A colorful carousel of the cocktail world will be featured at The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail’s 20th anniversary on the week of July 25-29, 2022
With hundreds of opportunities developed specifically for industry professionals from Bartenders to Spirits Brands, Tales of the Cocktail® is the drinks industry’s leading conference for exchanging new ideas, products, and techniques. In a five-day celebration of cocktails and culture, Tales of the Cocktail brings together some of the most well-known, respected minds in mixology. This annual event features cocktail tastings, mixing competitions, dinners, field trips to local distilleries and seminars by top mixologists. Meant for professionals and enthusiasts alike, it’s a great opportunity to network or to pick the brains of your favorite mixologists.
This year’s event will feature in-person education, tastings, networking, and awards programming. While programming at our host hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, starts on Monday, July 25.
In other words, if you get excited about cocktails, then this is the place for you.
And what better place to celebrate the cocktail than New Orleans? To enjoy a cocktail tour week-round, check out the ITALSPIRITS Activities around New Orleans:
ITALICUS Rosolio di Bergamotto:
– APERITIVO ON MON, TUES & WEDS FROM 4-6 PM ON THE CORNER BAR AT RITZ CARLTON HOTEL, 927 CANAL ST, NEW ORLEANS
– ESSENCE OF APERITIVO WITH VALENTINO LONGO OF SHOSHIN ART CLUB TUESDAY 26TH AT 8 PM FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, 2 CANAL ST, NEW ORLEANS
– FONTAINEBLEAU PREFUNCTION ON THURSDAY 28 TH FROM 10 AM -12 PM ITA TASTING ROOM SESSION RITZ CARLTON HOTEL 927 CANAL ST, NEW ORLEANS
ENGINE Gin:
– TASTING ROOM ON MON, FROM 3-5 PM ON CARONDELET ROOM AT RITZ CARLTON HOTEL, 927 CANAL ST, NEW ORLEANS
– GUEST SHIFT ATCURE BAR WITH VALENTINO LONGO ON MONDAY 25th JULY, FROM 9 PM – 11 PM 4905 FRERET ST, NEW ORLEANSThe 10 Best Places To Drink In New Orleans
TOTC SPIRITED AWARD 2022
After two years of celebrating the Spirited Awards virtually, the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation is finally ready to fete the year’s honorees and winners in New Orleans this July—much to the delight of the industry. The 2022 Spirited Awards brings the best of the best bars, bartenders, and beverage enthusiasts together. At the Spirited Awards Viewing Party, you’ll join in the celebration in-person or virtually — Starting on the red carpet and ending at the party lounge!
Attendees of the in-person viewing party will be able to join Spirited Awards Finalists and Ceremony attendees on the 2nd Floor of the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans for the Spirited Awards Red Carpet hosted by Moe Aljaff and access the Spirited Awards Viewing Party Lounge. Virtual attendees can join in the excitement as well from anywhere in the world – LINK HERE.
View the 2022 Top 4 Finalists & Access Playbill HERE
The 5 Best Places To Drink In New Orleans
There are a lot of bars in New Orleans. Honestly, the city itself could be considered a bar. Finding the good ones, however, requires filtering through a lot of places you wouldn’t ever visit, unless you’re on your second cousin’s bachelor party or searching for the seventh bar of the night. There is a lot to consider in addition to location, atmosphere, price, volume level, and crowd, but just like you, we prefer to drink at good places, which is why this list has been compiled. We’ve got you covered if you need something far away from Bourbon Street three hours later
Cure comes from the acclaimed and award-winning CureCo Hospitality Group. Cure, which opened on Freret St. in 2009, is credited with pioneering the craft cocktail movement in New Orleans and revitalizing the neighborhood. Cure has been a New Orleans mainstay for over a decade and continues to serve well-executed food and drinks.
As one of the “Best Cocktail Spots” in the U.S., Cure’s cocktails have been hailed as some of New Orleans’ best. In 2018, Cure received the James Beard Foundation’s award for “Outstanding Bar Program.”
The city’s World Trade Center has been a derelict commercial building for years, so the refurbishment by Four Seasons is welcome. A vast lobby greets guests as soon as they enter the building off Canal Street. Intimacy is created by sound-baffling wooden frames, but a sense of place is conveyed by locally sourced art. Chandelier Bar serves as a statement of intent by the hotel to honor the city’s commitment to revelry where most five-star hotels would have elaborate floral displays.
Salute – The Italspirits Team.
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