This week's guest was Kim Bosse, co-founder of Birch Road, a BYOB social club with clubhouses in Chicago (Roscoe Village and Lincoln Park), Seattle, and Denver. We talked about the origins of Birch Road, how this wine-focused club operates, and some of Kim’s current beverage passions, including amaro!

(Interested in joining Birch Road? Get in touch and tell them that you were referred by the Chicago Wine Report and they’ll waive your enrollment fee!)

A particularly fun part of our conversation was discussing the club’s annual Champagne tasting the night before. An amazing selection of Champagne, much of it grower Champagne, was on offer, along with a lot of laughter and good humor. Special shoutout to Melissa of BottlesUp! (taking orders and delivering bottles directly to club members’ lockers (another perk of membership) and That Board for the beautiful spread!