In the video, Forbes editor-in-chief joins me in a tasting to discover whether we can pick out the "best" and worst vodkas.
Jamie has long been an admirer of his work and together they discuss Guy's early influences from growing up with six siblings with a myriad of tastes, to discovering the work of Chet Baker and 'totally ripping him off', in his words.
"If you thought that Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (the brain trust behind the "Crank" franchise) had already plumbed the basement of bad taste, be prepared to discover the sub-basement," Jeannette Catsoulis wrote of the movie in The Times in September, adding that the movie is "a futuristic vomitorium of bosoms and bullets".
But through the Ticker I can also share hundreds of songs, all that I enjoy to a lesser extent, and give people who respect my taste a way to discover vetted content.
Radio 1 and Top of the Pops and all those institutions that used to influence what people listened to have dissipated because people's tastes have expanded as there's much more availability to discover your taste through different websites or YouTube or playlists.
That is something that the Dining section's tasting panel was happy to discover.
Few arenas of 21st-century life have so quickly become the focus of aspiration and outright obsession: the byzantine tasting menus, the competition to discover the Next Great Place, the melodramatic top-chef reality shows.
What I loved about Napster was the ability to connect, often in the wee hours of the morning, with total strangers who shared my tastes and interests and to discover new music, which I would never have heard otherwise.
Both type and price can influence the way you taste a brandy so it is best to cover this information when tasting to really discover the flavors that you like.
But these fragile ingredients cannot be transported far, so foodies will have to journey to Kuching to discover the taste.
