Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/29638
THE MESSAGE The Purity Factor at Rolling Stone O pened in Los Angeles in early March, Rolling Stone Restaurant & Lounge keeps good company. A new fi xture at the Hollywood & Highland complex—home to American Idol live performances and The Academy Awards—this two- leveled homage to a national treasure of a publication has a super-impressive team behind its food and drink program. Watch for upcoming stories on what’s happening behind the bar from some of the industry experts who are crafting some extraordinary cocktails here. —Meridith May Rolling Stone bartenders Joey Kloberdanz and Lindsay Reich reached for Purity vodka to make our super sippers on a recent visit. Words for the Wine-Wise S ideways author Rex Pickett showed off his new book, Vertical, at the Paso Robles Wine Alliance tour in Los Angeles (see our story on the tasting on page 94). Before signing autographs and discussing philosophies on wine, women and writing, Pickett couldn’t help but read THE TASTING PANEL at the event to get the real behind-the- scenes scoop. Author Rex Pickett. 20 / the tasting panel / april 201 1 PHOTO: TOM ZASADZINSKI