Ah, alcohol. It can be a first-date necessity, when nerves and questions and vulnerabilities are at their peak. Or it can be our greatest downfall, when "just one more" turns into "one-plus-four too many."

Steve Clifton, winemaker and owner of Palmina wines, is this week's gust on In the Drink.

This week on The Speakeasy, Damon is joined by two friends from Seersucker Brooklyn, chef/owner Robert Newton and bartender Matt Hopkins. Tune in and hear three professionals talk shop and highlight some incredible wines coming from New York, Virginia and other overlooked regions in America.

What's goin on with American wine right now? Tune in to this week's episode of In the Drink as Joe Campanale is joined by two forward thinking restauranteurs making waves in Brooklyn - Bill Reed of Brooklyn Star and Doug Crowell of Buttermilk Channel Restaurant.