2026, Alcohol and Bar - Bar Management Zone

What We Learned at This Year’s WSWA Event

Chilled Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

Denver emerged as the focal point of the beverage alcohol industry, hosting over 2,400 professionals for Access LIVE 2025. Attendees participated in Mixology Workshops, refined their elevator pitches at The Brand Building Bar, and engaged with wholesalers in one-on-one meetings covering etiquette, feedback, and product packaging.

Mixology

Mixology Alcohol Wine Bar

ShakeStir Acquires Shaker & Spoon

Chilled Magazine

MARCH 20, 2025

This acquisition brings together two complementary approaches to cocktail culture: Cocktail Courier excels as a high-volume cocktail bar, crafting and delivering expertly-made cocktails at scale, partnering with iconic brands and events such as the Grammys, Oscars, and Netflix.

Mixology

Mixology High Volume Cocktail Culture Alcohol

The Best Place to Buy Rare and Hard-to-Find Wines

Advanced Mixology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Bar owners gravitate toward the store to find the most elusive drinks from premier regions for Old World and New World wine such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Tuscany, Marlborough, Finger Lakes and Napa Valley and snag the best liquor and wine deals. Mike and his staff have never looked back. However, uncorking this 14.5%-ABV

Wine

Wine Liquor Mixologist Customer Service

New York Extends Cocktails To-go Law

Cheers

APRIL 26, 2024

Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a state budget that included a five-year extension for cocktails to-go from restaurants, bars and taverns. Alcohol producers and on-premise accounts supported the decision. 31, 2026), Colorado (expires July 1, 2025), Illinois (expires Aug.

Hospitality

Hospitality Alcohol Bar

This Week's Beer News: Good "Vibes" Only.

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The owner is hoping it’ll be ready to open as a cafe in 2026. The Wall Street Journal says that the hottest beer in America is the non-alcoholic Athletic Brewing. One of Chicago’s remaining Schlitz tied house buildings located in Englewood is getting some much-needed refurb help thanks to an Adopt-a-Landmark grant.

Beer

Beer Liquor License IPA Craft Beer

Best Bartender YouTube Channels to Follow for Kick-starting Your Career

Advanced Mixology

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

until 2026. You’ll get to see a lot of bottle juggling behind the bar, which is a skill to learn on its own and Zack does it with great ease! But he’ll be teaching you how to do it along with sharing insights into some amazing drinks, cocktails, and other bar secrets and tips you need to know.

Bartender

Bartender Bartending Mixology Customer Service

American Express to Open 29th Centurion Lounge at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

PubClub

JULY 16, 2024

Chef Michelle Bernstein is a Miami-based, James Beard Award-winning chef with many successful restaurants in Miami, including Café La Trova and La Cañita, as well as Miami Beach cocktail bar Sweet Liberty, and more. 1 Must be 21 years of age or older to consume alcoholic beverages. Please drink responsibly.

Club

Club Mixologist Wine Sommelier

Spirit-based RTDs Take Off

Cheers

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Hard seltzer may have hogged the spotlight of the ready-to-drink beverage alcohol market in recent years, but spirit-based RTDs and canned cocktails are providing the buzz today. A portion of RTD drinkers already know what they plan to order at the bar before they visit, according to the report. RTD market grew 1.3%

Liquor

Liquor Vodka Wine Bar

As Day of the Dead approaches, SUAVE Tequila sets new standards in luxury and sustainability

Bar Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to IWSR the category is expected to grow at a volume CAGR of 7% globally between 2021-2026. This results in a purer alcohol, creating a glorious product that avoids the tequila hangover. The Library Bar at The Lanesborough serves the brand’s Lunar expression which, as the name suggests, is aged for a lunar cycle – 28 days.

Tequila

Tequila Bar Bottling Hospitality

What’s on our radar for the week ahead

The Cocktail Lovers

JANUARY 17, 2025

Whether you’re doing Dry, Damp or you’re firmly in ‘the-first-month-of-the-year-definitely-calls-for-a-few-big-boy-abvs-to-see-you-through’ camp, get off that sofa, get out that door and support your favourite bars. If youre (still) doing Dry Try: Noobies, the new, non-alcoholic cocktail menu at Nine Lives in London.

Club

Club Hospitality Bar Mixology

The Pub Show raises the bar with 2025 edition

Bar Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

From ground-breaking discussions on sustainability and alcohol-free sales to live demos and immersive tasting experiences, The Pub Show 2025 provided an essential platform for the future of the pub trade. People were trying the product and getting to know what it is, we were seeing lots of interest from bars, pubs, and restaurants.

Pub

Pub Bar Hospitality Beer

Tuscany and Tariffs: An Interview with Carlo Di Biasi of San Felice Wines

Drinkhacker

MAY 7, 2025

In addition, we are currently in the process of converting all our vineyards to organic farming, a transition that will be completed by 2026. Drinkhacker: Now, on to more of the fun stuff. The Vitiarium project is a rather exciting recent development for the company.

Wine

Wine Infusions Bottling Alcohol

Movie-Theater Drinking Is Bigger, Better, and More Novel Than Ever

VinePair

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

One could say the same for staff working behind the bar at one of the now ubiquitous theaters across the U.S. that offer alcohol service. You can see the impact of how movie-featured drinks draw people in but then spread into different segments within the bar category.” The anticipation has been palpable surrounding the Nov.