturers are genuinely intrigued by the combination of their excellent craft spirits and the addition of hemp based CBD. Unfortunately here in the USA, even the mere reference to THC is much more oblique. Through marketing, anything can be invented. Just look at the worm in Mezcal. If you ate one of these things please contact me. And if you drink rum based on the color of the liquid in that expensive bottle, you’ve been hoodwinked again. Most of what you pay extra for has been caramel colored. Oh gosh, why would they do that? Because there are no rules in rum! Rhum? Well that’s another story for another day. They have rules, but you are confused. I’m positive. No need for that in cannabis.
I first discovered Sackville & Co at the Hall of Flowers just a few months ago. You might say that I’m late to the party, but hear me out for a moment. First of all, Sackville & Co. is located in Brooklyn. I’m in New Jersey. It’s close by but completely out of touch with cannabis reality evidently.
I’m charmed by goodbrands, you may not know about them yet, but if you live in California it’s pretty simple, I want you to find them and smoke them.
Wandering around the Hall of Flowers this year, I found their vending machine irresistible. How many vending machines take quarters for beautifully packaged pre-rolled joints that are more than just good?
While you were at the beach, reaching for another frosty beer during the final weeks of summer, I was getting ready for the Hall of Flowers. But first, what is the Hall of Flowers? Hall of Flowers is the bi-yearly event that takes place at the historic Sonoma County Fairgrounds located in Santa Rosa, California. Three buildings were packed to the gills this season with dozens more craft cannabis producers in evidence. But first, Hall of Flowers isn’t open to the general public. Far from a stoner event, there is serious business happening in each booth. But please don’t get me wrong for even a moment about the subject matter. The business of cannabis is a fluid, organic being. Opportunities present themselves in a vastly different format than say a liquor conference. Instead of getting drunk and uncontrollable, as is the case with certain liquor festivals, Hall of Flowers is a gathering of the peaceful tribes.
This is where I will be this week!