I’d see wine when it was convenient but was never really committed. You could say we had a little situationship thing going on. This reminds me of that “Brown Sugar” question, you know, “When did you fall in love with hip-hop?” So in the spirit of that, wine and I were dating for a while. When did you first fall in love with wine? In this interview with VinePair, Westbrook speaks about his love affair with wine and hip-hop, his favorite inspirational Jay-Z quotes, and tells us about his continuous effort to make wine more approachable for everyone - which he can now do at his own shop, Juice 1340. Throughout his journey, from growing up in Tennessee (where he had his first sip of Champagne at the tender age of 8) to his first steps into the beverage industry at a small Italian restaurant in Birmingham, Ala., where he worked while attending college and ultimately landing in Chicago where he honed his craft in tasting rooms, Westbrook has picked up the tools to build his vision for the future of wine.
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Westbrook’s approach to wine education is the ideal fit for his bubbly personality and professional background. The result is an experience that’s as informative as it is entertaining: At this past summer’s event, Westbrook introduced guests, including this author, to variations of Sauvignon Blanc, from a low-alcohol wine to a richly textured wine from Marlborough - all while playing tracks by Kanye West, Curtis Mayfield, Justin Bieber, and the Fugees. At each one-of-a-kind tasting, he selects a track and a remix or new version that samples the original song, and pairs each with a comparable wine.
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It’s that creativity, along with his desire to share and guide people through wine tasting in a fun and exciting way, that led Westbrook to start Samples and Samples, an event series showcasing both wine and music selections he curates.
Both disciplines have “rules,” but what makes a song or a glass more interesting is when those rules are broken - with intention. “Wine and jazz are very similar,” Westbrook says. But these days, Westbrook, who now adds wine shop owner, wine culture curator, and Little League baseball coach to his title, is crafting a new kind of pairing experience with wine and music. At Chicago restaurants including Next and Elizabeth, he created extensive wine lists and his ideal food pairings.
Like most sommeliers, Derrick Westbrook grew his experience through working in restaurants and tasting rooms.
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