Following the announcement last month that Venice Cocktail Week would be taking place from the 13th - 19th of December 2021, the event’s Founder & Creative Director, Paola Mencarelli, is now pleased to release the complete programme, including some of the most respected names from the international cocktail scene.

Venice Cocktail Week will allow attendees to discover the city through 26 participating venues, discovering cocktails created especially for the event. Both free and ticketed events, held in the afternoon and evening, will see hotel bars, cocktail bars and historic cafés unite with visiting bartenders to demonstrate their talents and promote responsible drinking culture. Furthermore, themed nights and masterclasses will take place, along with recreational activities celebrating Venetian culture, allowing guests to discover the city in a new light. You can find the day-by-day programme here

Visiting bartenders include Alex Kratena from Tayēr + Elementary in London, Maros Dzuru from Himkok in Oslo, Nico di Soto from Danico in Paris and a masterclass with Anthony Poncier, Founder of Top 500 Bars. The week will also not be short of Italian talent with the likes of Benjamin Cavagna and Flavio Angiolillo from 1930 in Milan, Patrick Pistolesi from Drink Kong and Matteo Zed from The Court in Rome participating, plus many more.

“The programme for Venice Cocktail Week showcases some of the best and biggest names in the international bar and cocktail scene, coming together in one of the most beautiful cities in the world,” says the event’s Founder & Creative Director, Paola Mencarelli. “The city of Venice has a long and rich culture of bars and cocktails, and now, the public has the opportunity for the first time to explore this via its bars and hotels and with the help of the world’s best and most respected visiting bartenders.”

For a complete list of the participants, click here

NOTES TO EDITOR

ABOUT PAOLA MENCARELLI

Growing up in Tuscany, Paola immersed herself in the food and wine of her region. As a journalist, she managed to combine her passion with professional writing, contributing to the likes of Gambero Rosso and collaborating with the Gambero Rosso Gastronomic Guide. Her passion for art presented her with the opportunity to organise the Grani & Pani forum as part of the World Expo in Milan 2015, and she founded the first Florence Cocktail Week, successfully steering the festival into its sixth year and establishing it as the most essential Italian cocktail week. In addition to this, she has also established the Tuscany Cocktail Week in 2019 and the Venice Cocktail Week, which will launch in December 2021.

Venice Cocktail Week proudly has the advocacy of Città di Venezia.

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More information about the festival can be found at www.venicecocktailweek.it and you can follow Venice Cocktail Week on Instagram at @venicecocktail_week. For further information, please contact Harvey Lewis at Lotus on office@lotusinternational.net, +44 (0) 2077 515812