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Sammelier Services Sammelier Services will be consulting about alcohol and distributing coffee in Austin, Texas - selected by Sam Hovland.

Uniting Wine and Coffee Culture

Picacho Coffee has the good fortune of working closely with sommelier Sam Hovland of Austin, Texas to develop two signature blends of specialty coffee, the 529 Plan and East End Blend, for sale at East End Wines in Austin, Texas and here on our website. Picacho roastmaster, Chad Morris, provides Sam with sample roasts of our seasonal offerings, then Chad and Sam co

mpare tasting notes on a regular basis. Our sommelier-crafted blends are the tangible result of this exciting collaboration between coffee and wine geeks. An Austin resident since 1972, Sam Hovland has been involved the Austin food & wine industry for over twenty years as a kitchen manager, bartender, and captain, with forays into audio engineering after getting his BS in communications at UT, and an IS Directorship during the tech boom. His first retail wine experience was with the Austin Wine Merchant in the late 90′s. His next wine-related position was with the Headliners Club, where he has been sommelier since 2000. Sam creates the Headliners wine list and works with about fifty local wine representatives and suppliers to maintain the club’s wine cellars. Over the past decades Sam has also worked at Sardine Rouge, Demi-Epicurious, The Lakeway Inn and Conference Resort, and Mars Restaurant and Bar. He has served as wine buyer for the Wild Wood Art Cafe and Gourmage of Texas in New Braunfels and has acted as a consultant or wine buyer for many other restaurants and retail shops, including a brief stint on the wine committee for Twin Liquors, and is currently the wine buyer at East End Wines in Austin Texas. Sam also acts as the wine buyer for Swift’s Attic in downtown Austin and will create the wine list for the new restaurant from that group, Wu Chow, opening in the winter of 2014. Sam continues to consult and regularly operates special private events, classes, and private staff trainings. Sam passed the first two stages of the International Sommelier Guild’s degree in 2002, and got his Sommelier degree in 2005. Sam’s boyhood love of food and coffee propelled him into a wine career, and his coffee adventures with Picacho are a natural extension of his interest in food and pairing food with artfully crafted beverages. Like wine, coffee is a beverage with its own storied history. Sam shares Picacho’s obsession with creating carefully crafted coffees that capture the aromas and flavors of microclimate and terroir.

We are supporting Phantom Fest at SagebrushTexas.com again today here in Austin - There will be a WildBark Gin cocktail ...
27/10/2024

We are supporting Phantom Fest at SagebrushTexas.com again today here in Austin - There will be a WildBark Gin cocktail - The Spooky Blackberry Tom Collins, and Midsummer 5th Anniversary Movie Party -

I bought two tickets for our event tomorrow and will give them to the first person to reach out to me - You can either t...
03/10/2024

I bought two tickets for our event tomorrow and will give them to the first person to reach out to me - You can either take both, or just one, it will actually be 5p - 7p. I will be making tasty cocktails. This is at the Sunset Valley Total Wine, 78745 - Austin.

Saturday - September 14 - Heading to Dripping Springs to do a tasting, if anyone would like to come check it out. Tasty ...
14/09/2024

Saturday - September 14 - Heading to Dripping Springs to do a tasting, if anyone would like to come check it out. Tasty goodness 4pm until 7pm - come have WildBark, WildJune, and a WildJune Negroni, amongst other alluring combos utilizing our gins - Mad Rooster's Dripping Springs - 31560 RR 12, Dripping Springs, TX 78820

07/09/2024

Is anyone available to bartend a party Sunday evening with me off Southwest Parkway (Austin, TX) 08 September? Short notice, I know...

It is my world!
09/08/2024

It is my world!

In Celebration of World Gin Day we will be offering 5% off WildGins purchased through the website:https://wildgins.com/w...
09/06/2024

In Celebration of World Gin Day we will be offering 5% off WildGins purchased through the website:
https://wildgins.com/where-to-buy/
WORLD GIN DAY:
Organized by everyone’s favorite gin-swigging primate: Gin Monkey, the idea is simple:
get people together all around the world and raise a glass to the brilliant spirit that is GIN.
Whether it’s in a cocktail, a G&T or neat as part of a tasting, let’s celebrate this wonderful juniper-laced spirit in all of its glory!

Austinites - Coming right up, if you are free -
20/06/2023

Austinites - Coming right up, if you are free -

Creativity driven, kick-ass food trailer based in the ATX! Come see us.

Here is a new fun thing for Austinites -
14/06/2023

Here is a new fun thing for Austinites -

Brand New Speakeasy Night: Live Jazz, Secret Menu, 1/2 Price Wine with WildGins at It's Italian Cucina, Austin, TX -

Introducing Speakeasy Night: with live jazz & 1/2 price wine every Wednesday 6:30-9:30! Grab your ticket to unlock the secret menu. It's Italian Cucina 1500 South Lamar Boulevard 110 Austin, TX 78704 -

Speakeasy night at the Italian Cucina! Every Wednesday, grab your ticket at EventBrite.com and reserve your spot to unlock a secret menu of cocktails and tapas with 1/2 price bottles of wine! We have David Webb on piano 7-9. Menu with WildGins Co. Gin unlocks at 6:30. Equipped with a complimentary beverage upon entrance. Must have EventBrite ticket in order to get the secret menu and receive complimentary beverage. (below)

Get swanky, reserve your seat to unlock the secret menu, and we’ll see you every Wednesday!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speakeasy-night-live-jazz-secret-menu-12-price-wine-tickets-644010742467?aff=oddtdtcreator

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18/04/2022

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Voting Ends Monday 18 April - Please Help Us Win! - MONDAY - 18 APRIL - WILDGINS Co. is asking for help to make it through the final round for the Austin Chronicle Best Of Issue - Remember it's ONE VO

09/12/2021

There is a private event next Wednesday 15 December that I am looking for waitstaff for - please reach out to me at 512-789-1023 - Event is in SW Austin - Would start around 4p and go into the evening, not super late -

25/08/2021

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