An epic adventure with Leighton Rathbone
Join me as I go on a wild ride with Leighton Rathbone, the 2019 tile holder of the South African leg of the Angostura Global Cocktail Competition.
SA champ bartender creates visionary product to uplift local communities
Master bartender Owen O’Reilly – South African national title holder of the Diageo World Class Cocktail Competition – created a unique cocktail for the global event.
Dion Chang to headline Wine & Food Tourism Conference 2019
This year’s Wine & Food Tourism Conference, taking place at Spier near Stellenbosch on 18 September 2019, will feature South Africa’s most respected trends analyst, Dion Chang, as headline speaker.
Owen O’Reilly to represent South Africa at the World Class Globals
Owen O’Reilly was crowned South Africa’s Diageo World Class winner for 2019 at the Johannesburg finals on 29 June. He’ll go on to represent South Africa at the globals in Glasgow in September.
Experiencing World Class from the judge’s seat
The 2019 Diageo Reserve World Class South African Regional Finals were held across the land in May.
Multi-sensory Cocktails with Joe Schofield
Joe Schofield rocketed to bartending fame with his innovative, multi-sensory Sensorium cocktail menus, created for Singapore’s Tippling Club.
Travis Kuhn voted Bartender of the Year at the 2019 South African BAR Awards
Travis Kuhn has just been crowned Bartender of the Year at the BAR Awards– the Oscars of the bar industry – as well as winning trophies for International Footprint and Best Pop-up Bar. We caught up with him to learn how he got there, and where he’s going next.
Talking coffee with Rosetta Roastery’s Jono le Feuvre
For many of us, preparing and enjoying coffee is a daily ritual. But what do we actually know about it? We get some insight from coffee fundi Jono le Feuvre.
BAR Awards winners
The BAR Awards have steadily been gaining traction since its humble beginnings four years ago.
Five minutes with gin icon Christopher Hayman
Hayman’s of London, a true English gin that’s been around since 1863, has just launched in South Africa. We got to chat to master distiller and acclaimed gin guru Christopher Hayman – who was inducted into the World Gin Awards Hall of Fame in February 2019 – about his gin journey.