Jan Warren falls in love with Italy’s capital – and its treasure trove of cocktail bars

Hamish Smith meets Remy Savage, the new head bartender at former World’s Best Bar, Artesian

Hamish Smith speaks to Artem Peruk, owner of El Copitas bar

Bacardí has named its six UK finalists set to compete at the Northern European finals of the Bacardí Legacy cocktail competition in Amsterdam in November following the conclusion of the UK heats.

Christian Davis meets up with Swedish-born Fredrik Olsson who owns and runs Kosmopol in London’s trendy Chelsea

Jan Warren is bowled over by the latest venture from former Noma chef Lars Williams

Bar Convent Berlin will be run over three days in 2018 after this year’s event sold out of tickets leaving hundreds of visitors watching live streams around the city.

A menu is a statement of intent, says Sean Muldoon. The Dead Rabbit and Blacktail co-owner tells us how important menus have been to his bars

Tales of the Cocktail co-founders Paul and Ann Tuennerman have resigned from their roles with immediate effect.

Hamish Smith speaks to Lee Watson, Bar Consultant, Manila

Hamish Smith highlights the top achievers in the list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars

Leisure operator CG Restaurants & Bars has reported a sales uplift for its Dirty Martini portfolio for the first six months of 2017.

UK-based pub chain The Draft House has opened its first new pub since acquiring Grand Union’s six locations in June.

Jan Warren pays tribute to Sasha Petraske’s environmental contribution

British pubs are facing a tax raid of £1bn over the next five years, according to research conducted by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).

Hamish Smith speaks to Alfonso Maya, Owner and Head Bartender of Alexander Cocktail Club & Speakeasy Bar

Luca Cordiglieri has been on the central london bar scene for 20 years – Hamish Smith found him a little closer to home

Jan Warren finds there’s far more than sausages to this bustling central German city

San Francisco bar Trick Dog, a three-time member of The World’s 50 Best Bars, has launched its ninth menu today, a children’s book named: What Rhymes with Trick Dog?

Award-winning London bar, Dandelyan at the Mondrian has collaborated with the acclaimed Miami beach bar The Broken Shaker, for a 4th of July celebrations menu

The British Bartender’s Association (BBA) held its first monthly meeting at Dandelyan on Monday 19 June, hosted by William Grant & Sons.

Aqua Shard bar in London has launched a Wind Up Wind Down summer cocktail menu created by bar manager Luca Missaglia.

Bartender Ryan Chetiyawardana (Mr Lyan) and his team have partnered with chef Doug McMaster, of Brighton’s zero-waste restaurant Silo, to launch Cub at the former White Lyan site in September.

Manhattan bar in Singapore has won Asia’s 50 Best Bars competition 2017 with last year’s winner 28 HongKong Street, also from Singapore dropping to fourth.

Hamish Smith meets bartending’s king of cool, Micah Melton

Pernod Ricard has teamed up with The Dome at Lebua in Bangkok to unveil the world’s highest outdoor whisky bar.

Hamish Smith speaks to Ryan Lane, General Manager of The Gresham

Leading bartender Monica Berg believes the industry must ‘have discussions’ about changing the attitude towards female bartenders around the world.

Jan Warren sings the praises of properly made, flavourful rum.

Jessica Mili from Canada, took the title of Bols bartending world champion in Amsterdam this week with her winning cocktail ‘Still Life’.

Hamish Smith meets Geoffrey Canilao, the unconventional owner of Copenhagen’s Balderdash

Hamish Smith speaks to Nectaly Mendoza, founder of Herbs & Rye.

Jan Warren discovers the reverse dry shake and ponders what egg white really means to a drink

Jonathan Arthur of Bramble, Edinburgh, has won the national final of the Courvoisier Toast of Paris cocktail competition and will go on to represent the UK in the international finals in Paris in May.

He didn’t have the easiest start in life, but Jesse Vida turned himself around. He tells Hamish Smith his story

Ryan Chetiyawardana and the Mr Lyan team have announced the launch of Super Lyan, which will occupy the basement space of White Lyan in Hoxton, London.

Hamish Smith speaks to Anthony Farrell, Founder of APOC.

Jan Warren is perplexed by a bartender’s attitude and wonders what elicits such reactions

Diageo has published its list of top 50 bartenders for the Diageo Reserve World Class GB 2017 semi-final.

On International Women’s Day, it seems appropriate to remember Ada Coleman, who was a leading London bartender much loved by the rich and famous in one of London’s top bars at the beginning of the last century.

Hamish Smith talks to Ago Perrone about his journey from Lake Como to London’s Connaught bar

Jan Warren asks what his bartending friends would choose as their final drink in the event of an apocolypse

Hamish Smith speaks to Grant Murray, General Manager at Scotch & Rye.

Dandelyan at Mondrian London, won a host of awards at the re-launched Class Bar Awards, including Best Bar, Best Hotel Bar and Best Drinks Menu.

Iain Griffiths has achieved a lot in a short space of time. Hamish Smith tracks the path backwards from White Lyan and Dandelyan

Jan Warren attempts to satisfy those customers who have no idea what they want to drink

Hamish Smith speaks to Dirk Hany, Ex-bar manager at Widder Bar, Zurich

Pernod Ricard has announced the Beefeater MIXLDN cocktail competition finalists ahead of the global final in London.

Dinos Constantinides has faced his share of adversity, yet has always bounced back. Hamish Smith finds out how

Jan Warren on the forensic detail that goes into creating every drink on a bar’s menu