Month: February 2013

Cellar Bar

Beneath the Newmarket Hotel lies this quirky addition to Melbourne’s bar scene. From the Melbourne Pub Group and chef Paul Wilson, the emphasis is as much on food (see our bar profile this issue for a look at the kick-arse latin food) as it is on their 30-odd tequilas and mezcals.

Pernod Ricard launch iPad-based training

Technology has been changing the world and now technology – in shiny new iPad form – will be applied to a new training program being launched by Pernod Ricard Australia, said Ben Davidson, their brand education manager.

Gin Palace bartender brings out vermouths

Melbourne bartender Shaun Byrne has been getting a taste for vermouth – and so he ought to, given he’s spent a good five years at Melbourne’s venerable ginstitution, Gin Palace. Here he has teamed up with French winemaker Gilles Lapalus to bring bars their very own Australian vermouths.