Category: Featured Articles
Winning Brands
The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America held their 67th annual conference in Las Vegas. The Cheers team awarded some of the following outstanding wine and spirits suppliers with Growth Brand Awards.
Sommeliers Speak Up
Wine Directors Share Why They Love Certain Wines.
Dynamic Menus
A Closer Look at Operators Who Innovate with Beer.
Simple Approaches to Complex Cocktails
As consumers continue to demand artisanal cocktails, busy bars are finding creative ways to simplify complex quaffs without jeopardizing flavor.
Sole Purpose
From communal tables to extra attention, bars and restaurants are focusing on drawing loyal solo diners.
Web Exclusive: Rum Pairings
That same variety as well as a pleasing sweetness means rum is one of the easier spirits to pair with food. “Pairing food with spirits …
Web Exclusive Cask Ale
Paul Pendyck is a man whose time has come. Thirteen years ago, Pendyck, an English expatriate, was a home brewer in rural Pennsylvania who wanted …
Come into the Kitchen
Unusual bar set-ups invite customers in and make them feel at home.
Web Exclusive: Organic Vodka
As far as spirits are concerned bar managers agree that vodka leads the way in terms of the number of organic options available. Vodka was one …
Web Exclusive: Where’s the back bar?
Of course, the unusual bar set-up can pose its challenges too, for example, as many of these spaces don’t have a back bar, that traditional bottom-lit, …