• Press

In 2018, I was named Young Drinks Writer of the Year by The Spirits Business. And in 2019, I was on The Future 50, a list of beverage-industry rising stars chosen by WSET and the IWSC.

🖊️ Writing

This Vietnamese Publisher Is Expanding to Target 5 Million Ex-Pats in the US and Beyond (Adweek)

Dan Q. Dao Joins Vietcetera as International Digital Director (Vietcetera)

Soleil Ho’s Recommended Reading (San Francisco Chronicle)

WSET and IWSC Announce Future 50 Awards List (WineBusiness.com)

Top 10 Nominees for the 13th Annual Spirited Awards® Writing & Media Categories (Tales of the Cocktail)

What We’re Reading (The New York Times)

Dan Q. Dao Named Young Drinks Writer of the Year (The Spirits Business)

The Most Interesting City in America (w/ Dan Q Dao) (Racist Sandwich)

How Do We Write About Food When There Isn’t Any? (Columbia Journalism Review)

Rising Stars: How Saveur’s Dan Q. Dao Maintains His Editorial Hunger (Folio)

Dan Q. Dao is one of NYC's Emerging Dining Delegates (Downtown Magazine)

🍸 Drinks

The Roast of the Town (Craft Spirits Magazine)

The Best Spirits and Cocktails for 2019 (Forbes)

How to Use Apple Brandy in Cocktails (Punch)

Rosé Is Still the Drink of Summer, and No, It’s Not Going Anywhere (Quartz)

New York Bartenders Share Their Favorite Easy Cocktails (The Kitchn)

Bartenders Share Their Tips and Tricks for Drinking Alone (Tasting Table)

✨ Other

Enough with the MSG Shaming (New York Post)

New Yorkers Back Beto O’Rourke (New York Daily News)

Cool Kid Tex-Pats Rally for Beto O’Rourke in NYC (Guest of a Guest)