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We Asked 12 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Bar Tool?

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Bernadette James, sommelier and bartender, The Living Room , Dover, N.H. When I talk to patrons about our cocktail menu, I get the most questions about how we infuse spirits. I like a manual one so if a drink garnish is ground pepper, cardamom, or smoked salt, it can be ground at the bar to order.

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Inside Wonderland Bar in East Village

Chilled Magazine

I am also a certified sommelier and have bartending experience for over 10 years. I used my accumulated experience in bartending and research to experiment and create our own in-house infused spirits. Over the years after gaining experience, I had the skills to pursue owning my restaurant and bar.

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Denisse Soto’s Latin American Cocktail Program at Chicago’s Cariño

Chilled Magazine

Additionally, the restaurant offers a collection of agave-based spirits, craft beer, and a portfolio of Latin American wines curated by Jean Banchet Award-nominated sommelier Richie Ribando (Smyth, The Loyalist, Next). Cariño’s beverage program, curated by Soto, blends Latin American gastronomy and culture with unique spirits and infusions.

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BevX 2023: Cavaña Serves Up the Flavors of South America

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The rooftop bar and lounge at the Luma Hotel San Francisco — a BevX winner for Best Innovative Independent Beverage Program — has used that experience to create a beverage program that’s infused with Latin American spirit and vibrancy. The bar boasts natural wines from Chile, Argentina, Spain and California.

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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s the Best New Tequila That’s Earned a Spot on Your Bar? (2024)

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This cocktail features a split base of Mijenta Blanco and mezcal infused with ají panca, cinnamon syrup, and grapefruit juice, and is house-carbonated for a fizzy finish.” The Tequila Komos line of tequila was started by ex-master sommelier Richard Betts in partnership with the Orendain family [of Destilleria Orendian].

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The Rowdy Portuguese Summer Festival of Red Wine, Sardines, and Old-Timers Hollering Raunchy Lyrics

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A combination of days dedicated to popular Catholic saints — swirled with a healthy infusion of pagan midsummer fertility rites — provides a framework for the month. And full disclosure, this is certainly not a haute pairing devised by posh sommeliers in decades past, but rather a marriage of coincidental convenience. “As

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Tea-Based Beverages on the Rise

Dry Atlas

” Copenhagen Sparkling Tea was developed by the award-winning sommelier Jacob Kocemba. Backyard Tea Makers just launched a line of THC-infused teas, blending tea’s complex flavors with the relaxing properties of THC. It features Lyre’s and tea concoctions that lend a satisfying mouthfeel to the non-alcoholic spirits.