How to Create the Perfect Cocktail Bar at Home

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HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT COCKTAIL BAR AT HOME

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Copper Cocktail Shaker This three-piece Copper Cocktail Shaker is a perfect addition to your home bar. Shaking with ice is an essential part of a well-crafted cocktail, simultaneously diluting, chilling, and aerating as it combines the elements together, our three-piece design also includes a built-in strainer to remove unwanted ice chips and pulp from spoiling your perfect drink. A well-designed Cocktail Shaker is not only essential equipment for any home bar, it will give your cocktail-making that professional touch.

Copper Bar Spoon An essential bartender’s tool, this vintage-inspired, American-style stirring spoon reaches the bottom of any cocktail glass or shaker. Long-handled with a spiral stem, it can be used for measuring, stirring and garnishing a wide range of cocktails. The copper bar spoon is embellished with Absolut Elyx’s ornate signature damask design.

Copper Hawthorn Strainer The Absolut Elyx Copper Hawthorn Strainer is an essential piece of equipment for any cocktail enthusiast. Also known as a cocktail strainer or bar strainer, this indispensable bartending tool is used to filter out solid materials – such as ice, bits of fruit and seeds – from the liquid when crafting a drink.

Copper Jigger For the fast and accurate dispensing of spirits and other cocktail ingredients, the Copper Jigger is an essential piece of equipment for any bar. This double-sided bar tool allows for the speedy and accurate measurement of ingredients to create perfect, balanced drinks.

Copper Cocktail Set This vintage-inspired professional standard cocktail equipment comes complete with a two-part shaker, jigger and hawthorn strainer. Embossed with the signature Absolut Elyx damask design and crafted from Elyx’s signature copper, this complete kit includes a two-part Copper Boston shaker, ideal for home bartending. Crafted from premium stainless steel, copper-plated and polished by hand, the copper cocktail gift set is an ideal gift for any cocktail enthusiast.

Martini Mixing Kit This four-piece set includes a jigger, julep strainer, mixing glass and bar spoon. It comes with a comprehensive martini recipe guide designed to help its recipient perfect their martini-making skills at home. Each tool is made using copper-plated and hand-polished premium stainless steel, and the etched mixing glass is handcrafted in Poland.

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Deluxe Martini Set There’s more to the art of crafting a perfect martini than simply measuring and mixing ingredients. There’s a certain theatre and style to the ritual that will elevate your martini-making to the level of an art form. That’s why a bartender’s tools should do more than simply perform a function. For the true cocktail aficionado, they should imbue your bar with classic style and add a sense of elegance and panache to the process.

Copper Tiny Tini Coupe Set A new addition to the boutique, the new Copper Tiny Tini Gift Set includes a set of two 3oz copper martini coupes designed to be the perfect size for a tiny, colder martini; a smaller vessel that ensures the last sip is as icy cold as the first. Created as miniature replicas of their full-size counterparts, the Copper Tiny Tini Coupes emanate the aura of romance and elegance this much-loved shape is known for.

Copper Julep Cup Set When you think of a julep, you will almost certainly imagine a sunny day. This classic cocktail conjures up a sense of elegant springtime sipping and the deliciously refreshing tang of mint. For anyone who cares about tradition and heritage, a julep should of course, always be served in a metal cup.

Copper Pineapple Meet the Elyx Pineapple of Hospitality, a modern take on this noble gesture. Display it on your bar or your table, or use it as a quirky and unique drinking vessel. Best enjoyed with Absolut Elyx, it has a hole for a straw so you can sip and savor a wide range of cocktails. The Pineapple is presented in a stunning gift box with copper damask detailing, and is accompanied by a cocktail recipe booklet – created by Absolut Elyx cocktail experts – to help you host a glamorous banquet of your own.

The Cocktail Balloon Set The voluminous Cocktail Balloon holds a whopping 17oz, making it a perfect receptacle for longer drinks, keeping them cool right down to the last sip. While real balloons are fun, their material (and the helium used to fill them) impacts the environment. Elyx’s new Cocktail Balloon could be the perfect solution: serving drinks in these playful, oversized copper vessels instead of using real balloons will add an innovative sense of joy to any celebration.

HENSCHKE.COM.AU

One of Australia’s oldest family-owned wineries, established in 1868, has been awarded the prestigious title of 2021 Halliday Wine Companion ‘Winery of the Year’.

These coveted annual awards recognise the best of the best from across the wine industry and celebrate the release of the 2021 edition of the Halliday Wine Companion. The awards were broadcast online for the very first time, showcasing the resilience and strength of Australia’s wine community, in a year plagued with fire, drought and virus.

“Henschke is the foremost medium-sized winery in Australia, and its recognition as Winery of the Year is long overdue. Whether you consider the winery’s history, the number and quality of list present wines, or its future, the answer is the same: it has no equal,” said James Halliday AM.

Fifth-generation winemaker Stephen and his viticulturist wife Prue are recognised around the world for their exceptional quality wines, innovation and sustainability in the vineyard. Their 2012 Hill of Grace was named ‘Wine of the Year’ in the 2018 Halliday Wine Companion.

In recent years Stephen and Prue have welcomed sixth-generation family members Johann, Justine and Andreas into the business. Johann has carried on the family winemaking tradition in his capacity as winemaker and viticulturist since 2013, and Justine joined in the role of marketing and public relations manager in 2015.

“It’s a great honour to be named Winery of the Year and we are overjoyed to share this award with our fantastic, loyal and hardworking staff. We celebrated 150 years of family winemaking in 2018 and we couldn’t be prouder to receive this accolade, in a year that our oldest Hill of Grace vines, the ‘Grandfathers’, turn 160 years of age. As we reflect on our own journey as Henschke custodians, we pay tribute to the trailblazers who laid the foundations for our Henschke story,” said Stephen.

Each generation has added to the Henschke philosophy of making exceptional quality wines that speak of a true sense of place. Fourth-generation Cyril Henschke pioneered single-variety, single-vineyard wines in the 1950s, with his greatest legacy being the creation of Mount Edelstone and Hill of Grace; old-vine shiraz wines from the Eden Valley region that have become an integral part of Australia’s fine wine history.

“There are no tricks of equipment or practice in the winery, just attention to detail. For many years now, they have been using organic/biodynamic practices in the vineyards, though the Henschkes have not sought certification. Quite apart from the application of the bio sprays and compounds, no herbicides or insecticides are used. Prue has added her own signature with a continuous thick layer of straw mulch running along each row, enhancing worm and microbial activity and preventing loss of moisture. Great wine made in the vineyard? Absolutely,” said Halliday.

TLN News

MEMBER EVENT WITH WINMARK WINES AND WOOLLAHRA HOTEL

18 NOV 2020 - To connect, network, and catch up with their members at the end of last year, The Luxury Network Australia hosted their first member event since the announcement of COVID-19 back in March 2020.

During the event, the network thanked Karin Adcock, founder of Winmark Wines and her team, and Alister Campbell, Director of Woollahra Hotel and his team, for bringing them all together and putting on a fabulous event.

To kick off the evening, the guests were taken into Moncur Cellars for delicious cheese and wine tasting with their members, Simon Johnson and Winmark Wines, followed by a sit-down dinner upstairs in the private Queen Street Lounge. Guests enjoyed the delicious Chardonnay’s presented by Winmark Wines and indulged in the Asian fusion cuisine curated by Woollahra Hotel.

Everyone had so much fun, they lost track of time and left well after the anticipated conclusion of the event – the sign of a great night!