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    Fine Wine & Good Spirits to Welcome Robert Irvine to Strip District, Pittsburgh, Premium Collection Store

    July 12, 2022

    World-class chef, fitness authority to sign bottles of Irvine Spirits vodka on July 18

    Pittsburgh – The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board today announced that Robert Irvine, world-class chef, fitness authority, author, and philanthropist, will sign pre-purchased bottles of Irvine Spirits beginning at 4:00 PM Monday, July 18, at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection Store, 2001 Smallman St., Pittsburgh. 

    Robert Irvine is a world-class chef, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The host of Food Network’s hit show Restaurant: Impossible, he has given struggling restaurateurs a second chance to turn their lives and businesses around in over 200 episodes and counting. In addition to his restaurants – Robert Irvine’s Public House at the Tropicana in Las Vegas and Fresh Kitchen by Robert Irvine within the Pentagon – he is the owner of FitCrunch, whose protein bars, powders, and snacks are available nationwide; Robert Irvine Foods, which makes prepared, restaurant-quality dishes available in grocery stores and provides food service to military bases worldwide; and the Lansdale, PA-based Boardroom Spirits, creators of handcrafted vodka, rum, whiskey, and more.

    In 2021, Boardroom and Irvine unveiled Irvine’s Spirits, which includes Irvine’s Vodka and Irvine’s American Dry Gin. These new offerings are the perfect distillation of Robert’s culinary mastery and his experience travelling the globe and experiencing the best of everything. Each hand-crafted bottle adheres to the most stringent standards of a chef wholly obsessed with quality.

    A portion of the proceeds from all of Robert’s endeavors benefit the Robert Irvine Foundation. Created in 2014, the foundation gives back to our servicemen and women and first responders.

    Fine Wine & Good Spirits customers 21 years of age and older can sample the following spirits at the Smallman Street location beginning at 4:00 PM. 
    • Irvine's American Dry Gin 90 Proof (Code 97425), $22.99
    • Irvine’s Vodka 80 Proof (Code 97426), $19.99
    The PLCB regulates the distribution of beverage alcohol in Pennsylvania, operates 600 wine and spirits stores statewide, and licenses 20,000 alcohol producers, retailers, and handlers. The PLCB also works to reduce and prevent dangerous and underage drinking through partnerships with schools, community groups, and licensees. Taxes and store profits – totaling nearly $18.7 billion since the agency’s inception – are returned to Pennsylvania’s General Fund, which finances Pennsylvania’s schools, health and human services programs, law enforcement, and public safety initiatives, among other important public services. The PLCB also provides financial support for the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, other state agencies, and local municipalities across the state. For more information about the PLCB, visit lcb.pa.gov.

    WHAT: Robert Irvine to sign pre-purchased bottles of Irvine Spirits
    WHEN: Monday, July 18, 4:00 PM
    WHERE: Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection, 2001 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PA 15222

    MEDIA CONTACT: Shawn M. Kelly, 717.303.8522

    EDITOR’S NOTE: In-store media access will be limited to credentialed media and professional photographers. Media interested in covering this event must contact Shawn Kelly in advance.

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