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For the first time in French-speaking Switzerland

Morand cocktail workshop at the Crapule Club

With its successful series of events, the Valais distillery has been bringing distillates made from Williams pears and Luizet apricots to the cocktail shakers of professional bartenders for years. After events in Lucerne, Bern, Zurich, and Basel, the Morand cocktail workshop took place in French-speaking Switzerland for the first time.

The Morand distillery is famous for its Williamine and Abricotine, two AOP fine spirits from Switzerland's sunniest region, Valais. Served as a digestif, with coffee, or in coffee, they are found in many places... Read more...

What would you like to drink?

Exceptional gins

Are new gins still generating excitement years after the start of the gin boom, or has disillusionment already set in? It depends on the gin, because thanks to consumers' increased willingness to pay for the clear juniper distillate, there are more and more exceptional gins to discover that are made with high-quality ingredients.

Have you tried this gin yet? It's a question I get asked all the time by guests, friends, bartenders, brand ambassadors, and bosses, and there's usually only one answer: "No." ... Continue reading ...

SWISS BAR AWARDS 2022

Qualification in Effretikon

Fourteen candidates traveled to Effretikon on Monday, August 29, 2022, to face the challenges: the tests that would determine who would advance in the Barkeeper the Year category and who would win in the Best Barkeeper category.

While the Award Night, the highlight of the SWISS BAR AWARDS, has been held at the Chicago 1928 event location for years without any interruptions due to COVID-19, the same cannot be said for the qualification round... Continue reading...

20th SWISS BAR AWARDS

This is the 2022 shortlist

Five Barkeeper, three young talents, nine bars, three bar teams, and three bar menus are still in the running for the eight awards that will be presented on October 23, 2022, at the 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS Award Night.

The winners of this year's SWISS BAR AWARDS will be announced on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the grand anniversary award night in Baden. The following Barkeeper bars have made it onto the shortlist... Continue reading...

Fir brandy

Bligg and the firs

Bligg is one of the most important music artists in Switzerland. His songs and albums are milestones of local music creation. Hits like "Rosalie", "Manhattan", "Chef", "Legändä & Heldä", "Us Mänsch" and "B.L.I. doppel G" are known in this country by everyone from young to old.

Hardly any other artist has shaped and influenced the domestic creative scene and the Swiss music market in the last 15 years as much as the Zurich dialect artist. His record is remarkable: several No. 1 albums ... Read more ...

Bartender International

Marc Bonneton - L'Antiquaire Lyon

His parents already worked hard and taught him to do the same one day. Already at the age of 23 he started his own business. For 12 years he owns the Bar l'Antiquaire, but he also has his fingers in the pie in other places.

Since I grew up in a bakery, heavy physical labor was practically in my cradle. My parents opened the business a year after I was born, so I was ... Read more ...

A look into a beer glass

Gose and Geuze

On the one hand, an old German beer style that is now produced all over the world and, depending on the interpretation, also resembles a fruit smoothie. On the other hand, a beer that some call the "Champagne of Belgium". But if you take a closer look, you will find amazing similarities between the beer styles "Geuze" and "Gose".

There is a danger of confusion when ordering drinks. Especially if you are not yet familiar with the local drinking culture. A Cüpli can quickly become a "Hümpli". ... Read more ...

Swissness

Grisons

There are only a few cantons with a comparable sympathy bonus. No wonder, because in Graubünden they even have their own expression for the cozy, relaxed savoir vivre: Patschifig! BAR NEWS on the road in Switzerland's largest canton.

With its 7,100 square kilometers, Graubünden makes up over one sixth of Switzerland. But not its area is the most impressive of this canton, but its height. Already when you leave Zurich in the direction of ... Read more ...

Head Bar Manager Raygrodski Bar

10 questions for Stelios Kalemis

The then 17-year-old started his first job in the restaurant industry at a café in the Athens suburb of Peristeri. At first, he mainly worked at the dishwasher, but soon he was already operating the coffee machine.

In the years that follow, he rides the third wave of coffee. After completing his military service, he begins working at The Clumsies in Athens, which opened in 2014. At the top address—the bar... Continue reading...

The winner of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN, Valentin Aleksandrowicz (right), visits Claudio Bernasconi's whisky cellar.
Winner's prize redeemed

A day in Claudio Bernasconi's whisky collection

Valentin Aleksandrowicz, winner of the 2nd SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN, enjoyed an unforgettable day with his best friend Guillaume in Claudio Bernasconi's private whisky collection.

Over 30 degrees Celsius in the shade. Hardly anyone would voluntarily spend time in the scorching heat. Valentin Aleksandrowicz probably has the most pleasant place to be just before the longest day... Continue reading...

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