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TONIC VOLUME 7

The front cover - The Roaring 2020’s

TONIC Volume Seven embraces the charm of an English country garden with our front cover collaboration featuring the English aperitif Sipello.

What's inside?

A little tipsy on Persian wine poets, Lucas Rodd explores the art of Persian winemaking.

TONIC editor Juliet Rix barrels through her journey to the Cognac region, where she visits a cooperage.

Discover underground tunnels, prohibition, a beluga whale atop a mountain, and a brewery with a circus as Rudolf Abraham uncovers that there's way more to Cincinnati than meets the eye.

For those with a terrible sense of direction searching for a good beer, Kris Butler recommends investigating late 19th-century "drinking maps."

In TONIC Volume Five, Nori Jemil discussed tulips; this time, it's roses, represented through a drink that traces its roots back to the late 1700s and the Kingdom of Prussia.

Simon Urwin talks to the women behind the Tennessee whiskey revolution: bartenders, bouncers, bail bondswomen, and bounty hunters. These are some serious women who are making some fantastic liquid.

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‘You going to tell me what happened to you?’

‘That’s a tale requiring a wine. What of you? ‘

‘That’s a tale requiring a wine cellar.‘

- Nivellen and Geralt, The Witcher

TONIC TALKS - Emanuele Mensah

Emanuele Mensah has recently been crowned the World Class Great Britain Champion 2025. With experience behind some of London’s most renowned bars, Emanuele is now behind the bar at the iconic Connaught Bar. In this interview, we dive into Emanuele’s journey, from his early life in Rome, Ghana, and Sydney to his passion for hotel bars and what inspired him to enter the World Class competition. He shares how setbacks became stepping stones, the friendships he’s made along the way in the competition, and why he believes every bartender should consider competing in World Class.

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