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Patrón Perfectionists names top 10 UK finalists 4th August, 2021 by Melita Kiely Tequila brand Patrón has picked the top 10 UK finalists who will progress to the next stage of the Patrón Perfectionists Cocktail Competition 2021/22. Patrón has selected the top 10 finalists from the UK in this year’s Perfectionists Cocktail Competition Ten leading bartenders from London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Belfast will compete in the UK final. For the first time in the competition’s history...

Social wellbeing: ‘We as an industry, and our bars and restaurants and pubs, play such an important role in society,’ Bacardi’s Leila Stansfield says After making a long-awaited return to reopened pubs and bars throughout April, Bacardi’s on-trade director Leila Stansfield’s glass is most certainly half full for the weeks and months of on-trade recovery ahead. Not many people would consider themselves “really, really lucky” after a January move from th...

Banquets on blankets: Picnic kits, the best bottled cocktails and everything you need for park life 2.0 David Ellis Lockdown has begun to thaw. We’re all now allowed outdoors to socialise a little. And it is a little: restaurants and pubs aren’t back for couple of weeks, but we’re now able to get out with our household or meet one other person to catch up, including for the thrill of coffee on a park bench or a picnic. But after this endless lockdown, small changes feel li...

Patrón Tequila launches Margarita perfection campaign 18th February, 2021 by Phoebe French To mark International Margarita Day on 22 February, Tequila label Patrón is launching a month-long series of activities to celebrate the popular cocktail. A survey conducted by Patrón owner Bacardi last year found that lockdown and the rise of at-home drinking had further cemented the popularity of the Ma...