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>>

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>>

Bourbon cocktail created for "A Salute to Women, Wine and Whiskey;" The Exchange Bar opens in Chicago's Wicker Park area; and Portland bartenders invited to Bartender's Ball.More>>

Beverage industry news including: Anheuser-Busch layoffs, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. CEO Scott Barnett resigns, T.G.I. Friday's gets new drinks menu and Kansas ponders smoking ban.More>>

Hearts and Cocktails benefits Haiti relief efforts at Bar Celona; Manhattan Cocktail Classic seeks speakers for educational seminars; and Damon Dyer named Alchemist of Our Age.More>>

Bar Henry in NYC offers Valentine's Day-inspired cocktails like the Mole Alejandro and Scarlet Swing; Counter offers Make Love Not War; and LA's Hatfield's gets a new drink program.More>>

Las Vegas' Patricia Richards finished fourth in the Finlandia Vodka Cup, the highest finish ever for a U.S. contestant in the 12-year history of the competition.More>>

There's a pot of $15,000 in cash prizes on the line at the “Shake It Up 2010” cocktail competition at the Nightclub & Bar Show, and the Can Can Classic will take place in June in NYC.More>>

At this year's Cognac Summit, bartenders around the world made a concerted effort to bring the Cognac-based drinks and other classic cocktails into the 21st century.More>>