Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 1, 2024

You may have noticed the increasing prevalence of wines from regions like Galicia or Catalunya on wine lists, or even the spate of locales leaning fully Spanish. In our March/April issue , Jennifer Fiedler explores the growing wave of Spanish wine bars and restaurants. The following are Spanish wine bars on our radar.

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VinePair

MAY 26, 2025

In 2023, a popular Paris bar made waves when it hired a bouncer to control the crowds swarming its doors. The bar, named Folderol , isnt a hot night club or a celebrity haunt, but rather a small space serving natural wine and homemade ice cream. Traditional principles would advise against serving wine with ice cream.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

With arid deserts, cool mountain breezes, and an impossibly long coastline, Chile has a dynamic wine scene that defies viticultural shorthands like warm-climate or high-altitude. The Central Valley, one of the countrys most commercially established wine regions, encompasses several subregions with distinct terroirs and winemaking identities.

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PUNCH

AUGUST 27, 2024

The modern wine bar can be difficult to navigate. Here, sommeliers and experts answer questions about by-the-glass menus, tipping and more.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 25, 2025

Welcome to Junebuga vibrant new dining bar, restaurant, and private event space from Neighborhood Restaurant Group , now open in Downtown New Orleans. The menu is built for however you like to dinewhether you’re sharing snacks and small plates at the bar or settling in for a full meal in the dining room or lounge.

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PUNCH

MAY 20, 2024

The 12 best natural wine bars in New York City to visit include spaces that double as excellent restaurants, neighborhood gems and more.

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PUNCH

JUNE 12, 2024

As bafflingly flexible as they are unmistakably distinct, these spaces have managed to recapture the anything-goes romance of simply “going out.”

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Australian Bartender

JANUARY 27, 2025

A new European-inspired venue has emerged on Sydneys bar scene, with the Love Tilly Group (LTG) launching Letra House. Image: Love Tilly Group) A new European-inspired venue has emerged on Sydneys bar scene, with the Love Tilly Group (LTG) launching Letra House. Jones has created a menu influenced by Spanish flavours and dishes.

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PUNCH

JUNE 18, 2024

The best natural wine producers, bottles to try, bars to visit and trends to know in 2024, according to sommeliers and experts.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Here are some of their favorites, both new to the world and new to their back bars. Abigail Gullo, creative director, Loa Bar International House Hotel , New Orleans “We like the WhistlePig brand and their eclectic ways of making rye whiskeys, especially the PiggyBack Rye for cocktails or the 12 Year Old World Rye for sipping.

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Advanced Mixology

JANUARY 16, 2025

The bar industry can feel stagnant. In todays competitive landscape, you need to think outside the box to entice a broader audience to your bar. Discover seven creative ways to attract a wider demographic, from crafting unique experiences to elevating your bars atmosphere. A wine cellar perfectly exemplifies this.

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PUNCH

JUNE 5, 2024

The 10 best natural wine bars, bistros and caves to visit in Paris, France, plus expert tips to know before you go.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

Odds are, your familiarity with Cava, the sparkling wine of Spain’s Catalonia region, may simply be as a cheap bottle of bubbles. Producers of the wine are pushing the regulating body, D.O. Cava, for stricter rules for quality, aiming to improve the wine’s global image and subsequent value.

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Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

Since he took the helm of The Connaught Bar in 2008, his dedication to both substance and service has garnered the bar regular recognition as one of the world’s best. Imbibe: You’ve been with the bar since 2008; what was the inspiration to write this book now? The Connaught Bar opened in 2008, when I joined.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

One of our 2024 Imbibe 75 Places to Watch, The Ruby Fruit —a buzzed-about restaurant and wine bar in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood and the city’s first lesbian bar in years—is all about cultivating a welcoming, community-minded space. Terah Wine Co. Terah Wine Co. ’s notes Bielagus.

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Chilled Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Giving your bar menu a revamp is a great way to entice your guests to try something new and expand their palette. Apple Pie Shot If you are looking to add something special to your bar menu, look no further. The Apple Pie Shot is crafted with three simple ingredients that are more than likely behind every bar back.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

In addition to the classic Vesper citrus tasting notes, Bar Continental’s Vesper cocktail features a new savory component – the infusion of Mirepoix Seasoning, a spice mix traditionally used in French cooking, alongside Cocchi Americano aperitif wine. Photo by Emily Dorio Gin , Vodka , White Wine Vesper Ingredients 1 oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In 2002, while he was working at LAB Bar in London, the late Ghanaian mixologist Douglas Ankrah invented a modern cocktail classic: the Pornstar Martini. In colonial text, it is illegal for Ivorians to own a distillery, noted Alexander Quest, a bar owner, consultant, and co-founder of Abidjan Cocktail Week in Ivory Coast.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

She figured a small, neighborhood spot with shorter shifts, devoted regulars, and a conscientious owner could provide more flexibility and support during her pregnancy and postpartum period than the high-end cocktail bar in downtown Austin, Texas, where shed been knocking out 12- to 14-hour shifts. It was an intentional choice, she says.

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Australian Bartender

APRIL 14, 2025

Owners David Abram and Carla Uriarte (Image: Bar Freda’s) Fredas is set to reopen in Chippendale on 24 April, but not in the same way as before. Fredas caf will be transforming into Bar Fredas. The highly anticipated open has been brewing since 2020 when they were forced to close Fredas Bar and nightclub due to redevelopment.

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Australian Bartender

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Inuman Team Inuman Upstairs, 167 Exhibition Street, Melbourne @inuman.melb Filipino culture meets contemporary mixology with the launch of Inuman, Melbourne’s first Filipino cocktail bar, which opened on November 1, 2024. Named after the Tagalog word for “drinking,” Inuman celebrates the Filipino tradition of gathering over drinks.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

When the team behind Oxalis , a Michelin-starred restaurant in Brooklyn, opened Clinton Hill wine bar Place des Fêtes in 2022, beverage director Piper Kristensen knew exactly what he didn’t want to do: re-create the same-old, same-old bistronomy-style French-heavy list. One huge benefit: the price.

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Australian Bartender

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Once a quiet, empty block, it’s now been transformed into something that stands out—a cheeky, retro-styled bar with gold-foiled pin-up girls and hand-painted signs boasting “Cold Drinks, Warm Service, and Hot Bartenders.” Yep, that’s Bar Love, the latest and most exciting addition to the neighbourhood between Northbridge and Highgate.

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VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2025

But in the wine world, the terms meaning can occasionally get warped or misconstrued. Often, an allocated wine is only labelled as such because the producer is so small that only a few cases of their wines make it to international markets. ” Does the average consumer know what that means? Do they care?

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

As drinkers’ palates have evolved and become more sophisticated and complex, their desire for a well-constructed bar menu and top-shelf drink program is essential. Here are a few simple tips to take your bar menu and drink program to the next level. Are they a middle-aged couple who want a good, reputable wine for dinner?

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VinePair

OCTOBER 31, 2024

took bars by storm in late 2022. It’s also the occasional subject of more tone-deaf discussions; type “Is a Negroni” into Google, and “a girly drink” and “a man’s drink” both populate the search bar. Here, five bars from five different cities across the country break down exactly how they price a standard Negroni. Insurance: $0.35

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BarLifeUK

JUNE 24, 2024

A tour of the bars and purveyors of alcohol to be found in Tooting Market If, like me, you require a pretty compelling reason to travel to a non-local part of London on a day off, I would offer Pakistani restaurant Dawat as ample reason to make the trek to Tooting. Boom Bap’s menu is quite B@1-y, albeit much smaller.

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Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 9, 2024

3053 hello@barbellamy.com Bar Bellamy lives up to its name, which means good friend. Whether guests are stopping in for a pre-dinner aperitif, catching up with friends over a seasonal meal, or making Bellamy their final stop for the night, the bar invites everyone to pull up a stool and relax in good company.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

And a bar without good craic? “There’s nothing nicer in the bar business than the hum of conversation with no background noise.” The bars in Ireland when we were young were conversation bars. There’s nothing nicer in the bar business than the hum of conversation with no background noise.” How was the craic?”

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Chilled Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Being raised in a family that valued food and wine, Clarke Anderson’s interest in food science and culinary arts was sparked early on. At Le Loup, which opened in 2022, Clarke has created a sophisticated, intimate bar experience inspired by New York and L.A. cocktail bars.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 26, 2025

Find it all summer long at Hamlet and Ghost in Saratoga Springs, as well as their new sister wine bar, Familiar Creature ideal stops before or after a day at the track! Fresh Lemon Juice Splash Grapefruit Juice Sparkling Water, to top Preparation Shake with ice, strain over ice into wine glass. Aperol 1 oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Flannel blankets, floor cushions, a fake fireplacethings you can really get close and comfortable with,” suggests Briana Bononcini, co-owner of Scandanavian bar The Portland Hunt + Alpine Club and co-author of The Northern Hospitality. Offer fresh citrus, rosemary sprigs, and cinnamon sticks to dress up the drinks. ” Tangen adds.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

Bar Director Evan Williams of Dalida in San Francisco, CA came across the technique of herb washing cocktails from a Copenhagen-based bartender named Peter Altyenberg, who utilizes the technique in a riff on a Mojito. We top that with a bit of sparkling wine on a tall cube. Will keep for up to a month in the fridge.)

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

Mohegan Sun’s 20th Annual Sun Wine & Food Fest is Thursday, January 25th – Sunday, January 28th Mohegan Sun Wine and Food Fest promises a weekend of culinary delights and exquisite libations. To commemorate 20 years of Sun Wine & Food Fest, guests can enjoy 20 events over the course of four days!

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Advanced Mixology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Wine is an excellent base for cocktails. However, if you want to up the ante, use high-end wines to make your seasonal beverages extra special. Marketview Liquor should be your first stop for some of the most sought-after rare wines on the market at affordable prices. Mike and his staff have never looked back.

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Spiritz

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Café hoppers in select cities of Uttar Pradesh will soon have the option of ordering a beer or wine with their meal. According to the new UP excise policy for 2025-26, low-alcohol bars — which serve only beer and wine — will pop up in Noida, Ghaziabad, Agra and Lucknow.

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Australian Bartender

APRIL 21, 2025

(Image: Samantha Wooller) A wine bar has opened its doors in Teneriffe and is already making waves within Brisbanes hospitality scene. Wild Legs, is the latest venue to hit the Newstead-Teneriffe pocket, leaning into natural, biodynamic, and small-batch wines with a menu to match.

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