Team New Zealand has won The Reid Cup in the inaugural The Reid Global Cocktail Competition…

Handshake Speakeasyin Mexico City has ranked No.1 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024, the first bar from Mexico to take the top spot…

Iain McPherson of Panda & Sons in Edinburgh, Scotland has won the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024...

Hong Kong’s Bar Leone has been named as the No.1 Bar in the list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024….

Applications have opened for the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2024…

Bartender Lauren McKenna of Libre in Palmerston North is one of 15 global finalists in a competition with gin brand Hayman’s...

The 50 Best Bars Scholarship is back for 2024 with applications open to any aspiring bartender over 21 years old with less than five years’ professional experience…

Andrea Marseglia of Teresa Bar in Napier is one of ten international finalists in the Jameson Black Barrel Bartender Series 2024 competition…

Scapegrace Distilling Co. has launched a national competition to find New Zealand’s best cocktail maker…

Nelson bar Kismet is celebrating a double win for two of its team at Beam Suntory’s The Perfect Blend cocktail competition…

Irish whiskey brand Jameson has announced its third annual Jameson Black Barrel Bartender Series 2024 competition, open for entries from 1 April – 15 May…

Sips in Barcelona has been announced as No.1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…

GN Chan, co-founder of Double Chicken Please in New York, has been named the winner of Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award 2023…

Tres Monos in Buenos Aires has been rated the single best bar hospitality experience in the world, winning Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…

A new design award open to bars from anywhere around the world has been announced by iconic global competition The World’s 50 Best Bars…

Premium mixer company Fever-Tree has announced its first leadership appointment in New Zealand…

Hospitality groups Kāpura (formerly Wellington Hospitality Group) and Joylab (formerly Barworks) are joining forces to create Star Hospitality Group…

Paradiso in Barcelona has been announced as No.1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022…

Negroni Week is underway with bars and restaurants around New Zealand participating in the 10th year of the global charity initiative organised by Campari…

Cocktail festival Highball has been cancelled for 2022, with organisers citing low ticket sales and pressures on the hospitality sector among the reasons…