La Geneva Cocktail Week est de retour! Après le succès de sa première édition en 2016, l’événement revient fin septembre avec presque le double d’adresses, des masterclasses, des soirées à thèmes spéciales et des bartenders d’Athènes, Paris, Bordeaux, Munich, Bâle, Lausanne et Annecy! Trente-quatre adresses, 68 créations cocktails Le nombre d’adresses a augmenté depuis l’année dernière. Cette année, 34 bars du centre-ville, des Eaux-Vives, de Carouge, de Plainpalais et des Pâquis accueilleront les participants du festival. Parmi eux, il y a de tout nouveaux bars, comme le Black Sheep Rive qui vient d’ouvrir. Chacun proposera deux cocktails réalisés spécialement pour
The Geneva Cocktail Week is back! After a successful first edition in 2016, the event returns end of September with nearly twice as many venues, brand masterclasses, special themed nights and guest bartenders from Athens, Paris, Bordeaux, Munich, Basel, Lausanne and Annecy! Thirty-four locations, 68 cocktail creations The number of locations has increased since last year. Now 34 bars from downtown Geneva, Eaux-Vives, Carouge, Plainpalais and Pâquis will welcome the festival participants. There are some brand new venues, such as the recently opened Black Sheep Rive. Each will propose two cocktails specifically made for the Cocktail Week, one with and
Rum, ron or rhum? Whichever variety of sugar cane distillate has your fancy you’ll find a wide selection at Little Barrel, a bar specialized in rum in Geneva. Back in October last year, Nicolas Berger and Quentin Beurgaud, two of Geneva’s most talented bartenders, combined their talent to open a new bar in partnership with the directors of Le Chat Noir, where Nicolas used to be Bar Director. Along with some friends they entirely renovated an old neighbourhood bar in the Eaux-Vives district transforming it into a cozy hangout place, great for a date night or a chill night out with
The second stop of my second night out in Athens a few weeks ago was the famous Baba au rum! I really wanted to visit that bar 1) because it has a great reputation, 2) because I’m a rum girl, 3) because, after enjoying the rum menu at Little Barrel in Geneva, I was curious to see what another rum bar could put on its menu. I was not disappointed! In fact I enjoyed my first visit so much that I made a point of returning on my last night in Athens and ended visiting Baba au Rum twice, on