Month: September 2020

Winner SWISS BAR AWARDS 2020
SWISS BAR AWARDS 2020

Dirk Hany is Barkeeper of the year 2020

It is the annual highlight of the Swiss bar scene: the SWISS BAR AWARDS Award Night. This year, too, exceptional achievements for Swiss bar culture were honoured. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of BAR NEWS, awards for the best hotel bar and the best bar team were also presented for the first time.

Covid-19 has turned the lives of many upside down. However, the catering and event industries were hit particularly hard. It is therefore not a matter of course and a particularly strong sign that ... Read more...

Barkeeper of the year 2020

These are the final drinks of the finalists Barkeeper of the year

For their final test, the three finalists had to present a new cocktail creation to the jury at the Award Night on 16 September 2020. These are the final drinks of the three Barkeeper Dirk Hany, Michael Hanke and Ivan Urech.

The nervousness is written all over the finalists' faces when they stand on stage at the Chicago 1928 event location. This year was no exception, with Dirk Hany from the Bar ... Read more ...

New life for old factory building

Local, Winterthur

The place is a bar with a brocki and a gallery. Here, the stereotype of dusty or aloof is cleared up.

This interim use breathes new life into the old factory building in the Lokstatt. Recycling is a priority, and the food on offer is sustainable and local. Guests can enjoy their after-work beer on pretty, restored sofas ... Read more...

New York feeling on the Limmat

Lenox Bar, Marriott Hotel, Zurich

Named after New York's Lenox Avenue, the new hotel bar offers a wide selection of whiskeys and cigars in addition to various mixed drinks. Cheesecake, burgers or Caesar salad complete the culinary offer.

Since June 2020, the new Lenox Bar at the Zurich Marriott Hotel has been welcoming guests. "From the drinks to the food selection to the jazz music, the Lenox Bar takes visitors ... Read more...

Change at Appenzeller Alpenbitter AG

Pascal Loepfe-Brügger becomes Managing Director

Pascal Loepfe-Brügger will become managing director of Appenzeller Alpenbitter AG on 1 October. After almost 50 years, a member of the shareholder family is once again taking on this task.

The 41-year-old business economist already knows Appenzeller Alpenbitter AG as a long-standing member of the Board of Directors, as head of various projects and as a member of the shareholder family. Nevertheless, he went through the multi-stage application process that a management recruitment company ... Read more ...

Spirits producer needs space

Appenzeller plans plant expansion

Every year, around 25,000 visitors come to see the Appenzeller Alpenbitter production facility. The high number of visitors is one of the reasons for the planned expansion of the plant.

Visitors, trucks and residents cross paths in front of the main entrance, and now these traffic flows are to be disentangled. An extension is planned on the east side, between the existing production halls and ... Read more ...

Despite declining turnover

Oettinger Davidoff achieves business targets

While total sales for the 2019 financial year were down at CHF 453 million (-9.4%), Oettinger Davidoff managed to achieve its financial targets. This was partly thanks to innovations in the area of limited editions, as well as increased brand awareness through a focus on digital consumer engagement.

In the private label segment, the company recorded a decline of -3.6% compared to the previous year. This follows a strong 2018 in which the Davidoff and AVO brands celebrated anniversaries, which were celebrated with various products ... Read more...

Aromatic and harmonious

Ginuine Swiss Apple

The new Ginuine Swiss Apple: aromatic on the nose, harmonious on the palate!

The extremely successful interplay between the triple-distilled Swiss gin and the handpicked Swiss apples opens the door to completely new drinks. The apple's connection with Swiss history allows ... Read more ...

The "old ones" with a new look

New design for "Les Vieilles" by Fassbind

Next year Fassbind will celebrate its 175th anniversary. In preparation for the celebrations, "Les Vieilles" will appear in a more modern, fresher and comprehensible design. The most important product information about the respective ... Read more ...

Alcohol-free aperitif

Crodino in new packaging

Crodino is an Italian non-alcoholic aperitif whose recipe originated in 1965 in the idyllic town of Crodo in Piedmont.

The basis of the recipe, which has remained unchanged since then, is an elaborate infusion process with selected herbs and fruits, which give Crodino its complex, velvety-bitter taste. Crodino is now also available in 17.5 cl bottles ... Read more ...

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