VinePair

APRIL 23, 2024

To cut through the noise, we turned to bartenders across the country to highlight bottles they think are underrated, whether that means a forgotten classic they reach for over and over or a new product they are excited to see more guests enjoy. These are the most underrated bourbons, according to bartenders across the country.

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VinePair

MAY 7, 2024

To scope out the best of the bunch, we asked 13 bartenders their choices for the affordable tequilas they always reach for. Solomon Thomas, bartender, R&D , Philadelphia “I have several favorites, but if you were to ask me which one I’d choose, it would be Cascahuín blanco. appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To help take out the guesswork, we asked bartenders from around the country to share their favorite bourbons for mixed drinks. Will Rivas, bartender, Rafael , NYC “We like to use George Dickel 8 Year. Vinny Spatafore, bartender and beverage operations manager, Blue Bridge Hospitality , Coronado, Calif.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Gustavo Rojas, mixologist and bartender, The Pony Room at Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa , Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Juan Salgado, bartender, El Jardin , San Jose, Calif. “A Derrick Osbeck, bartender, Bravas Bar de Tapas , Healdsburg, Calif. Vida Mezcal Clásico is the clear answer for Margaritas.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

For a little inspiration, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite underrated summer cocktail. Thomas Mahne, bar manager, Cambridge Hospitality Group , Cambridge, Mass. ” —Joshua Viele, bartender, Cobble Fish , NYC “When I think of summer, I think Champagne , Margaritas, Gimlets , Daiquiris, or an Aperol Spritz.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Bartenders are familiar with this concept. With that in mind, we asked 25 bartenders to name their favorite bang-for-your-buck bourbon. Sheila Arndt, lead bartender, Chef John Folse’s Restaurant R’evolution , New Orleans “When it comes to a great bourbon at an approachable cost, I would lean on Old Forester 100 Proof.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 25, 2024

Kristine Bocchino and Kaitlin Wilkes are on a mission: to build a community to foster the growth and success of women in the hospitality and drinks industry. Launching April 30th, The Ada Coleman Project is a dedicated digital space to empower women+ working in hospitality.

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Cheers

APRIL 10, 2024

Jocelyn Jolley is head bartender at Michael’s on Naples , an Italian restaurant in Long Beach, CA. What was your first job in the beverage or hospitality industry? How did you learn bartending and improve when you were starting out? Although, I also always enjoy a nice, bold glass of red wine.

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Bar Magazine

MAY 29, 2024

The Ada Coleman Project has officially launched its global database and dedicated digital space for women+ in hospitality. Through mentorship opportunities, collaborations, and advocacy efforts, the project aims to empower women in hospitality and bring awareness to the benefits of diversity and inclusivity.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

But for some folks in the hospitality industry, the message the bar left on their grid on January 25 hit a particularly sensitive nerve: it came for cocktail throwing. In the post , an anonymous bartender is shown with a smiling clown emoji over his face while sending a stream of liquid airborne from his shaker’s top half to its bottom half.

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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. What is Japanese bartending, though?

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Bartender.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

2024 Bartender Spirits Awards: Extended Super Early Bird Deadline! As we step into the season of gatherings, gratitude, and good spirits, we’re thrilled to extend the super early bird deadline for the 2024 Bartender Spirits Awards. Why Enter Bartender Spirits Awards? View the details here. View their testimonials here.

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VinePair

AUGUST 20, 2024

It’s also a style that brewers, bartenders, and other folks in the drinks industry can appreciate for various reasons, from feelings of nostalgia to the ease of reaching for something unfussy. Nic Anselmo, head bartender, Bar Meridian , Brooklyn “I’d go with a very cold Corona Light with lime.

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Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The new bar draws inspiration from a house party that gets suitably rowdy, with warm hospitality and a home for everyone. Whether alone or with friends, guests can expect the same memorable hospitality experience that champions inclusion, inviting visitors from all cultures and backgrounds to form connections and community in a safe space.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

One of the most difficult concepts for new bartenders to grasp is balance. The ability to manage the delicate interplay between spirit, sweet, sour, bitter, and dilution separates great bartenders and mixologists from amateurs. We always want to have these amazing standards, then we can push the envelope,” Reylock says.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

The New York-based food scientist, bartender, and technologist pioneered techniques like centrifuge clarification, force carbonation, rapid infusion, liquid nitrogen chilling, and nitro-muddling, just to name a few. I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars. made his way to New York.

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Australian Bartender

APRIL 2, 2024

For career hospitality workers, there may be a fear that finding fulfilling employment could be difficult; Bianca Wendt (along with her husband Ric Divola) had a solution when wanting to move back to their childhood stomping ground on the Coffs Coast — open their own place.

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VinePair

APRIL 25, 2024

It will be a cross between a standard Marg and the Breakfast Martini , a modern classic cocktail employing marmalade that was invented by London bartender Salvatore Calabrese in the 1990s. “My Perhaps nobody has created more modern Margarita variations than Christine Wiseman, the beverage director of the Bar Lab Hospitality Group.

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Bartender.com

APRIL 5, 2024

2024 Bartender Spirits Awards Final Call For Entry. The 2024 Bartender Spirits Awards is all set to happen in May in Chicago and this year brings America’s top bartenders as judges. The awards are currently accepting entries for domestic spirits and the submission deadline for 2024 Bartender Spirits Awards is April 24.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bringing top talent from the international and local bar scene to The Madrid EDITION, the hotel will offer guests and locals alike the opportunity to experience first-hand the award-winning work of some of the world’s best bartenders, including Giacomo Giannotti of Paradiso, Harrison Ginsberg of Overstory, Alonso Palomino of Lady Bee, and more.

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Bar Magazine

MARCH 8, 2024

When Jonatan Bou Guardiola, our Head Bartender, the team and myself, were brainstorming ideas, I looked down at one of our tables and saw my reflection, which is what ultimately inspired the menu. Every technique that a bartender uses has come from a chef. We also learn so much from chefs.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

Recognition from LSC has acted as a seal of approval in this respect as the competition is judged by some of the world’s leading figures from the hospitality sector. The Ambassadors selected are different personalities ranging from Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, Head Bartenders, Mixologisits, Instagramers, YouTubers and Writers.

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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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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 23, 2024

The revival of Blacktail, the beloved sister-bar to The Dead Rabbit (World’s Best Bar, 2015) at Back Bar, stemmed from a connection between Will Pasternak, Head Bartender, and Chris Lauber, Senior Director of Operations for Laurent Tourondel Hospitality: Back Bar, L’Amico and Skirt Steak.

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VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

To explore this variance, we asked 18 bartenders what they choose when they simply want a bourbon that brings joy to the palate every time, any time. Patrick Gibson, bartender, Jack Rose Dining Saloon , Washington, D.C. Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death & Co , Denver “ Wyoming Whiskey’s Double Cask Bourbon.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For inspiration, we asked bartenders and beverage professionals from across the country for their most underrated winter cocktails. Brian Landry, chef and owner, Jack Rose + QED Hospitality , New Orleans “One of the most notorious and perhaps iconic holiday drinks is eggnog — people either love it or hate it with no in-between.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And while some tried-and-true classics never go out of fashion, there are others that have become so overexposed that they lose their luster — or just drive bartenders bananas when ordered. Seeking to find out which drinks deserve to get the axe, we asked bartenders to spill the tea on the orders that make them wince. The Moscow Mule.

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2024

For guidance, we asked bartenders and beverage directors from across the country to tell us about the best new gin they’ve recently added to their back bars. The best new gin, according to bartenders: Canaïma Gin EcoSpirits Widges Gin No. Yaniel Rodriguez, bartender, OSUMI Cocktail & Sushi Bar , Coral Gables, Fla.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

and Carbonate ’s annual hospitality trends report foresees restaurants getting particularly creative with flight presentations. Vincent Bolognini, head bartender at Due West in New York, also predicts a rise in using teas in cocktails, from a traditional black or green tea to different leaves, herbs or spices.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 26, 2024

For more on The Point (The Dolphin Hotel, Shell House & more) head to the-point.com/venues Tell us about your start in hospitality. Some extremely talented bartenders at that time in that little city have gone and accomplished some incredible things. Where did you grow up and how did you make it into the industry?

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

Superbueno’s a celebration of warm, upbeat Mexican-American hospitality. A burgeoning sense of customer malaise that some bartenders began to detect in the late 2010s skyrocketed during the pandemic, when sheltered patrons learned how to make cocktails with the fancy techniques that used to blow their minds.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 4, 2025

With a background rooted in hospitality and a deep appreciation for seasonal ingredients, Razel has curated a selection of cocktails that perfectly complement the rooftops dynamic setting. My journey has taken me from hosting and serving to bartending, where I discovered my passion for crafting exceptional experiences.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Valentina, an award-winning hospitality professional, is the first female bar manager for Skyline Rooftop Bar , and one of the few across the city of Venice. Available year round at the highest bar in all of Venice, the weekly sessions will be led by Skylines award-winning bar manager Valentina Mircea along with Head Bartender Alan Cescon.

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VinePair

APRIL 3, 2025

Theres no better source to help with that first foray into whiskey than bartenders. Theyre in the hospitality industry, so theyre inherently inclined to choose whiskeys they think will make a fledgling imbiber happy. With that in mind, we asked 20 bartenders and bar professionals for their thoughts on the best whiskey for beginners.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

From classic boilermakers to themed shooters and even bartender handshakes , shots are the bread and butter of the bar world. And if theres one group of people that knows exactly what the people want, its bartenders. Here, we asked 18 bartenders and industry pros which shots are currently trending in their bars.

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VinePair

JANUARY 28, 2025

In this spirit of efficiency, we asked 21 bartenders to name their picks for the most underrated whiskeys for 2025. The Most Underrated Whiskeys for 2025, According to Bartenders: Wilderness Trail Frey Ranch Rye St. Jens Cromer, bartender, Thunderbolt , Los Angeles Frey Ranch Rye. Heres what they had to say.

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VinePair

MARCH 25, 2025

Cure’s residency at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, which lasted from January through March this year, is part of a growing movement of bars and bartenders putting down temporary roots, testing the waters, and seeing if maybe, just maybe, there’s something more serious at stake beyond a no strings attached good time.

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