Article Bar Management Bottling 
VinePair
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Every professional bartender has a few bottles they don’t like. But there’s usually one bottle that functions as something of a nemesis, and seeing it on a trusted establishment’s back bar or a good friend’s bar cart is enough to burrow under their skin — and heaven help the well-meaning soul who presents it as a gift.
Imbibe Magazine
MARCH 11, 2025
Linda Nivar Linda Nivar, a New York City bar manager and hospitality consultant, echoes these sentiments. I was really worried about what all these men would think if I came over to their table with a big belly and a bottle of wine. Keeping that decorum is really hard. I once had to go to the ER during a weekend night shift.
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VinePair
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
It’s a bottled-in-bond rye meaning that it is at least four years aged and bottled at 100 proof. It retails where I live for around $27 a bottle.” ” —Hailey Donovan, bar manager, Northern Spy , Canton, Mass. “In Bernardo Gonzalez Martinez, bartender, Aji Bar and Robata , San Jose, Calif. “
VinePair
OCTOBER 31, 2024
It’s a subcategory stuffed with tried-and-true labels and buzzy emerging brands, but there are some splendid bottles that fly under the radar — and this collection of underrated gems is thrilling to explore on its own merit. Dant Bottled in Bond Kentucky Bourbon will always have a spot in my well and home. Here’s what they had to say.
VinePair
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
They approach each bottling year by year and choose a blend that best represents how the whiskey inside the barrel is aging. The result is a rye that is both complex and approachable at around $30 per bottle, which lends itself to any classic cocktail that you can imagine including an amazing Sazerac.”
The Whiskey Wash
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
The three night stay includes nights in Edinburgh and Speyside as well as a bottle of the Macallan Horizon and will set you back $127,000 (£100,000). Beyond the opulent suite there is The Balmoral’s award-winning whisky bar SCOTCH , which houses the innovative Macallan Horizon bottle that guests of the getaway will own.
VinePair
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The most underrated bar tools, according to bartenders Jigger Flashlight Bar spoons Fine-mesh strainer Squeeze bottles Spice grinder Channel knife Sous vide rig Sharpie markers Atomizers Paring knife Vegetable juicer “I believe one of the most underrated bar tools, both at home and even in some professional bars, is the jigger.
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