World’s Largest Negroni Bar in East London 11th – 21st May

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Hmmm not entirely sure how we feel about chilli or chocolate in our Negronis but we’ll certainly be popping down to The Red Gallery in East London to check out Campari’s ‘#RediscoverRed’. Although we are actually quite purist when it comes to … Continue reading

Negroni Journey? We’ll Be Right Over

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The Negroni is the perfect gin cocktail, a marriage of the lush, herbaceous piney character of gin with the more bitter, more aromatic flavours of the classic Italian aperitifs of Campari and red vermouth. From this April London Negroni fans … Continue reading

Salvatore Calabrese Mixes the World’s Oldest Negroni

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In the US Negroni Week is currently celebrating our favourite cocktail the Negroni by raising money for good causes for every Negroni sold – see here for details – http://negroniweek.com/ At Gintime we’ve long been fans of the Negroni so … Continue reading

Delightfully Festive Hendrick’s Libations

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Hendrick’s Gin always does things a bit differently so no surprise to find some gorgeously quirky drinks on the Hendrick’s festive menu this year. How about the Hendrick’s Purl Punch, a cloudy, refreshing delight with a mysterious kick of cloves … Continue reading

Our Best Bar – Venice’s Skyline Bar

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Having just attended the very splendid Worlds 50 Best Bars Awards Ceremony in London (massive congratulations to The Artesian for winning for the second year by the way and all the others who were crowned too), it does occur that … Continue reading

Quinine is Just the Tonic

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The launch of Quinetum, the new quinine cordial developed by Hendrick’s Gin, has been a spur to have a look at other alcoholic drinks based on quinine. Like gin itself and indeed tonic water their uses were originally medicinal and … Continue reading