Invitation to tender SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2024
Do you mix the best cocktail in Switzerland? BAR NEWS is looking for the best cocktail in Switzerland! The biggest cocktail competition in Switzerland is open to all professional bartenders (m/f). The cocktail that...
The World's Best Margarita Cocktail Competition
The Maison Cointreau, the legendary inventor of orange liqueur and cocktail pioneer, was founded in Angers, France, in 1849. The unmistakable character of Cointreau liqueur is the result of the careful selection, harmony and distillation of...
Grand Marnier Cocktail Competition 2024
For the ultimate bar team challenge, we are looking for creative Barkeeper from the same bar to develop two drinks and present them to a jury. The best team will travel to Paris and win a...
Competitions & Reports
Secure your ticket for the 4th SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN
On Monday, May 6, the grand final of the 4th SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN will take place at Chicago 1928 (Hall 550) in Zurich-Oerlikon. We are looking forward to hosting the final again this...
"My drink has a message"
Praveen Paul's place of work is fantastic. It's the Lakeview Bar & Cigar Lounge in the Hotel Bürgenstock. Through the window, he can see Lake Lucerne shimmering in deep blue....
"Alcohol-free is cool"
Tobias Schwingshackl has been a bartender for eight years. "I fell in love with this profession early on," says the man with the muscular build. He quickly started taking part in small competitions and...
Finalist drinks 13th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy
These are the recipes from Barkeeper, who presented their non-alcoholic cocktail creations at the final of the 13th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy on February 5, 2024. Sleepy Martini [1st place category "Fancy Drink"]...
Tobias Schwingshackl and Praveen Paul are the winners
An event with zero alcohol content became extremely lively yesterday afternoon in the bustling city center of Basel, as the trade magazine Bar News hosted the finale of the 13th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy . The...
Morand Cocktail Workshop at Südbar St. Gallen
Distillerie Morand is known for its Williamine and its Abricotine, two AOP noble brandies from the Valais. As a digestif, with or in coffee, one encounters these specialties in many places - and...
Sloe and Steady is the best cocktail in Switzerland
The Swiss Cocktail Open was born during Corona, and now it is already the third edition of the biggest Swiss Cocktail Competition. Yesterday evening the final took place again in the hall...
These 6 cocktail recipes made it to the finals
At the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2023 on May 8, the best six of the 24 participants qualified for the final round. Here we present the six finalists and their cocktail recipes....
These are the finalists of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2023
The SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN is the largest cocktail competition in Switzerland and takes place this year for the third time. The format motivated also this year Barkeeper from the...
3rd SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN - Get your ticket now!
On Monday, May 8, the grand final of the 3rd SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN will take place in Hall 550 in Zurich-Oerlikon. We are happy to host the final again this year....
Finalist drinks 12th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy
These are the recipes of Barkeeper, who presented their non-alcoholic cocktail creations at the finals of the 12th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy on February 13, 2023. Back to the Roots [1st place category...
The best non-alcoholic cocktails 2023 are chosen
In the midst of the Berner Matte quarter it went yesterday afternoon rather hochprozentig - zero percent! The trade magazine Bar News invited to the final of its already 12th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy. The established competition...
Grand Marnier Cocktail Competition 2022
The Grand Marnier Cocktail Competition already met with lively interest in the run-up to the event. With almost 30 recipes submitted, participation in the final was anything but guaranteed. All the more reason for the qualified...
Grand Marnier Experience Day
Sebastian Reusser, Brand Ambassador for Grand Marnier, gave selected bar professionals an understanding of the history of Grand Marnier and told exciting stories about the production process of this unique product. Bitter oranges are picked for this when...
Morand cocktail workshop at Crapule Club
Distillerie Morand is famous for its Williamine and its Abricotine. Two AOP noble brandies from the sunny room of Switzerland, the Valais. As a digestif, with or in coffee, one encounters in many places...
A day in Claudio Bernasconi's whisky collection
Over 30 degrees Celsius in the shade. Hardly anyone who voluntarily spends time in the sweltering heat. The most pleasant place has probably just before the longest day Valentin Aleksandrowicz...
The Top 6 Cocktail Recipes
If a drink tastes so good that you want to have a second one, you usually want to know more than just the name of the cocktail. With the SWISS COCKTAIL...
Great get-together and a winner from Aubonne
Everything is ready at noon on 2 May 2022, when Hall 550 in Zurich-Oerlikon hosts Switzerland's largest cocktail competition for the second time. Many things have remained the same, such as the regulations, which...
"Le Voyage en Drakkar" is the best cocktail in Switzerland 2022
After last year's final of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN Corona had to be held on a somewhat smaller scale, this year it was the walls of Hall 550 in...
These are the finalists of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2022
The SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN was only held for the first time last year. However, this does not change the fact that it is already the largest cocktail competition in Switzerland....