Tales of the Cocktail Basis Proclaims the High 10 Nominees for the 2023 Spirited Awards – Good Spirits Information

NEW ORLEANS, LA (June 1, 2023) — Tales of the Cocktail Basis (TOTCF) is honored to announce the High 10 Nominees for the seventeenth annual Spirited Awards^®. Since its founding in 2007, the Spirited Awards^® have develop into one of many trade’s most sought-after awards, recognizing beverage professionals, merchandise, and institutions throughout each aspect of the spirits and cocktail group on a worldwide scale. In partnership with Forbes, the Spirited Awards^® official media associate, TOTCF will honor recipients through the Tales of the Cocktail^® (TOTC) convention, which is celebrating its Twenty first-year in New Orleans, July 23-28, 2023.

The Spirited Awards are comprised of trade accolades, each home and worldwide, writing and media awards, and general awards that transcend regionality, together with World’s Greatest Cocktail Bar and World’s Greatest Cocktail Menu. 

“The Tales Spirited Awards shortlist exhibits that regardless of ongoing challenges, our trade is in unbelievable well being, with bars and bartenders persevering with to create extraordinary visitor experiences and elevate their craft in so some ways,” mentioned Worldwide Chair Jacob Briars. “I feel it’s also heartening to see the wide selection of nominees from so many alternative cities and cities throughout the US and all over the world. Nice cocktails can now be discovered anyplace, and that may be a great alternative for cocktail lovers throughout the globe.”

In that spirit, the Basis is proud to announce the High 10 Nominees, damaged into U.S., Worldwide, Media & Writing, and International classes.

2023 Spirited Awards^® High 10 Nominees (in alphabetical order):

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES

Worldwide Bartender of the Yr offered by The Busker

• Gina Barbachano — Hanky Panky, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico






• Giorgio Bargiani — The Connaught Bar, London, UK






• Aaron Diaz — Carnaval, Lima, Peru






• Kate Boushel — Atwater Cocktail Membership / Milky Method Cocktail Bar, Montréal, QC, Canada






• Giacomo Giannotti — Paradiso, Barcelona, Spain






• Martin Hudak — Perhaps Sammy, Sydney, Australia






• Uno Jang — Jigger & Pony on the Amara Resort, Singapore






• Alessandro Palazzi — DUKES at Dukes Resort, London, UK






• Daniel Schofield — SCHOFIELD’S BAR, Manchester, UK






• Luke Whearty — BYRDI, Melbourne, Australia

Greatest Worldwide Bar Mentor* offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• Lorenzo Antinori






• Simone Caporale






• Evelyn Chick






• Shingo Gokan






• Trevor Kallies






• Jose Luis Leon






• Dre Masso






• Iain McPherson






• Danil Nevsky






• Agostino Perrone






• Christina Veira

*denotes 11 nominees attributable to a tie

Greatest Worldwide Model Ambassador* offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• Jenna Ba — Diageo






• Jordan Bushell — Hennessy Cognac






• Dickie Cullimore — Bacardi Rum






• Caitlin Hill — Rémy Cointreau






• Daniyel Jones — Home of Angostura®






• Ally Martin — Hendrick’s Gin






• Dave Mitton — Lot 40 / J.P. Wiser’s






• Léa Messier — Dandurand Spirits






• Tim Philips-Johansson — Johnnie Walker






• Nicola Riske — The Macallan






• Claudia Cabrera Rodriguez — Fernet Branca






• Charmaine Thio — Hendrick’s Gin

*denotes 12 nominees attributable to a tie

Greatest Worldwide Bar Group offered by Angostura Caribbean Rum

• ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena, Colombia






• Atwater Cocktail Membership — Montreal, QC, Canada






• COA — Hong Kong, China






• Handshake Speakeasy — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico






• Hanky Panky — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico






• Jigger & Pony on the Amara Resort — Singapore






• La Factoria — San Juan, Puerto Rico






• Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain






• Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK






• The Clumsies — Athens, Greece

Greatest Worldwide Cocktail Bar offered by Patr​​ón Tequila

• 🔶🟥🔵 — London, UK






• ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena, Colombia






• Atwater Cocktail Membership — Montreal, QC, Canada






• BYRDI — Melbourne, Australia






• COA — Hong Kong, China






• MAYBE SAMMY — Sydney, Australia






• Panda & Sons — Edinburgh, Scotland






• Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain






• Devil’s Whiskers — London, UK






• SIPS — Barcelona, Spain

Greatest Worldwide Resort Bar offered by Perrier

• ARGO on the 4 Seasons — Hong Kong, China






• BKK Social Membership at 4 Seasons Bangkok — Bangkok, Thailand






• Botanist on the Fairmont Pacific Rim Resort — Vancouver, BC, Canada






• Bulgari Bar on the The Bvlgari Resort — Dubai, UAE






• Charles H. on the 4 Seasons Resort — Seoul, South Korea






• Dean & Nancy on 22 on the A by Adina resort — Sydney, Australia






• Fifty Mils on the 4 Seasons Resort — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico






• Jigger & Pony on the Amara Resort — Singapore






• Facet Hustle at The NoMad Resort London — London, UK






• The Donovan Bar on the Brown’s Resort — London, UK

Greatest Worldwide Restaurant Bar offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• Analogue Initiative — Singapore






• ARCA Restaurant & Bar — Tulum, Mexico






• Bar Kismet — Halifax, NS, Canada






• COCHINCHINA — Buenos Aires, Argentina






• Continental Deli Bar Bistro — Sydney, Australia






• COYA Dubai — Dubai, UAE






• Danico — Paris, France






• Le Mary Celeste — Paris, France






• No Sleep Membership — Singapore






• Zuma Dubai — Dubai, UAE

Greatest New Worldwide Cocktail Bar offered by Diageo Bar Academy

• Bar Planet — Sydney, Australia






• Caretaker’s Cottage — Melbourne, Australia






• CATA Agave Bar – Tamarindo, Costa Rica






• Ergo Cocktail Bar & Restaurant — Dubai, UAE






• Gucci Giardino 25 — Florence, Italy






• Final Phrase — Singapore






• Line Athens — Athens, Greece






• Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar — Bangkok, Thailand






• Evening Hawk — Singapore






• Seed Library at One Hundred Shoreditch resort — London, UK

U.S. CATEGORIES

U.S. Bartender of the Yr offered by Pernod Ricard USA

• Chris Elford — Navy Energy / Right here As we speak Brewery & Kitchen, Seattle, WA






• Abigail Gullo — loa on the Worldwide Home resort, New Orleans, LA






• Caer Maiko Ferguson — DrinkWell / Daijoubu, Austin, TX






• Shauna O’Neil — Candy Liberty, Miami, FL






• Jessi Pollak — Spoon and Secure, Minneapolis, MN






• Kapri Robinson — Allegory on the Eaton Resort, Washington, DC






• Christian Suzuki-Orellana — Wildhawk, San Francisco, CA






• Masahiro Urushido — Katanna Kitten, New York, NY






• Takuma Watanabe — Martiny’s, New York, NY






• Christine Wiseman — Marygold’s Brasserie / Damaged Shaker, Miami, FL

Greatest U.S. Bar Mentor* offered BarSmarts

• Bridget Albert






• Anu Apte






• Colin Asare-Appiah






• Jason Asher






• Julio Cabrera






• Alex Day






• Touré Folkes






• Kate Gerwin






• Anne Louise Marquis






• Nectaly Mendoza






• Jeffrey Morgenthaler






• Chris Patino

*denotes 12 nominees attributable to a tie

Greatest U.S. Model Ambassador offered Libbey

• Kiowa Bryan — Spiribam






• Chris Cabrera — Bacardi USA






• Tad Carducci — Gruppo Montenegro






• Cameron George — Ardbeg Single Malts






• A-Okay Hada — Bacardi Rum






• Vance Henderson — Hendrick’s Gin






• Benny Hurwitz — Wild Turkey






• Anna Mains — Monkey Shoulder






• Jenna Murray — The Glenlivet






• Mary Palac — Campari Mexican Spirits

Greatest U.S. Bar Group offered by William Grant & Sons

• Allegory on the Eaton Resort — Washington, DC






• Attaboy Nashville — Nashville, TN






• Century Grand — Phoenix, AZ






• Completely happy Accidents — Albuquerque, NM






• Nickel Metropolis — Austin, TX






• Overstory — New York, NY






• Pacific Cocktail Haven — San Francisco, CA






• Service Bar — Washington, DC






• The Roosevelt Room — Austin, TX






• Yacht Membership — Denver, CO

Greatest U.S. Cocktail Bar offered by Absolut Vodka

• Bar Goto — New York, NY






• Bitter & Twisted — Phoenix, AZ






• Century Grand — Phoenix, AZ






• Double Hen Please — New York, NY






• Manolito — New Orleans, LA






• Nickel Metropolis — Austin, TX






• Overstory — New York, NY






• Service Bar — Washington, DC






• Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA






• Yacht Membership — Denver, CO

Greatest U.S. Resort Bar offered by Gray Goose

• Allegory on the Eaton Resort — Washington, DC






• Bar Marilou on the Maison de la Luz — New Orleans, LA






• Champagne Bar at The Surf Membership Miami — Miami, FL






• Pricey Irving on Hudson on the Aliz Resort — New York, NY






• Hey Love at The Jupiter — Portland, OR






• Libertine Social on the Mandalay Bay — Las Vegas, NV






• Little Rituals on the Residence Inn/Courtyard by Marriott — Phoenix, AZ






• Midnight Rambler at The Joule — Dallas, TX






• Raines Legislation Room on the William — New York, NY






• White Limozeen at The Graduate — Nashville, TN

Greatest U.S. Restaurant Bar offered by Amaro Montenegro and Choose Aperitivo

• Arnaud’s French 75 Bar — New Orleans, LA






• Bicyclette Bistro — Los Angeles, CA






• Bresca — Washington, DC






• Café La Trova — Miami, FL






• Cleaver – Butchered Meats, Seafood & Basic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV






• Crown Shy — New York, NY






• Jaguar Solar — Miami, FL






• Kumiko — Chicago, IL






• Manhatta — New York, NY






• Palomar — Portland, OR

Greatest New U.S. Cocktail Bar offered by Diageo Bar Academy

• Amazonia — Washington DC






• Chez Zou — New York, NY






• Khla — Phoenix, AZ






• Martiny’s — New York, NY






• Marygold’s Brasserie on the Arlo Wynwood — Miami, FL






• Milady’s — New York, NY






• Pacific Commonplace on the KEX Portland — Portland, OR






• Refuge — Houston, TX






• The Butterscotch Den — Sacramento, CA






• UnderTow — Gilbert, AZ

WRITING & MEDIA CATEGORIES

Greatest Cocktail & Spirits Publication offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• Boothby






• CLASS Journal






• Difford’s Information






• Drinks Worldwide






• Visitor Test by SPILL






• Liquor.com






• Punch






• The Cocktail Lovers Journal






• The Combine With Robert Simonson






• The Spirits Enterprise

Greatest Broadcast, Podcast, or On-line Video Collection offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• Agave Highway Journey






• Black and Brown Podcast






• Freepour






• Japan Distilled Podcast






• Views by Campari Academy






• Radio Imbibe






• Shōshin Artwork Membership 






• The Trendy Bar Cart Podcast






• The Sipping Level 






• The Speakeasy Podcast

Greatest Cocktail & Spirits Writing offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• “A Rum Deal” by Dave Broom for Membership Oenologique






• “How People ruined tequila — and the true believers saving it” by Lilah Raptopoulos, for Monetary Instances






• “How the 4 Seasons Turned an Incubator for Asia’s Greatest Bars” by Jake Emen, for VinePair






• “The Drinks Trade Has an Ageism Downside” by Betsy Andrews, for SevenFifty Every day






• “The Good, the Dangerous & the Synthetic: How Huge Knowledge & Tech Are Infiltrating the Alcohol Trade” by Jake Emen, for VinePair






• “The Nice Mezcal Heist” by Emma Janzen, for Eater






• “The Secrets and techniques to the Greatest Dry Martini You’ll Ever Have” by David Wondrich, for The Every day Beast






• “This Is What Decolonizing a Spirit Seems to be Like” by Adaorah Oduah, for Punch






• “Untold Story” by Yolanda Evans, for Imbibe






• “What’s a Bar With no Backbar?” by Danny Chau, for Punch

Greatest New Cocktail or Bartending Ebook offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• A Bartender’s Information to the World by Lauren Mote & James O. Fraioli






• Black Mixcellence: A Complete Information to Black Mixology by Tamika Corridor with Colin Asare-Appiah






• Drink Frivolously by Natasha David






• Aware Mixology: A Complete Information to No- and Low-Alcohol Cocktails with 60 Recipes by Derek Brown






• Trendy Basic Cocktails by Robert Simonson






• Mueble Bar by François Monti






• The Bartender’s Manifesto by Toby Maloney with Emma Janzen






• THE COCKTAIL CABINET: The artwork, science and pleasure of blending the proper drink by Zoe Burgess






• The Cocktail Edit: All the things You Have to Know About How one can Make All of the Drinks that Matter by Alice Lascelles






• The New York Instances Important Ebook of Cocktails – Elevated and Expanded, edited by Steven Reddicliffe

Greatest New Ebook on Drinks Tradition, Historical past, or Spirits offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• A SENSE OF PLACE: A journey round Scotland’s whisky by Dave Broom






• Model Mysticism: Domesticate Creativity & Intoxicate Your Viewers by Aaron Goldfarb and Steven Grasse






• Dicktales (or Thankyou and Sluggings) by Dick Bradsell






• Docs and Distillers: The Exceptional Medicinal Historical past of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails by Camper English






• Drink Like a Native New York: A Discipline Information to New York’s Greatest Bars by Amanda Schuster






• Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake by Nancy Matsumoto and Michael Tremblay






• Gurú. Guide (multisensorial) de Coctelería by Diego Cabrera






• Trendy Caribbean Rum: A Modern Reference to the Area’s Important Spirit by Matt Pietrek and Carrie Smith






• The Artwork of Whisky by Ernie Button






• Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara

GLOBAL CATEGORIES

Greatest New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient offered by Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic

• Contraluz Cristalino Mezcal






• Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin California Orange Citrus






• Hendrick’s Neptunia






• Martini & Rossi Floreale Non Alcoholic Aperitivo






• Martini & Rossi Vibrante Non Alcoholic Aperitivo






• Mijenta Añejo Gran Reserva






• Nocheluna Sotol






• PATRÓN El Alto Tequila






• Saint Benevolence Aged Rum Clairin






• The Fords Gin Co. Sloe Gin

World’s Greatest Cocktail Menu offered by Diageo Bar Academy

• Allegory on the Eaton Resort — Washington, DC






• ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena, Colombia






• Bitter and Twisted — Phoenix, AZ






• Botanist on the Fairmont Pacific Rim Resort — Vancouver, BC, Canada






• Double Hen Please — New York, NY






• Handshake Speakeasy — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico






• Jigger & Pony on the Amara Resort — Singapore






• Licorería Limantour — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico






• Panda & Sons — Edinburgh, Scotland






• Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain

World’s Greatest Spirits Choice offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis

• Baba Au Rum — Athens, Greece






• Barro Negro — Athens, Greece






• In Situ Mezcalería — Oaxaca, Mexico






• KOL Mezcaleria — London, UK






• Origin Bar on the Shangri-La Resort — Singapore






• Raised by Wolves — San Diego, CA






• Salón de Agave at Casa Prunes — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico






• Attractive Fish London — London, UK






• Swift Soho — London, UK






• The Workplace — Chicago, IL

Spirited Awards^® 2023

Spirited Awards High 4 Finalists and the recipients for the Helen David Lifetime Achievement, Visionary & Worldwide/U.S. Timeless Awards shall be named on June 21, 2023. All winners shall be celebrated on July 27, 2023 on the seventeenth Annual Spirited Awards Ceremony on the Fillmore New Orleans. Spirited Awards Ceremony tickets shall be obtainable through the TOTCF web site on June 8, 2023. 

Spirited Awards^® Judges

Under is an inventory of Spirited Awards^® Chairs, liable for overseeing the judging course of this 12 months:

• Spirited Awards Total Chair
  






• Spirited Awards Worldwide Chair
  






• Asia Pacific Co-Chairs

  • Lorenzo Antinori

  
  
  
  

  • Sam Bygrave

  
  
  
  

  • Pankaj Balachandran

  
  
  
  

  • Charmaine Thio






• Canada Co-Chairs

  • Kate Boushel

  
  
  
  

  • Sabrine Dhaliwal






• Europe Co-Chairs

  • Roberta Mariani

  
  
  
  

  • Nicola Riske






• Latin America & Caribbean Co-Chairs

  • Carlos Aguinsky

  
  
  
  

  • Jean Trinh






• Center East & Africa Co-Chairs

  • Stephen “Kojo” Aidoo

  
  
  
  

  • Cassandra Eichhoff

  
  
  
  

  • Caitlin Hill






• U.S. Central Co-Chairs

  • Steva Casey

  
  
  
  

  • Lynn M. Home






• U.S. East Co-Chairs

  • Jackson Cannon

  
  
  
  

  • Laura Cullen






• U.S. West Co-Chairs
  






• Writing & Media Co-Chairs

  • François Monti

  
  
  
  

  • Matthew Rowley

  
  
  
  

  • Sandrae Lawrence






• Timeless Co-Chair

  • Jared Brown

  
  
  
  

  • Anistatia Miller

Spirited Awards^® judges are a set of revered bartenders, bar house owners, educators, and writers from throughout the globe entrusted with this important calling. Drawing on their years of expertise and their information of the present work being executed regionally, nationally, and internationally, collectively the judges can consider nominees from far and broad to make sure that the Spirited Awards^® represents the breadth and variety of the worldwide drinks trade. 

Tales of the Cocktail Basis’s Spirited Awards^® Committee is devoted to valuing the inclusion of the communities we serve by making certain that our judging panel displays their unbelievable variety by way of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. Recognizing that inclusion is essential to a well-represented committee, TOTCF strives to make sure that now we have an equitable illustration of gender throughout the judging panel. The Spirited Awards^® aren’t primarily based on fashionable vote and all nominations are evaluated by their respective judging committees.