Story of Spirit: The Rise, Fall & Return of Rum

2025 marked the second year of the Edinburgh Bar Show and the Campari Academy UK team arrived in full force! With our good friends Bart & Valentino from Crossroads Consultancy, they delivered an incredibly in-depth session on going Beyond Bubbles, where friends old & new became more acquainted with science of carbonation and its impact […]

The Negroni is a beloved classic, celebrated for its simplicity and the harmonious balance of its three key ingredients: Campari, gin and sweet vermouth. However, as we embrace seasonal shifts, new flavours and ingredients emerge, opening doors for creative twists on this iconic cocktail. With each season bringing distinct profiles, from warming winter spices to […]

Rum education really became something that started decades ago and the person that really instigated that was The Global Rum Ambassador, Ian Burrell. On the advent of the publishing of his book, Rum; a Tasting Course, where we finally see the distilled down wisdom he has developed over his decades of service to the Rum […]

Campari Academy UK’s Tristram Fini is joined by researcher and author Harold McGee (On Food & Cooking/Nose Dive) for a discussion on the evolution and importance of his works over the past 40 years and how his latest text, Nose Dive, can really help us understand the way in which our sense of smell enriches […]

In the pursuit of flavours, whether in the World’s Best Bars, Michelin Restaurants or the avid at-home cocktail maker, the wonderful world of fermented ingredients offers a rich & delicious look through the evolution of human tastes and ingenuity.  The Campari Academy UK team was honoured to host Dr Johnny Drain at our London home […]

The Grand Encounter: Behind the Bar journey now comes to its end with the final episode of the season. We now travel to New Orleans, the homeland of jazz and the city where one of the biggest global events in the bar industry takes place, Tales Of The Cocktail. It’s New Orleans that enables another Grand […]