As in many cities, the cocktail scene is booming in Vilnius, Lithuania, where a growing number of bars are offering world-class mixed drinks, marking a dramatic change from just a decade or so ago. But for some visitors, finding a great Martini can still be a challenge. Greta Skamaročiūtė, head bartender at Nomads Cocktail Bar in the city’s Old Town, says that several customers have come in with a story
Check out our list of the most underrated red wines here! Often with plush, fruit-forward qualities or big, bold structures, red wines tend to carry a connotation of luxury. With that reputation comes hefty price tags, but like in any genre of wine, sometimes the liquid itself doesn’t live up to the bottle’s status. But it’s not always easy to differentiate which pricey bottles are all for show and which
Today on the “VinePair Podcast,” Adam and Joanna respond to some hot takes about hospitality. First, is it a betrayal of your customers to close earlier than your posted hours? With labor costs at an all-time high, how should a bar balance the need to remain price-efficient with the potential for turning off customers who show up during posted hours only to be told that the establishment has closed for
The Old Fashioned may be known as the world’s first cocktail, but the whiskey drink has endured a long, on-again-off-again relationship with the American palate. Since the dawn of the modern cocktail renaissance, the demand for the Old Fashioned has remained high — and so, too, have its costs. To track the current state of Old Fashioned prices across the country, VinePair asked leading on-premise data and insights company Ground
For bartenders, the idea of sustainability isn’t limited to what goes in the glass and how it gets there. Stability and community are also critical pillars to ensure hospitality professionals have long and flourishing careers. Pave the Way is a first-of-its-kind cocktail competition created by the nonprofit organization Another Round Another Rally, supported by storied cognac brand Hennessy, to help build and strengthen bartending communities, provide education about cognac and
This is VinePair’s Booze News Weekly Roundup, where we gather the hottest headlines and product releases every Friday for a snapshot of what’s happening in the beverage alcohol industry. It was yet another quiet week on the Booze News front, but we have updates on write-downs at Treasury Wine Estates, Beyoncé bagging full ownership of SirDavis, the latest product releases, and more. News to know: Treasury Wine Estates takes impairments
When considering the name “Rolling Rock,” beer fans might associate the brand with hair-flipping, guitar-smashing rock and roll. But the music genre didn’t emerge until the 1950s, and the story of Rolling Rock begins much earlier. Rolling Rock was first produced at the Latrobe Brewing Company — a brewery founded in 1839 in Latrobe, Penn. At first, the brewery produced two labels, Latrobe Old German and Latrobe Pilsner, until a
Today on the “VinePair Podcast,” Adam and Joanna discuss some of the more intriguing parts of Diageo’s recently announced plans to change and modernize their approach, from finally dialing into the RTD segment to expanding their focus on value-oriented brands. Joanna is reading: A Timeline of the Bar Industry’s Darling Spirits Adam is reading: NYC Insiders Club Jean’s Defines Downtown Manhattan Right Now. Can It Last? Watch on YouTube Listen
Long before the World Cup first kicked off earlier this summer, Wall Street analysts, industry insiders, and rank-and-file bar owners were already anxiously talking up the potential sales boost it might bring the beleaguered beer business. All those games, all those fans, all those “occasions”… it would have to add up to something, right? But what? “On-site at the venues, whatever beer volume comes out of there is a gift,
Rogue’s Dead Guy might get a new lease on life. Roughly nine months after Rogue Ales & Spirits’ parent company Oregon Brewing filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, companies are vying for Rogue’s intellectual property (IP). U.K.-based digital marketing agency Silver Scope Media Ltd made a $400,000 bid, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon is accepting offers through Aug. 21. Competing bids are required to top Silver