By Lara Creasy Not sure where to start when rethinking a cocktail classic? Try one of these to get a feel for how to update these retro drinks for the current times. Bar Blanc’s Grasshopper • 6 dashes of Bittermen’s xocolatl mole bitters • 0.75 oz heavy cream • 0.25 oz Giffard Menthe Pastille • 0.5 oz good vodka • 0.5 oz Tempus Fugit Crème de Cacao • … [Read more...] about Classic Cocktail Recipes: Grasshopper and Banana Daiquiri
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Taking Stock of Your Wine List
Pro tips on managing your restaurant’s wine list and inventory. By Lara Creasy Anyone who works in beverage management knows that writing a wine list is the fun part. You get to set up tastings, go to trade shows, take bottles home to drink and assess, taste wines with your chef’s food to see what works. Successfully managing that wine list is the part that can cause many … [Read more...] about Taking Stock of Your Wine List
Drinkable Trends
Surprising trends and what's changing. By Christy Simo Whether it’s wine and beer, cocktails or coffee and tea, every beverage sector is seeing shifts in guest preferences with experts predicting several trends in response. The wine industry is seeing a seismic change in response to changing preferences and a new generation’s values. Larger issues like supply chain … [Read more...] about Drinkable Trends
The Art of the Wine List
My ideas for the March beverage cover story started forming during a conversation with my friend Kevin O’Sullivan about the intersection of wine and art. I had called him, as I had a few other industry contacts, in the days leading up to the Georgia market’s biggest annual intersection of wine and art, the High Museum Wine Auction (see sidebar), to ask about the current buzz in … [Read more...] about The Art of the Wine List
Open Invitation: High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction
How the High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction is welcoming new and younger guests. By Lara Creasy It should come as no surprise to any of us in the industry here in Georgia that the High Museum’s Wine Auction is the largest wine auction in the United States raising money for the arts. Over the past 30 years, the auction has raised more $37 million for the museum. I, for one, … [Read more...] about Open Invitation: High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction
