SAMANTHA BROWN'S PLACES TO LOVE: Louisville & Bourbon County, Ky.
February 1, 2022
By Jennifer Robinson
Kentucky is synonymous with Bourbon. At Buffalo Trace Distillery, host Samantha Brown talks all things Bourbon with third generation employee, Freddie Johnson, including the history of Bourbon and how it got named. Visiting the Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest, Samantha learns how German immigrant Isaac W. Bernheim in 1929 used his fortune from Bourbon to buy this land and give it back to the people of Kentucky, and how art has always been an important mission of the Forest.
In Bardstown, aka the “Bourbon capital of the world,” Samantha meets Jamar, a local Bourbon expert, who explains why Bardstown is considered “the Napa Valley of Bourbon” and takes her to Bardstown Bourbon, where they sample 3 different whiskeys and talk about the history of Bourbon. Finishing off her trip, Samantha re-joins Jamar at his favorite Bourbon bar, Bourbons Bistro, along with his Bourbon club friends as they chat, sample Bourbon and sit by the fire.