Great news for the Australian small bar movement overnight, with leading light Eau de Vie snatching the honours at Tales of the Cocktail in Nawlins. This is an absolute testament to the house that Sven Almenning has built, and the quality of the talent producing drinks behind the stick there.
Sipping on a blue genever maitai with wintergreen essence on Friday night, the innovation, cheek and service were all in full display. This is a bar that revels in delivering world leading drinks in a way that stands out.
If you haven’t been, now would be the time. If you have been, at least you can say you knew about it before it was world famous.
Hearty congratulations for an amazing result.
Press release follows…
Eau-de-Vie was last night named as the World’s Best New Cocktail Bar at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
The awards are held annually in New Orleans, and are internationally recognised as the industry’s biggest and most influential awards worldwide.
The Darlinghurst small bar was amongst stiff competition, with only New York City venues as other nominees:
World’s Best New Cocktail Bar
● 1534, New
York City, New York
● Dram, New
York City, New York
● Eau de Vie,
Sydney, Australia
● The bar formerly known as (Painkiller),
New York City, New York
Sven Almenning, owner of Eau de Vie said ‘It’s a huge honour to be recognised on a global level like this, and the team and I are overwhelmed with the response we’ve had to Eau-de-Vie. We set out to create a small cocktail bar where quality of drinks and service are king… I hope that we’re helping to drive trends on a global level rather than just following whatever’s happening in London and the U.S which have typically been seen as the leaders in our industry.’
Apart from World’s Best New Cocktail Bar, Eau-de-Vie was also nominated for two other awards including:
World’s Best Cocktail Menu
● Artesian at
The Langham, London, England
● Eau de Vie,
Sydney, Australia
● Mayahuel, New
York City, New York
● Sanctuaria,
St. Louis, Missouri
World’s Best Drinks Selection
● Artesian at
The Langham, London, England
● Cure, New
Orleans, Louisiana
● Eau de Vie,
Sydney, Australia
● Employees
Only, New York City, New York
The awards and nominations are affirmation of what Eau-de-Vie prides itself on. With an extensive and intricately designed cocktail list, and an all-star team (which is fronted by Luke Redington), Eau-de-Vie is thrilled to have been recognised with such gusto in its first year and a half of operation, since January 2010.
On top of this news, the team is excited to announce that Eau-de-Vie Melbourne is opening soon. Come October, Eau-de-Vie will be venturing south with a new venue opening under the supervision of industry heavyweight Greg Sanderson. Having been in behind the bar for over 12 years and coming from Melbourne establishment Black Pearl and prior to that Mur Mur, Sanderson will take over the new venue in Melbourne CBD.
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