by Leah van Deventer | Sep 30, 2019 | Portfolio
Join me as I go on a wild ride with Leighton Rathbone, the 2019 title holder of the South African leg of the Angostura Global Cocktail Competition. Leighton Rathbone, you wake up after a large night and reach for your phone. Your feed is full of terrifying videos of...
by Leah van Deventer | Sep 21, 2019 | Portfolio
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. He tells me all about it in this exclusive interview. What exactly is Vuka? Vuka is [a canned]...
by Leah van Deventer | Sep 20, 2019 | Portfolio
Drinks writer Leah van Deventer chats to three whisky experts to unveil the mystery surrounding this rare and sought-out category of the water of life. Japanese whisky is somewhat of the Holy Grail among fans of the category. But why? What makes the golden liquid...
by Leah van Deventer | Jul 7, 2019 | Portfolio
The 2019 Diageo Reserve World Class South African Regional Finals were held across the land in May. Yours truly had the honour of being a judge alongside Travis Kuhn, 2018 World Class winner, and Haroon Haffajee, two-time second-placer and ex Reserve Brand...
by Leah van Deventer | Jun 27, 2019 | Portfolio
Joe Schofield rocketed to bartending fame with his innovative, multi-sensory cocktails on the Sensorium menus, created for Singapore’s Tippling Club. With the Memory Triggers menu, guests smelt menu blotters infused with nostalgia-inducing aromas, and chose a...
by Leah van Deventer | May 20, 2019 | Portfolio
Capenhagen. Wild Coast. Cape to Cali. Are these just words to you, or can you spot a theme? Well done if you can, because it’s pretty obscure: they’re all cross-continental collaboration beers, made in a partnership between a local South African brewery (Devil’s Peak,...
