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Say Hello to New York Bartender Week

Imbibe Magazine

And Martini lovers at Shinji’s Bar in Manhattan’s Flatiron District will get to enjoy a New York-focused version of its Honeypenny, featuring beeswax-washed vodka, a house-made aperitif with golden raisins and honey, mead, and gins. Left to right: The Portrait Bar’s Mapo District. For HLC, New York is just the beginning.

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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2024: The Second Golden Age of the American Cocktail with Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux

Chilled Magazine

The entire ELEVATE group was treated to a seminar presented by artisan distiller and research scientist Ted Breaux, who was responsible for bringing absinthe back to the U.S.; The first indication of wine appears in 5,000 BCE, and the word “aperitif” first shows up in writing in the 5th century CE.

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THE UKBG & JSS INNOVATIVE JAPANESE SPIRIT COMPETITION & MASTERCLASS RETURNS FOR ITS FOURTH YEAR

Bar Magazine

Developed as a collaboration between the two organisations, the competition and live seminars taking place across the UK in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, the Guilds goal of heightening the profile of the Japanese drinks industry in the UK and inspiring talented artists to craft new, innovative creations with the versatile spirits continues.

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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE: The History of Vermouth 

Chilled Magazine

The History of Vermouth Seminar at ELEVATE 2023 was presented by Steven Dragun, United States Ambassador Bodegas Lustau. Fashionable cafes served it as an aperitif. Still, it continued to be popular in Europe, especially Italy, France, and Spain, where it was a popular aperitif.

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FOURTH ANNUAL GREAT HONKAKU SHOCHU & AWAMORI CONTEST FINAL TO BE HELD AT APPLES & PEARS, LONDON

Bar Magazine

The competition kicked off with seminars in London, Manchester and Edinburgh led by Shochu educators and JSS Academy graduates (2024), Francesco Braun and Samuel Boulton. His presentation from the seminars, which provided a journey through the Japanese indigenous spirits, is available on the UKBG website here.

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Meet the National Finalists for the VinePair x Elijah Craig Old Fashioned Cocktail Contest

VinePair

That was a really great time to enter the craft scene, and Ill never forget those first few years of reading books recommended by peers and bosses, watching countless hours of Tales of the Cocktail seminars, and getting familiar with aperitifs, amari, and liqueurs, he recalls.

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Beverage Expert and Holistic Health Coach Camille Vidal’s Non-Alc Picks

Dry Atlas

You can also spot her IRL doing seminars at most global beverage events, where she advocates for the No & Low category and the mindful drinking movement. Here are Camille’s current non-alc picks Martini Vibrante & Floreale I’m a huge fan of the aperitif hour, and I live for a spritz cocktail.