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Newsletter: Tales of the Cocktail Countdown Kickoff!

Drink It In for the 11th Year with Tales of the Cocktail®

Media and cocktail lovers are invited for a preview of what’s in store at Tales of the Cocktail® 2013 in New Orleans and Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour in Buenos Aires

Next summer we will embark on the next decade of Tales of the Cocktail as the world’s premier cocktail festival returns. But it’s never too early to get the cocktail party started. On January 24th we’ll be gathering at the Carousel Bar for the happiest of happy hours as we kick off the countdown to this summer’s festivities. Join us for a small taste of the big plans we have in store as we share the first toast of Tales of the Cocktail 2013. And if you can’t wait till the summer, we’ll also be previewing this April’s newest Tales of the Cocktail on Tour location—Buenos Aires.

Tales of the Cocktail® and the Hotel Monteleone welcome members of the media, bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts. This joint will officially kick off the countdown to the 11th Annual Tales of the Cocktail®.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

3:00 p.m.

Carousel Bar and Lounge

Hotel Monteleone

214 Royal Street

This event is open to the public. Click here to reserve your spot today.

Is your Restaurant Interested in Hosting a Spirited Dinner®?

Over the years, the Spirited Dinner® series has become a Thursday night tradition at Tales of the Cocktail®. On Thursday July 18th, restaurants located throughout the city will welcome cocktail lovers to enjoy one-of-a-kind dinner pairings of cocktails and cuisine. Each restaurant will combine the talents of at least one of the world’s best mixologists with some of the city’s most renowned chefs to create imaginative and innovative culinary pairings.

Submit your Restaurant Participation Form HERE

Intern with the World\'s Premier Cocktail Festival

Tales of the Cocktail is a festive occasion and we want you to be a part of the festivities in New Orleans. Tales of the Cocktail® is the world’s premier cocktail festival, bringing together the most respected minds on mixology for five days of cocktails, cuisine and culture. Held annually in New Orleans, this international event has something for cocktail professionals and enthusiasts alike with a spirited schedule of seminars, dinners, competitions and tasting rooms where brands showcase their latest products.

Tales of the Cocktail will take place July 17-21st and requires a dedicated team of individuals to make it happen. We are very proud of our intern program and worked hard over the past five years to give every intern a very educational and rewarding process. Each intern selected for our 2013 will have their own of responsibility to organize and execute and will get hands on experience and in the office and in the field.

Click HERE to Apply

Tales of the Cocktail® Establishes B.A.R. Scholarship Program

This special program awards ten scholarships to former Tales of the Cocktail® apprentices to attend the renowned Beverage Alcohol Resource (B.A.R.) Program.

NEW ORLEANS – December 31, 2012 – Tales of the Cocktail®, in its on-going effort to support and cultivate the international bartending community, has established a new scholarship program that will allow 10 former apprentices to complete the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource (B.A.R.) Program. These ten recipients will receive a scholarship valued at $3,800 and a $500 travel stipend to attend the 11th B.A.R. five-day Spirits & Mixology Certification Program, happening at New York\'s Astor Center on September 23-27, 2013. In addition, Tales of the Cocktail® will have an additional $10,000 in funding for those who want to attend and further their education through the program.

\"We\'re very excited to be able to provide this educational opportunity to the Cocktail Apprentice community,” said Paul Tuennerman, Chief Business Officer, Tales of the Cocktail®. “There\'s probably no better, single classroom achievement to document one\'s capabilities behind the rail, than the Beverage Alcohol Resource Educational Program.”

Founded and run by six of the biggest names in mixology—Steve Olson, Dale DeGroff, Andy Seymour, Doug Frost, David Wondrich and F. Paul Pacult—the B.A.R. Program has become one of the most revered mixology training programs in the country. This scholarship is open to those former apprentices that have apprenticed at Tales of the Cocktail® in the past five years. Applications will be available online at TalesoftheCocktail.com in January 2013 and recipients will be announced in the spring.

\"We are delighted to join with our friends and colleagues at Tales of the Cocktail,” said F. Paul Pacult, Co-Managing Partner, B.A.R. LLC. “This is an unprecedented teaming of two compatible organizations for the express purpose of providing spirits and mixology education at what we believe to be the highest level. We look forward to welcoming the scholarship winners into the B.A.R. five-day circle of professionals.”

“B.A.R. is currently one of very few outlets for bartenders to take their education to another level,” said David Delaney Jr. Global Brand Ambassador for Angostura Rum and Bitters. “I had been accepted to the program back in 2010 and again in 2011 but couldn\'t afford the cost. When Tales of the Cocktail announced its scholarship applications, I thought it would be a great opportunity to apply for help in funding this education. After all, Tales of the Cocktail has proven to aid in just that, the education and awareness of our industry to bartenders and consumers alike.”

The new B.A.R. scholarship program joins the already established Cocktail Apprentice Scholarship program, which is now in its third year. This program was established to give former apprentices the opportunity to pursue educational opportunities and research projects that help them further their own cocktail knowledge and benefit the cocktail industry as a whole. The 2012 Cocktail Apprentice Scholarship recipients were:

Chris Churilla (Bartender, Terminus - Corvallis, OR)

Class of 2010

$2500.00 “Artisanal Spirits of the Pacific Northwest”

Jason Kemp (Bar Manager, The Family Dog - Atlanta, GA)

Class of 2011

$3000.00 “Angostura thru Prohibition”

Logan Lavachek (Bartender, Highball - Chicago, IL)

Class of 2011

$5000.00 “Digital Cocktail Aggregate”

Franky Marshall (Bartender, Monkey Club & The Tippler – New York, NY)

Classes of 2009, 2010 & 2011

$1500.00 “Ms. Franky on Stage”

David Delaney, Jr. (Bartender, Citizen – Boston, MA; Bar Manager, Still & Stir - Worcester, MA)

Class of 2011

$2500.00 “B.A.R.”

Thomas Klus (Bar Manager, Kask - Portland, OR)

Classes of 2010 &11, Tales on Tour Vancouver 2010

$3000.00 “P.U.B.”

Brian Matthys (Bartender Le Bernardin – New York, NY)

Classes of 2009 &2010

$5000.00 “Shochu Beyond the Highball.”

Neil Kopplin (Creator and Owner Imbue Vermouth - Portland, OR)

CAP Classes of 2010 &11

$2500.00 “Roots…Tracing Origins of Vermouth and Amaro”

Tales of the Cocktail on Tour - Buenos Aires

April 28th through 30th, the world’s premier cocktail festival is taking its show south of the equator to Buenos Aires for a mini-festival of seminars, events and more.

NEW ORLEANS, LA – December 19, 2012 – After two successful years in Vancouver, Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour, Tales of the Cocktail’s annual international satellite festival, is heading to Buenos Aires. April 28th through 30th, 2013, Argentine and other South American cocktail lovers will have a taste of what Tales of the Cocktail® is all about with a curated schedule of seminars, events and more.

“Vancouver will always be a special place for Tales of the Cocktail®. For two years the people of Vancouver welcomed us with open arms sharing their city and their intense passion for cocktails with us,” said Ann Tuennerman, Founder of Tales of the Cocktail®. “As much as we wanted to continue in Vancouver, Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour was always meant to be a traveling event and it was time to take Tales of the Cocktail® to other parts of the world.”

“It has been our utmost pleasure and honor to help build, host and participate in the Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour program during it’s two-year cycle in Vancouver,” said Lauren Mote, Events Director of the Canadian Professional Bartenders Association. “ As we waive goodbye with a happy send-off, we are excited to move forward in the Vancouver cocktail landscape and Canadian cocktail industry with some new, inspired events.”

Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour was developed in 2011 to take a little bit of the industry’s premier cocktail event around the world. Next year’s festival in Buenos Aires will feature seminars from some of the world’s top mixologists, tastings of new spirits, special events and more. As was the case in Vancouver, Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour will also dive into the local spirits culture, celebrating the unique flavor that has put Buenos Aires on the cocktail map.

“I am so excited that Tales on Tour is making its next stop in Buenos Aires,” said Charlotte Voisey, Portfolio Ambassador for William Grant & Sons USA and a founding partner of Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour. “The undeniable European connections that Buenos Aires has provide an obvious tie to New Orleans, not least as a culture of Bon Vivants who hold high the priorities of eating well and drinking together through good times and bad. As Tales on Tour heads south to spread the cocktail gospel, I have no doubt that its new host city will have plenty to teach in return.”

“Angels Share has been working for some months now to act as a catalyst to the exploding Argentine cocktail scene,” said Charles Munat, Founder of Angels Share, Buenos Aires. “One of our biggest goals has been to bring Tales of the Cocktail®, the world’s premier cocktail event, here to Buenos Aires. Today, that goal is realized. Look out, world. Here we come.”

“Buenos Aires is the cocktail capital of South America as New Orleans is one of the most important in North America,” said Martin Auzmendi, Cocktail and Spirits Journalist. “Tales coming to Buenos Aires is the chance to share experiences and show to the world how big the cocktail culture here.”

Wines from Castilla-La Mancha,

A PLACE IN SPAIN WHOSE NAME YOU\'LL CARE TO REMEMBER

Experience the Wines from Don Quixote\'s Spain

Castilla-La Mancha US Tour 2013

Featuring delicious Spanish tapas, live music and complimentary valet parking and a guided seminar.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

New Orleans Board of Trade- 316 Board of Trade Place

Seminar- 10:30 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Grand Tasting- 12-3 p.m.

FREE

Click here to register

The Wine Foundation of Castilla-La Mancha, in collaboration with Fundación Tierra de Viñedos, extends to you an exclusive invitation to discover their historic wines in three cities, each rich with their own heritage: Boston, New Orleans, and Miami.

This one-time-only free event features wines from the land of Don Quixote (Spain) along with authentic Spanish cuisine, entertainment, complimentary valet parking, as well as a private seminar held by a local wine expert.

This is an opportunity to discover the wonders of this fascinating wine region, Castilla-La Mancha, with the winemakers who make the wines and are keepers of the traditions. We hope to see you there!

Attendance is exclusive to the trade, is not open to the public.

For more information, please contact Caroline Flanagan.

Book your Hotel for Tales of the Cocktail 2013

Book your travel now with our Tales of the Cocktail hotel partners using the TOTC special code at The Hotel Monteleone and The Royal Sonesta.

Hotel Monteleone

214 Royal Street

New Orleans, LA70130

Rate: $145.00 (USD)

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Royal Sonesta

300 Bourbon Street

New Orleans, LA70130-2213

Rate: $149.00 (USD)

Code: TOTC071213

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Get a great Beverage & Hospitality Rate at The New Orleans Hotel Collection Hotels:

Dauphine Orleans

Bourbon Orleans

Hotel Le Marais

Hotel Mazarin

Wyndham Riverfront New Orleans

The code is good all throughout the year with some restrictions on special events.

CLICK HERE to get the code!

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