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14 things we discovered at Flauer Alassio 2025

The Cocktail Lovers

Flauer Alassio 2025 is a unique event, exploring edible flowers, wild herbs, food sustainability and mixology. Following a painstaking six years and a half years of extensive restoration Villa della Pergola opened in 2012 and now boasts over 40 varieties of Wisteria. And a whole lot more.

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Mellow Corn: The Bottom Shelf Whiskey With a Cult Following

VinePair

In 2012, at the inaugural iteration of Camp Runamok — a now annual summer camp for bartenders — attendees from across the country found a kindred spirit in the overlooked bottom-shelf beverage. Beyond the simple highball and Old Fashioned options, advanced mixological implications abound.

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The 2024 RTD Growth Brands Awards — Canned Cocktails Thriving

Cheers

As a brand born to mix and known for its cocktail mixology, Absolut continues to mix people, cultures and perspectives together,” says Foley. “We Fast Track winner Monaco Cocktails debuted a brand refresh in 2023 with new monochrome cans, each featuring an emblem stating “established in 2012” within a refreshed logo.

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Corpin-NOT: How Cava Lost the Crown of World’s Most Beloved Bargain Bubbles

VinePair

In 2012, the first major salvo of the melee was fired by a single, historical — and deliciously culty — producer, Raventós i Blanc , when it established an exclusive proprietary designation for its terroir and labels, Conca del Riu Anoia. “Many of the top-quality producers have left Cava for Clàssic Penedès and Corpinnat.”

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Celebrating Black History Month with Beats, Bars & Bourbon

Tales of the Cocktail

In 2012, Steve also Co-Founded AIMBA, an innovative after-school enrichment program that combines sports athletics, and academics through basketball I.Q. In addition to his tireless service to the community, “Bullz” also has a creative spirit and enjoys creating Hip-Hop-themed artwork through drawings and paintings.

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Revisiting the ‘Hey Bartender’ Documentary, 10 Years After It Captured the Craft Cocktail Renaissance

VinePair

Though there are a few people Tirola spoke with for the film who didn’t make the final cut — he declined to reveal who when asked — he landed an impressive number of mixology heavyweights: Dale DeGroff, Julie Reiner, Jim Meehan, and the late Sasha Petraske all make appearances on screen. It was crazy, but I love him for it.”

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Colin Asare-Appiah Is Reshaping the Bar World

Imbibe Magazine

By 2012, he was at Bacardi, one of the largest liquor names in the world. (Holmes credits a Cosmopolitan that Asare-Appiah made him with changing his opinion of cocktails.) Asare-Appiah quickly used his innate ability to mix with both dukes or dustmen, as Holmes put it, to quickly create a community of support around the brand.

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