Announced today and coming into force on Friday, the measures will also see indoor entertainment and visitor attractions close. The restrictions closely follow Scotland’s Level 3 (allowing hospitality venues to serve food until 6pm, but not alcohol), which were introduced earlier this month. Hospitality businesses in Wales, which have only recently re-opened after the country’s two-week firebreak, were already battling curfew and distancing rules, but…

DOWNLOAD THE GLOBAL BAR EDITION HERE. Once again, this takes a deep dive in the global bar business. It hears from the people at the frontline, with the testimonies of 20 local leaders around the world, who tell their stories of the battle for the industry’s survival. Expert analysis and comment pieces come from the likes of Jacob Briars, Lauren Mote, Kelsey…

The list, organised annually by William Reed, was announced today via a digital broadcast on social media. As trade media partner to the Awards, Drinks International has published the official guide to the 2020 list as part of its Global Bar Edition, which also launches today. Led by Ago Perrone, Giorgio Bargiani and Maura Milia, the flagship bar of the Connaught Hotel…

Earlier this summer Silva parted company with Guilhotina Bar – the São Paulo venue he co-owned and took to 15th spot in The World’s 50 Best Bars in 2019 – in search of new opportunities. The first of those will come in January or February, with the launch of Ella – Buffara’s second restaurant – in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The collaboration will see Silva and…

Swift Shoreditch takes over the former Scout site on Great Eastern Street and is due to open late July. The new venue draws from, and expands on, the upstairs half of the original Swift – a member of the World’s 50 Best Bars 2019-2020 and CLASS magazine’s UK Bar of the Year. Operated by bar-industry entrepreneurs Edmund Weil & Rosie Stimpson and Mia Johansson…

Though the range has widened, the classic brands endure, with a preference for Italian over French, according to our poll. Six of the 10 are Italian. Topping the list this year is Cocchi, a sweet vermouth of the Torino school and a classic of some 120 years. In around half of bars polled, it was one of the top-three vermouths used and the go-to in…

In most cases that’s not just a single, lonely bottle either – half of our pool of respondants stocked three or more brands. Sherry is well and truly in play. While some of the action is likely through by-the-glass sales, some classic cocktails call for the Jerez fortified too – notably the Bamboo, which is at 46 in our classics list this year. Probably most importantly,…

Fever-Tree, the brand which is largely held responsible for the premium movement, has once again continued its dominance within the world’s elite bars. Since its launch in 2004, Fever-Tree has become a must-have brand for bars around the world because of the premium marker it sets. In 2020 Fever-Tree once again dominated the survey, with nearly half of the participating bars reporting it as the…

Campari romped through our rankings from outlier to dominant force five years ago, carbon dating the mainstream acceptance of the classic. While the Negroni is the most common home for this famous Italian bitter liqueur, classics such as the Americano, Boulevardier and Jungle Bird, not to mention bartenders’ own creations, make for serious Campari demand. It is not only the top selling in our polled bars…

Buchan, the ex-Panda & Sons joint-GM, and Mclellan, an operator and DJ, have teamed up with bar investor Barrie Brown to open the new music-led, late-night spot in the Scottish capital. Buchan told DI: “The concept is good drinks and good music. We’ve got a 3am licence and a stage so there will be DJs and 3-4-piece live bands. It’ll be a high-volume kind of…