Journal
Notes from the house
On bespoke cocktails, luxury events, and the craft behind the unforgettable.
- Summer Party Cocktail Ideas for Corporate & Private Events Cocktail ideas for summer parties, garden events and corporate entertaining in London — long, refreshing serves, a signature in season, and a no/low list for warm afternoons.
- How to Plan a Fragrance Launch Event Worth Photographing Ideas for planning a fragrance or beauty launch event in London — translating a scent into a signature cocktail, designing for content, and creating a sensory moment guests share.
- Designing a Signature Cocktail Around Your Brand How a bespoke signature cocktail is designed around a brand, product or couple — from brief to glass — and why one well-chosen serve outperforms a long menu.
- The Rise of the Luxury Mocktail: No & Low Menus for Events Why no- and low-ABV cocktails are now essential at luxury events — how to design a zero-proof menu with real craft, and serve sober-curious guests without compromise.
- Luxury Wedding Bar Hire: What's Included and What to Expect A guide to luxury wedding bar hire in London and the UK — what a fully-staffed cocktail bar includes, how the drinks flow across the day, and how to make them feel like yours.
- New Year's Eve Cocktails for an Unforgettable Party New Year's Eve cocktail ideas for private and corporate celebrations — a Champagne signature, a midnight serve with theatre, and a no/low list to see the night through.
- The Anatomy of a Bespoke Cocktail Menu How a luxury cocktail menu is composed — from the brief and the brand to the final serve — and why bespoke always beats off-the-shelf at a premium event.
- Signature Wedding Cocktails: Ideas for Your Day Signature wedding cocktail ideas — paired serves, seasonal palettes, named drinks and zero-proof options that tell your story and look beautiful in photographs.
- Theatrical Halloween Cocktails for a Luxury Party Halloween cocktail ideas with grown-up, gothic elegance — smoke, scented mists and darkly beautiful serves for a luxury Halloween party that still looks expensive.
- Corporate Christmas Party Cocktail Ideas to Impress Clients Festive cocktail ideas for corporate Christmas parties and client entertaining in London — signature winter serves, theatre, and a no/low list that keeps the room comfortable.
- Cocktail Masterclasses for Corporate Events & Team Building How a guided cocktail masterclass works as a corporate team-building or client event — formats, group sizes, and what makes a mixology class genuinely premium.
- A Producer's Guide to Choosing a Cocktail & Bar Partner For event producers and PR agencies — how to choose a reliable, white-label cocktail and bar partner that strengthens the pitch and never lets the client down.
- Luxury Milestone Birthday Party Ideas (30th, 40th, 50th) Ideas for a luxury milestone birthday at home or a private venue — a bespoke cocktail bar, theatrical serves and a menu designed around the guest of honour.
- Five Serves for a Fashion-Week Press Day What to pour at a London Fashion Week press day or showroom event — photogenic, low-ABV, brand-led cocktails that look as good as they taste.
- How to Brief a Cocktail Caterer for a Luxury Event A practical guide to briefing a luxury cocktail and events company — the details that matter, the questions to ask, and how to get a flawless result.
- Luxury Mobile Bar Hire in London: The Complete Guide What luxury mobile bar hire in London really involves — the formats, what shapes a quote, the questions that separate a great supplier from a chancer, and how to brief one well.
- Cocktail Trends Defining Luxury Events in 2026 The cocktail trends actually showing up at luxury weddings, launches and private parties in 2026 — from clarified milk punch to serious zero-proof, and what's quietly on the way out.
- Brand Activation Ideas: Drinks Experiences Worth Sharing How to turn a product launch, press day or brand activation into a drinks experience guests photograph and post — translating a brand into a serve, designing for content, and serving a working room.