The Bar Journal

Tales of the Cocktail is the largest cocktail festival in the world focus on education catering to bartenders, professionals, journalist and drink enthusiasts and the dilemma a week before the official kick off always is, where to go and which seminar to subscribe?

This year we decide to create three European inspired seminar a bring a taste of La Dolce Vita to the New Orleans with an impressive line up of speakers and experts covering different topics  from the ‘old world’ :

• Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 at 10am at Bonnet Carre Room at The Monteleone : AMARO per Amore – rare & Modern Amaro

Not all thing bitter leave bad taste in your mouth and this is the exactly the case for the history of Italian amari.

Alongside Italian expert Francesco Lafranconi, we will showcase 12 different amari from Italy, learn about production process and taste these sublime liquids

• Friday, July 22nd, 2016 at 10.30am at Fleur de Lis Suite at Royal Sonesta : Barista meet Barman

Whats Barista can learn from barman and viceversa? Learn from coffee guru Samuel Lewontin the history and production of coffee until modern baristas bar and the application of coffee brew into the cocktail world with awarded winning mixologist Tristan Stephenson author of The Curios Barista book .

• Friday, July 22nd at 3pm at Bonnet Carre at Monteleone: Spanish Vermouth : the dark horse of Aperitif

Few may realise that Spain today had the highest per capita vermouth consumption in the world and moreover a long tradition in crafting different style of it

Join vermouth guru Francois Monti and Eric Seeds and learn the legacy of the quintessential european aperitif , from the mediterranean botanicals to the different production methods.

Then to close up the week with style we would like to invite everybody the Italian Cocktail Brunch in Saturday at Patrick’s Bar Vin at Mazarin Hotel, meet the italian family of craft brands and taste delicious cocktails shake and mix by the TEAM ITALIA…

SALUTE!

GIUSEPPE GALLO