Drinks International

JUNE 11, 2025

To subscribe, click here Home » News » Bar news Kathmandu’s Barc wins Michters Art of Hospitality for Asias 50 Best 12 June, 2025 By Eleanor Yates Kathmandu’s Barc has been named the winner of the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025.

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Bar Magazine

MARCH 28, 2025

As 2025 unfolds, the city’s cocktail culture develops, presenting experiences that captivate locals and visitors alike. This exploration highlights the latest trends in Londons cocktail bars, showcasing what makes a night out in the capital truly unforgettable. Each sip becomes a celebration of cocktail heritage.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

Nikki McCutcheon, Senior Beverage Director of Silver Lining Lounge in New York City, began her journey in hospitality at a family-owned restaurant in upstate New York at the young age of 15. McCutcheon realized that she was intrigued more by the world of hospitality than her studies. John’s University.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

What started as a YouTube series from actor-turned-bartender Leandro DiMonriva on the history and craft behind classic cocktails has transformed into an ever-expanding encyclopedia of bartending expertise. Also check out his picks for five classic cocktails every home bartender should know.) It’s a wonderful thing.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

The Craft Cocktail renaissance has raised the standards of technique and ingredients for cocktail making. With the focus on raising the craft, however, one aspect of cocktail culture often gets forgotten: this is supposed to be fun. A total of four Finalist Bartenders, one from each U.S.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 23, 2024

And who better to point you in the right direction than those leading the charge on Paris’ increasingly notable cocktail culture? We tapped some of the city’s most talented hospitality pros for their recommendations on where to find Paris’ Olympians of mixology. “Come early to get a spot outside.

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Advanced Mixology

JANUARY 21, 2025

Whats Driving The Trend (H2) Although Asian food has been a long-time favourite in Western culture, until relatively recently, Asian drinks and spirits have been hard to get hold of as well as being leftfield for consumers. A report by Brand Finance ( [link].) confirms that 6 out of 10 of the worlds most valuable drinks are Asian.

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The Cocktail Lovers

JUNE 11, 2025

A key bar in putting Athens on the map for contemporary cocktail culture it’s picked up its fair share of awards, most recently taking home the World’s Best Spirit Selection presented by Tales of the Cocktail Foundation in 2024, and is a regular on the World’s 50 Best bars list, currently sitting at No.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 3, 2023

When you talk to someone in the bar or booze industry about “Hey Bartender,” Douglas Tirola’s 2013 documentary chronicling the 21st century rebirth and rise of the American cocktail scene, one specific quote from the film is likely to be mentioned. The film was cinema vérité. The rest of this story should be read at maximum volume.)

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Tales of the Cocktail

APRIL 15, 2025

In partnership with Forbes, the Spirited Awards Official Media Partner, TOTCF will celebrate the Spirited Awards on July 24th during the Tales of the Cocktail (TOTC) conference, taking place in New Orleans from July 20-25, 2025.

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VinePair

APRIL 3, 2024

The early wave of modern Tokyo cocktail bars defined the distinctive style of drink preparation and service known as Japanese bartending — and the type of establishments in which it could be found — while pushing forward the idea of a thriving cocktail culture from within an Asian metropolis.

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Bar Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Thousands competed in the 15 th edition of World Class for the coveted title Keegan McGregor , from Canada has been awarded the coveted title of World Class Global Bartender of the Year 2024 at the world’s biggest cocktail competition, celebrated in Shanghai this year. He also created three pioneering gin cocktails with Tanqueray No.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Giacomo Giannotti, co-founder of the iconic El Born cocktail bar, has unveiled the highly anticipated lineup of seminars, with some of the worlds most innovative bartenders coming together to tackle the biggest issues of Sustainability faced by the global drinks industry Giacomo Giannotti, founder of Barcelonas acclaimed cocktail bar Paradiso, has (..)

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 22, 2025

This years shortlist is a celebration of those who are redefining excellencecrafting remarkable cocktails, elevating guest experiences, and pushing our industry to new heights around the world. In that spirit, the Foundation is proud to announce the Top 10 U.S. 2025 Spirited Awards Top 10 U.S. Nominees (in alphabetical order): U.S.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

The capital of Greece — which has one of the most exciting, accessible, affordable, and just plain fun cocktail cultures in the world right now — not only boasts a vibrant cocktail scene, but also one of the most compact, despite doubling in size over the last two years. This is not a city for studied, quiet cocktail dens.

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VinePair

AUGUST 20, 2024

Photo Courtesy of Bourbon Steak [link] Incubators of Cocktail Culture From the repeal of Prohibition until the turn of the 21st century, old-school steakhouses were dependable incubators of cocktail culture, even as other types of restaurants gave up on mixed drinks. It was a role Lay happily took on.

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VinePair

AUGUST 1, 2024

For years, much of American cocktail culture treated rum as little more than a summertime spirit or a match for Coke and ginger beer. With this in mind, bartenders and beverage directors have grown increasingly interested in the new and small-batch rums popping up on shelves. is embracing rums in every facet.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The bartender thrusts a Hulk green cocktail into your hands and you take a sip, allowing the melon-flavored concoction to wash over your taste buds. you ask the bartender. “A Now, bartenders are eager to demonstrate that Midori is more than just a one-trick pony. What is this?” But something shifted in the mid-2010s.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Given that many hospitality professionals left the industry during the pandemic, it was surprising that Cannon—a bar world veteran with decades behind the stick and very little left to prove—would return to the day-in-and-day-out grind of running a bar. His conclusion: “I crave the hospitality part of it.”

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Bar Magazine

MAY 16, 2024

Now in its 16 th edition, the bar industry’s most prestigious ranking continues its mission to showcase the planet’s finest cocktail cities and will unite the global bar community in Madrid to recognise the achievements of the best bars in the world.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Recognition System Continues to Shape the Future of Cocktail Culture, Shining a Light on Emerging Talent and World-Class Icons The Pinnacle Guide, the pioneering recognition system that celebrates excellence in bars worldwide, has unveiled the latest additions to the list of PINNED bars, marking a milestone with the first-ever 3 PIN bar.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Ahead of London Cocktail Week, running from the 3 rd to the 13 th October, we sit down with Co-Founders Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne, who tell us more about how the world’s greatest celebration of cocktail culture has evolved over the years.

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Tales of the Cocktail

JUNE 9, 2025

In partnership with Forbes, the Spirited Awards Official Media Partner, TOTCF will celebrate the Spirited Awards on July 24th during the Tales of the Cocktail (TOTC) conference, taking place in New Orleans from July 20-25, 2025. Bartender of the Year presented by Pernod Ricard Christine Kim — Service Bar, Washington, D.C.

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Bar Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

2025 Bacardi Cocktail Trends Report reveals how cocktail culture is evolving in the UK and around the world Nearly half of Brits (44 percent) say they would prefer a G&T to a cup of tea when getting together with friends, according to a new survey by Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held international spirits company.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Toasting its 22-year legacy of honoring the craft, culture, and business of the global cocktail community, TOTC returns to New Orleans from July 21-26, offering an immersive experience created to “Inspire” both industry professionals and cocktail connoisseurs alike. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 13, 2024

Toasting its 22-year legacy of honoring the craft, culture, and business of the global cocktail community, TOTC returns to New Orleans from July 21-26, offering an immersive experience created to “Inspire” both industry professionals and cocktail connoisseurs alike. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Twenty years ago, a handful of roommates and Dale DeGroff disciples bound together to turn their hospitality-forward house parties into their life’s work. 15, 2004 (though Repeal Day, Dec, 5, marked its official grand opening), and it’s no exaggeration to say that the then nascent cocktail world would never be the same.

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VinePair

JUNE 15, 2025

Some of these hotel bars have continuously pushed the envelope of cocktail creation, whether by creating now world-famous cocktails or perfecting jaw-dropping techniques. Others, while still offering great drinks, are perhaps better known for their high-profile clientele and pop culture cache.

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BarLifeUK

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Since then, Ali has proved to me a master of making transitions – from bartender to ambassador, and now from established Old World whisky, in the form of Johnnie Walker, to upstart New World Whisky with Denmark’s Stauning Distillery. AR: My bartending career began in Nottingham where I worked at a place called brass monkey.

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

“The Flavour Blaster is a good product to have to create something that’s hard to create any other way, and then they make it simple and easy to use as well,” says GN Chan, co-founder and bartender at Double Chicken Please , which was named Best Bar in North America in 2023. More and more top-flight bartenders are starting to agree with Chan.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 22, 2025

Bartender of the Year Presented by Pernod Ricard Michael Aredes Superbueno, New York, NY Erika Flowers Compre Lapin, New Orleans, LA McLain Hedges Yacht Club, Denver, CO Andra “AJ” Johnson Serenata, Washington, D.C. In that spirit, the Foundation is proud to announce the Top 10 Nominees. Categories U.S.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 17, 2024

We delved into his path to the hospitality sector, his triumphs in the ever-evolving food and beverage landscape, and his vision for the Bar and Restaurant Expo seminars he is involved in. Hospitality has been my primary focus since I was young, influenced by my dad’s belief in its character-building nature.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

These days, there are so many different bartending blogs & websites that cover the hospitality industry. So I’ve decided to make it easier for you and compile a list my favorite blogs & websites that I think will help you become a better bartender. It’s great for the industry and anyone who wants to be a part of it.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022 These days, there are so many different bartending blogs & websites that cover the hospitality industry. So I’ve decided to make it easier for you and compile a list my favorite blogs & websites for 2022 that I think will help you become a better bartender.

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Spiritz

JULY 19, 2024

What Makes Tequila Tick Atul believes tequila’s unique flavour & taste and cultural significance make it a top choice for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts alike. He notes, “Tequila and tequila-based cocktails are more popular than ever, with a growing trend of customers requesting tequila-based drinks.”

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Mickey Mullins, a New Orleans-based bartender at The Bower, traces his path into bartending to his deep love for hospitality. He reflects on how the profession has helped him overcome his natural shyness, “As someone who is really shy, bartending has helped free me from myself. I love hospitality!

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 5, 2025

Upon researching the many lauded tomes of the historic cocktail canon, Nicola Nice felt there was something missingnamely, the perspective of women. A doctor of sociology, Nice’s personal fascination with cocktail culture led her down a rabbit hole in search of women’s stories and contributions.

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