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. Chilled spoke with Patrick to learn more about the beverage programs he supervises, how to run a prosperous bar program, and much more.

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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. Chilled spoke with Patrick to learn more about the beverage programs he supervises, how to run a prosperous bar program, and much more.

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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). Let’s check it out.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Nearly a decade after Seedlip’s launch kickstarted the transformation of “non-alcoholic spirits” from a contradiction in terms to a legitimate beverage category, the case for thoughtful, well-executed non-alcoholic beverage programs has been resoundingly made. Bartenders do f*ck things up,” says Derek Brown, Washington, D.C.-based

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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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