Fever-Tree has continued its perfect run in the Brands Report. Since we began polling mixers in 2015, Fever-Tree has been the number one bestseller, making this year its 10th on the bounce. More than a third of our bars declared Fever-Tree their number one choice for mixers, which includes everything from tonic to ginger ale to cola, while the brand was a top-three seller in…

Port and Tonics have been a success at the brand’s bar in Porto called Espaço Porto Cruz, which sparked inspiration for the new off-trade serve. “With the Cruz Fresco Pink & Tonic we have a great opportunity to recruit new consumers and introduce them to port wine in a different way. The product is an invitation for a fresh and gourmet tasting experience,” said Hubert…

WSET School London and TheDrinkSchool will be the first to offer in-person and online courses. In addition, Molson Coors Beverage Company has been approved to deliver WSET beer courses to internal teams and customers. Two additional schools, W Wine School, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, and WineWise from Antwerp, Belgium, will be the first to offer courses in the EMEA region outside the UK. WSET…

Bartenders’ Choice is the players’ player award of the bar industry. Our bars were asked to name one brand which they have a particular so­ spot for, a brand they like working with above all others, across any category. Over the years many of the same names have re-emerged, with Tanqueray taking top spot in exactly half of the previous 14 editions of the Brands…

The Report is a survey of a 100-strong sample of the world’s most influential bars which have been nominated or won international awards. Representatives of these bars come in the form of bar owners, managers and head bartenders and they were asked to describe their buying habits for more than 20 categories of spirits, mixers, wine and beer with data collated to form the bestselling…

And if you’re reading this, you probably know why that’s important: in bars, as many other industries, trends tend to start at the top and percolate down. ­The Brands Report is therefore a snapshot of the business behaviour of a very specific group of bars, whose owners, head bartenders and bar managers complete detailed questionnaires on their spirits buying habits. This invitation-only 100-strong sample is…

Peruvian brand Barsol remains bartenders’ favourite pisco. Under the guidance of Diego Loret de Mola, who founded the brand in 2001, Barsol has topped the bestselling ranking for the past eight years – ever since pisco started being included in the report. Of polled bars, almost half stocked three or more pisco brands and Barsol was the number one choice in almost a third. Within…