Admittedly wine releases aren’t what we usually focus on in these pages, but when we got the call from Nathan Cairns about his family wine label ‘Bye’s’ we thought we’d make an exception. Nathan, for those of you old enough to remember, was one of Sydney’s original cocktail bartenders who set up Longrain’s bar in 1999. Furthermore, Nathan was featured in Bartender magazine for being second runner-up in Bartender of the Year (while at Middle Bar) at the inaugural Australian Bar Awards in 2001.
Products
Louis XIII Rare Cask 43.8 is a supremely rare, unprecedented release of one of the world’s finest Cognacs from the House of Rémy Martin, discovered and nurtured by cellar master, Pierrette Trichet.
Belvedere is delighted to announce Belvedere Black Raspberry – an exciting new flavour to complement the existing Belvedere Citrus and Orange macerations.
El Jimador which hails from the Casa Herradura stable has recently been re-released in new packaging and even more importantly as a 100% agave Tequila.
“It doesn’t have to be Cuban to be good,” declares Norman Stein, owner of one of Sydney’s finest cigar shops ‘Bogart’s House of Fine Cigars’. ” Increasingly cigar makers based in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras and Brazil are producing cigars of similar, if not better quality, than those coming out of Cuba.”
Always looking to the legends and forefathers of the bartending craft when creating new classics the Bitter Truth have now invoked the work of the ancient alchemists, with their latest creation Elixier: “a digestive liqueur that blurs the lines of conventional wisdom.”
The renowned brewing family, Coopers, have announced the launch of their latest product to the market – Coopers Clear – aimed to compliment the already successful range of Coopers beers within the marketplace.
The team at Beam Global are proud to announce the distribution of Cruzan rums, including the award-winning Cruzan Single Barrel Rum and Cruzan Estate Dark Rum.
The Manhattan is threatened as bars face a worldwide shortage of one of its key ingredients, Angostura bitters. Apparently “Big Apple bartenders and barflies [are] hoarding what little is left of the pungent brew.”
Dwink.com is a London based drinks site that has been launched by Tom Sandham, ex-editor of CLASS magazine in the UK.
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New to Luigi Bormioli is the Palace range; latest stylish addition to hospitality glassware that features the fine rims are double-fired for added chip resistance.