Jack Robertiello hadn’t been to the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show for at least five years, and he was curious about how things had changed since then. Here are his impressions.More>>

Bars are celebrating spring's arrival with fresh, new cocktails. D.C. restaurants are marking cherry blossom time with drinks, and the Polo Club Lounge in New Orleans hosts mixology classes.More>>

Information on the “Shake It Up” cocktail competition, the 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup 2010 U.S. team and Tales of the Cocktail's Tiki Punch-Up finalists and Spirited Awards program.More>>

Claire Smith, head of spirit creation & mixology for Moët Hennessy’s Belvedere Vodka, discusses the differences between U.S. and UK bartenders, and the future of the vodka business.More>>

The 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup 2010 kicks off today in Queenstown, New Zealand, and USBG Spirits Professional and Advanced Bartender exams will take place at Tales of the Cocktail.More>>

Baltimore's Pazo launches Cupcakes and Cocktails; La Descarga opens in East Hollywood; Chef Kerry Simon introduces LA Market; and Richard Boccato and Giuseppe Gonzalez to open Painkiller.More>>

Here’s a sampling of the new bar menus from Occidental Grill & Seafood in Washington, D.C., Chicago’s N9NE Steakhouse, D.C.’s Founding Farmers and Heathman Restaurant and Bar in Portland, Ore.More>>

New mixology, cocktails and bar culture books are out, like Tony Abou-Ganim's The Modern Mixologist, Yuri Kato's Japanese Cocktails, The Bar Green Book and P Moss' Blue Vegas.More>>

TY KU teams up with Ming Tsai, Chef/Owner of Blue Ginger and host of "Simply Ming", to create a partnership to help bring Asian wine & spirits education to mainstream America.More>>

Patricia Richards placed fourth at Finlandia Vodka Cup; Stan Vadrna and Jeff “Beachbum” Berry create “Bum Berry’s and Captain Vadrna’s Faux-Tropical Bar School,” a four-day Tiki Bar immersion course.More>>