Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Patrick Blair is the Beverage Director at both City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill and Barrio. Beverage sales, marketing, and knowledge have always been a career passion of his. What advice would you give to bartenders out there looking to improve their craft? Have fun with your staff and make sure that they are upselling!

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Patrick Blair is the Beverage Director at both City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill and Barrio. Beverage sales, marketing, and knowledge have always been a career passion of his. What advice would you give to bartenders out there looking to improve their craft? Have fun with your staff and make sure that they are upselling!

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Virginia’s Copper Fox Distillery has been mixing up impressive craft cocktails at both their Sperryville and Williamsburg locations since the state loosened restrictions on on-site beverage sales (which still aren’t loose enough, if you ask most Virginia distillers).

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VinePair

OCTOBER 16, 2024

There’s nothing wrong with someone ordering the drink that makes them happy at a bar, and on a busy night a Vodka Soda can be a godsend to a weeded bartender in a busy service well. One such bartender, pushing the boundaries in a market not known traditionally as a cocktail hub, is Miles Macquarrie of Kimball House in Decatur, Ga.

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VinePair

AUGUST 1, 2024

With this in mind, bartenders and beverage directors have grown increasingly interested in the new and small-batch rums popping up on shelves. To get to know the category better, we asked bartenders from across the country to share with us the new (and new to them!) bottles that have recently earned a spot on their back bars.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I was the bar director for New York’s Momofuku until 2018 and when we added non-alcoholic drinks to our beverage programs we saw beverage sales increase overall. Fortunately there is a growing cadre of beverage professionals who treat a guest’s need to avoid alcohol — for whatever reason — with the seriousness it deserves.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

But Brown also notes that as Dry January appeals more broadly, sober guests are being offered a fuller complement of NA beverage options. Non-alcoholic cocktails, once the butt of bartenders jokes, are being made with greater care and intention , and momentum continues to build around the alcohol-free spirit market.

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