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18 October 2021, Silo Bar, Kemptthal

Morand Cocktail Workshop on Tour

After successful runs in Zurich, Lucerne, Bern and Basel, the Morand Cocktail Workshop was held this autumn in Kemptthal, near Winterthur, after a corona-related break last year. 10 bar professionals from all over Switzerland were there when it came to putting creativity into the shakers.

On Monday, 18 October, they met at the Silo Bar, an extremely attractive location in the former Maggi area, where the well-known Maggi seasoning was once produced and soups were cooked ... Read more ...

Bartender International

Gilad Livnat, Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar, Tel Aviv

Anyone who has ever been to Tel Aviv knows that you can look forward to culinary delights. The city is a melting pot of different cuisines from all over the world. The bar scene is not inferior to this and has developed greatly in recent years. I spent many all-nighters at the hidden gem, located in a shady hotel not far from the beach. It was here that I met Gilad Livnat, one of the owners of Imperial Craft.

Gilad was born and raised in Tel Aviv. His destiny to become a restaurateur was already decided in his childhood. He grew up with his father and grandfather running the ... Read more...

Portrait: Best Bar Team 2021

Karel Korner, Lucerne: "It's all about family"

The Karel Korner team was recognised as Best Bar Team at the SWISS BAR AWARDS 2021. The joy of the seven-member team in the small bar on the corner of Winkelriedstrasse 30 about this award, of all things, is "mega". After all, it is family affairs that make the bar a second living room for everyone.

For us, it's about the importance of details. About the moment. About you. Ask our staff for stuff, juice and schnapps! That's what it says on the bar menu of the Lucerne ... Read more ...

The all-rounder among gins

Pouring gin

Not the eccentric pop star with the one summer hit, rather the classic rock band with thirty years of stage experience. That's what you look for in a convincing pouring gin. Whether as a Gin & Tonic, in a Negroni or in a Dry Martini - the gin that is used most often in a bar must know how to convince in every respect. A real all-rounder.

Hardly a week goes by without some new gin or other appearing on the market. With ever more unusual ingredients such as oyster shells, algae or ants, gin producers are trying - ... Read more ...

Manager Seven Lugano / The Lounge

10 Questions for Valeria Liss

Growing up in Legnano, a town near Milan, Valeria served her first drinks at the pub around the corner at a young age.

At the age of 16, she decided to take a course at Barkeeper- which she was unable to do at first due to her age. She made up for it later and then gained professional experience in ... Read more...

Swissness

Cin Cin in Ticino

There is a place in Switzerland where the summer is longer and the winter shorter. A place where the palm trees stand on the waterfront and where life happens outside more than anywhere else in this country. A place to explore with all your senses. In the BAR NEWS section Swissness, we take you to Ticino, the southernmost corner of Switzerland.

Ticino is truly a canton of superlatives. Once you have crossed the world's longest railway tunnel from the north, you are immersed in Switzerland's sunniest region. Mediterranean climate, picturesque ... Read more...

DistiSuisse Award 2021

The best Swiss spirits 2021/2022 awarded

Every two years, the Swiss distilling industry meets for DistiSuisse, the national award for the best spirits produced in Switzerland. 105 distilleries took up the challenge this year and submitted 568 products.

Seven distilleries were honoured as "Distiller of the Year 2021" at the award ceremony on 27 October 2021 at the Hotel Montana in Lucerne. 113 products were awarded gold and 323 silver ... Read more ...

25 years Bellevue Bar, Berne

Franco Federico

For 25 years, Franco Federico was the friendly face behind the Bellevue Bar, Bern. He dedicated his entire career to the bar. BAR NEWS met the old-school master a few weeks before his retirement.

April 1996, a sunny spring day. The terrace is open and so the wonderful Alpine panorama with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau is the backdrop to Franco Federico's first day at work in the ... Read more ...

A no-go for Barkeeper

"Overserving"

The term "overserving" means serving someone with alcoholic beverages even though he or she has already had enough.

There are no regulations on this topic at national level. However, most cantons have issued regulations on serving alcoholic beverages to intoxicated persons. Although the cantonal regulations are ... Read more ...

Portrait: Barkeeper of the year 2021

Victor Topart: "I didn't expect that".

"Every time I'm in Zurich, something good happens," enthuses Victor Topart about the Limmat city. And so it will happen on 15 September 2021 on the night of the SWISS BAR AWARDS this year.

In the competition for the title Barkeeper of the year, the Fribourg native beats Flurin Kopp from the award-winning Zurich Bar am Wasser and Monika Zünd from the Turbo Lama ... Read more ...

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