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2026
Scarfes Bar and Panda & Sons fall out of the world's top 50 bars ahead of Wednesday's Milan ceremony
Two of the five British bars in last year's World's 50 Best Bars, London's Scarfes Bar and Edinburgh's Panda & Sons, have been placed in the 51 to 100 list for 2026, ahead of the top 50 announc...

2026
Espresso Martini holds fifth on the world's bestselling classics list as International Coffee Day nears
Nearly half of British 18 to 29 year olds would rather end a meal with an Espresso Martini than an espresso, and the drink has held fifth place in the Drinks International Cocktail Report 2026, ahe...

2026
Oktoberfest opens in Munich on Saturday with beer at an average of €15.61 a litre
The 191st Oktoberfest opens on 19 September with more than 6.5 million visitors expected and a one litre Maß averaging €15.61, up 2.38 per cent on last year, according to City of Munich figures. Wh...

2026
Tequila exports hit 408 million litres as Mexican Independence Day falls on Wednesday 16 September
Mexico shipped 407.98 million litres of tequila overseas in 2025, its highest total in three years, according to the Consejo Regulador del Tequila. With Mexican Independence Day on 16 September, we...

2026
Negroni Week returns on 21 September as UK searches for the cocktail rise 13% year on year
Negroni Week runs from 21 to 27 September, with bar registration closing on 18 September. UK searches for the Negroni averaged 88,221 a month in June 2026, up almost 13 per cent year on year, and t...

2026
No London Cocktail Week this October for the first time since 2010 as the festival shifts to March 2027
For the first time since it launched in 2010, October will pass without a London Cocktail Week. New owners Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhán Payne have moved the 17th edition to the week commencing 15...

2026
Mai Tai Day Falls on Sunday 30 August as Rum Takes a Bigger Share of UK Bar Sales Than Whisky
Mai Tai Day is marked on 30 August, and CGA by NielsenIQ data shows rum now holds a bigger share of spirits sales in British pubs and bars than whisky, worth more than £1 billion a year. The drink ...
