Sober Event Founder: "My Social Life Doubled Without Alcohol" | Ep 9 · Sunsets Are The New Happy Hour · Radar

Pioneering a Non-Alcoholic Wine Tour in Germany4:25 – 7:23

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:25

Uh-

Kristin HorstmanHost

4:25

... we've mentioned Germany a couple of times, but let's really get into it now.

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:28

Yeah.

Kristin HorstmanHost

4:28

So you took this incredible zero-proof community to Germany and Austria, which is really the heartland of wine culture, um, for the world's first non-alcoholic wine tasting tour.

Kristin HorstmanHost

4:42

You know, what, what does it mean to you that alcohol-free living has reached that, that kind of level?

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:47

I wasn't sure.

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:49

It was about a...

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:50

It was a little over a year ago when we started the process, and I'm like, "You know, Darcey of Hooked Alcohol Free Travel, you know I really like this trip, so let's see what can happen." And you know, pe- people were ready.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:05

It w- it was special.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:07

I have looked back and I'm like, I can't say it was the highlight of my year because my son got married last year.

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:14

Aw.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:14

But-

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:15

Congratulations

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:15

...

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:15

I mean, it was just way up there.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:19

I think, I think we shared some excitement on that trip, and like, I still was pinching myself like months before and, and months after [laughs]-

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:31

Oh my gosh

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:32

... that, that it would really happen.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:35

Um, you know, people asked me years ago, once in a while, like, are we gonna ever do like a little trip to Napa Valley wi- you know, and maybe we'll take the wine country back or something.

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:47

Yeah.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:47

And um, you know, I thought, well, maybe we'll do spa.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:50

I don't know.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:51

But y- Napa's not ready yet.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:54

I mean, it is coming to California.

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:56

Yeah.

Pioneering a Non-Alcoholic Wine Tour in Germany4:25 – 7:23

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:25

Uh-

Kristin HorstmanHost

4:25

... we've mentioned Germany a couple of times, but let's really get into it now.

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:28

Yeah.

Kristin HorstmanHost

4:28

So you took this incredible zero-proof community to Germany and Austria, which is really the heartland of wine culture, um, for the world's first non-alcoholic wine tasting tour.

Kristin HorstmanHost

4:42

You know, what, what does it mean to you that alcohol-free living has reached that, that kind of level?

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:47

I wasn't sure.

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:49

It was about a...

Susie StreelmanGuest

4:50

It was a little over a year ago when we started the process, and I'm like, "You know, Darcey of Hooked Alcohol Free Travel, you know I really like this trip, so let's see what can happen." And you know, pe- people were ready.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:05

It w- it was special.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:07

I have looked back and I'm like, I can't say it was the highlight of my year because my son got married last year.

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:14

Aw.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:14

But-

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:15

Congratulations

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:15

...

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:15

I mean, it was just way up there.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:19

I think, I think we shared some excitement on that trip, and like, I still was pinching myself like months before and, and months after [laughs]-

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:31

Oh my gosh

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:32

... that, that it would really happen.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:35

Um, you know, people asked me years ago, once in a while, like, are we gonna ever do like a little trip to Napa Valley wi- you know, and maybe we'll take the wine country back or something.

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:47

Yeah.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:47

And um, you know, I thought, well, maybe we'll do spa.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:50

I don't know.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:51

But y- Napa's not ready yet.

Susie StreelmanGuest

5:54

I mean, it is coming to California.

Kristin HorstmanHost

5:56

Yeah.