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30 Bars in One Day and still marching on

As Parched March kicks into its second half, founder Amy Cooper reports from the front line of good times for a good cause

Each year, like a fine wine, Parched March improves - and in 2012 our annual month-long celebration of Sydney’s bars has blossomed into quite a party. Events, people, amazing drinks and an extraordinary marathon.

Sydney Bar Week - New Direction for Australia’s Premier Bar Event!

“After a decade of being the Australia’s leading bar trade event we saw an opportunity to expand trade only format and incorporate a host of consumer focused activities to help educate todays enthusiastic consumers who are keen to learn more about premium drinks.” David Spanton - Managing Director Spanton Media Group.

Why I have a problem with cocktails in a cask

Vodka Mojito in a bottle? Yep, you heard it right. This is just one of a slew of offerings from drinks companies in a new category called the ‘ready to serve’ mixed drink! Don’t be confused with the RTD ‘ready to drink’ category that we all know (and many like myself despise) as the RTD focuses on alcoholic mixed drinks in a single serve bottle. RTDs have been around for decades and the stats tell us that Aussies love them.

New York City

God, I love this town! I wish I could live here for a few months each year, as a few days it’s just not enough to do anything but just scratch the surface of this great city. I would go as far to say it’s the most exciting city in the world with the best of everything, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, all packed in on this not-so-little island.

Bali: Living Large in the Land of the Gods

Bali is truly one of the most exciting and beautiful places on earth with something for everyone (as long as you can handle the heat and humidity of course!).

The 10 Most Influential Aussie Bars

People always ask me what are the best bars in the country and to be honest I find it one of the hardest questions to answer. A good bar, or a bar that you want to go to is mostly about personal taste and what might rock my boat could be completely distasteful to someone else.

Top 3 Tales Seminars (with an Aussie bias)

With Tales of the Cocktail set shake, stir and strain from Wednesday next week we thought that it was only appropriate that we give you an insight into five of our seminar picks from New Orleans, Louisiana (pronounced by the locals ‘N’awlins Loose-anna’).