AAPI Heritage Month Celebration with ABV x 505 State Street
Join ABV and 505 State Street for a founders tasting celebrating AAPI Heritage Month and the vibrant community of AAPI professionals across the beverage industry.
Connect with founders, operators, media, and industry leaders while sampling beverages from AAPI-owned brands. Come meet new faces, strengthen connections, and raise a glass to AAPI excellence in beverage—both alcohol and non-alcohol—in a welcoming, community-driven setting designed to create new spaces for diverse groups of people to live, work, and thrive.
Panel Discussion “Cultural Roots, Modern Tastes”
A virtual panel discussion on “Cultural Roots, Modern Tastes,” exploring how cultural heritage—particularly within the AAPI community—continues to influence modern beverage concepts, brand building, and evolving consumer trends.
Panelists include: Carol Pak, Founder & CEO, Sool (Makku); Daisuke Nakajima, Founder, Bōken Sake; Jenny Son, Vice President of Spirits, Total Wine & More; Faye Chen, Co-founder and General Manager of Double Chicken Please. Moderated by: Nicolette Teo, Co-Founder, L.A. Spirits Awards
Spicy Social
Connect over Asian hot sauces, flavorful bites and hot topics with fellow AAPI professionals in beverage and beyond. Taste. Talk. Repeat.
Taste of Asia
Founders Tasting featuring our favorite AAPI owned beverage brands. Featuring: Brooklyn Cider House / Boken Sake / Dirty Water / Maivino / Hana Makgeolli / Jumo / Makku
Fall Gathering
Fall Gathering. Reconnect with familiar faces and welcome new ones, all while reinforcing our mission to uplift AAPI professionals within the beverage industry and beyond.
Founders Tasting
Meet the makers & founders crafting some groundbreaking beverages representing the AAPI community: Bondle Wines, Hana Makgeolli, Hummy Soju Seltzer, JUMO Soju Cocktail, Lunar Hard Seltzer, Mai Vino and MÀKKU.