Updated "Bar Beverage Offer" brochure now available
Rugen Bartender Event 2024
Flurin Kopp mixes the best cocktail in Switzerland 2024 with "Gipfelstürmer"
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Market survey 2024 of the 101 best Swiss bars
3rd CaReHo trade fair in Martigny
Secure your ticket for the 4th SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN
Ardnamurchan Rum Cask Release
Selva Colombian Dry Gin
Exclusive importer: Whisky Library
SWISS BAR AWARDS
Most prestigious award
Since 2003, the trade magazine BAR NEWS has been presenting the most important awards of the Swiss bar scene: the SWISS BAR AWARDS. Talented Barkeeper and trendy bars are awarded in seven categories.
Further information: swissbarawards.ch
Best bartenders and Barkeeper and trendy bars in Switzerland wanted!
Every year, the SWISS BAR AWARDS recognize special achievements. This award is the oldest and most prestigious award in the Swiss hospitality scene. The awards are presented in the following seven categories:...
Best hotel bar 2023
At the Dolder Grand, the Canvas Bar & Lounge is the meeting point par excellence. Whether it's for guests from the neighborhood or for hotel guests. The bar is...
Product News
Ardnamurchan Rum Cask Release
Selva Colombian Dry Gin
Exclusive importer: Whisky Library
A powerful and complex charmer
Alcohol-free: basics, recipes & pairings
New Luxury Redefined series
The elixir of the canons made from Alpine herbs
170 years of experience
BAR NEWS Magazine
BAR NEWS 2 | 2024
Viva España
Focus topic: Spain
A journey through tradition and taste
Final Swiss Cocktail Open
Reportage, winner portrait and cocktails
Swissness
Exclusive Swiss whiskies
Knowledge
Updated "Bar Beverage Offer" brochure now available
Barkeeper, restaurateurs and beverage retailers can find products, brands and their manufacturers or general importers quickly, easily and without electronic aids in the Bar Beverage range 2024/2025. The Bar Beverage range is revised annually...
Is it all IPA or what?
Among beer drinkers, people are often loyal to their favorite beer for decades. The curious, who dare to look over the glass rim of their habitual bar, usually come first with a fruity-bitter IPA in...
Market survey 2023/24
After we were able to paint a fairly positive picture last year, this trend has unfortunately not continued. This conclusion can be drawn from the responses of decision-makers from various industry players.
122 attractive drink recipes at Bar Mixbooklet 2024
The new edition of the handy Bar Mixbooklet provides a lot of basic knowledge on how to mix drinks with and without alcohol, for example, and what to look out for in order to prepare good cocktails....
Spiced / Flavoured Rum
Spiced rum and flavoured rum are rum variants with additional flavorings. In most cases, the two terms designate two different product categories. However, this is not always true. "Flavoured" can be translated as...
People
10 questions for Marco Murciano
But then came Covid and the travel bans. I was 19 years old when I first moved to Switzerland with my girlfriend and accepted various jobs. When I finally...
Pawel Rodaszynski, El Koktel, Warsaw
After several years of wandering around Poland (Piła, Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Wrocław) as well as stays in Spain and Belgium, I finally moved to Warsaw to become more serious as a cocktail maker.Barkeeper to work and to work my...
10 questions for Lukas Zingerle
I'm originally from South Tyrol, Italy, where I graduated from the Bruneck regional hotel management school at the age of 19 and went straight into the bar business. I have worked my way through various...
10 questions for Toàn Phan Thanh
Born in Nyon, in the canton of Vaud, Toàn Phan Thanh trained as a watchmaker at Rolex. He got the idea to become Barkeeper from a friend who was training to become a...
Dustin Le, Bā Nomu, Hamburg
My life I was born and grew up in Bremen. After finishing secondary school, I started a three-year apprenticeship as a hotel specialist at the Hotel zur Post. The training was a mixture of...
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Events
3rd CaReHo trade fair in Martigny
This will take place from November 17 to 19, 2024 at CERM in Martigny. Café, restaurant, bar and hotel operators, organizations and players in the food service sector from the neighbouring flat and mountain regions will exchange ideas for three...
Secure your ticket for the 4th SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN
On Monday, May 6, the grand final of the 4th SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN will take place at Chicago 1928 (Hall 550) in Zurich-Oerlikon. We are looking forward to hosting the final again this...
The World's 50 Best Bars 2023
"The World's 50 Best Bars 2023" honors bars from 28 cities, rated by 680 experts worldwide. Barcelona's "Sips" is honored at number 1 as "The Best Bar in Europe"...
Bars and restaurants
Mediterranean atmosphere
Top dog in a new guise
Relaxed and surprising
Bar tour Dublin
Economy
Market survey 2024 of the 101 best Swiss bars
Below you will find the most important anonymized results of the large 2024 market survey of the 101 best bars in Switzerland. Number of employees Among small businesses (up to three employees), the number of...
Daniel Demke new Commercial Director
In this newly created position, he will be responsible for the Swiss and Austrian markets and report to Olena Neznal, Managing Director Northern Europe. His head office is in Austria. diageo.com
Business Talk with Vincent Rameau
BAR NEWS: How much Switzerland is in Coca-Cola? Vincent Rameau: Switzerland plays an important role for us. Almost half of Swiss households buy our products every month. Whenever in this country...