Meet the Distillers Happy Hour
Dame Hall of Fame Induction & Luncheon
Mixers & Makers with the Women’s Cocktail Collective
Absinthia in Wonderland
Meet the Distillers Happy Hour
Thursday, July 18th
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
North & South Ballrooms
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street, New Orleans
Meet the Distillers is our annual homage to the people behind the spirits that make the world such an interesting place to drink. In 2019, distillers from across the country and around the world will be serving up their creations neat so you can appreciate every note. Join us for the afternoon as distillers share some of their secrets behind their spirits. Meet the Distillers is one of the largest multi-branded events during the week of Tales, where brands from all over the world come together in one venue to serve samples and discuss their products. Sponsored by Absinthia’s Bottled Spirits.
Dame Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Dame Hall of Fame Luncheon
Friday, 7/19/2019
10:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Arnaud’s Restaurant 813 Bienville St, New Orleans
Join us for a traditional New Orleans Friday Lunch to honor the incoming Dame Hall of Fame inductees: Ezra Star, Carina Soto Velasquez, and Pioneer Robin Nance. Food will be provided by some of New Orleans’ greatest female chefs and restauranteurs: Kelly Fields, Chef and Owner of Willa Jean; Ana Castro, Sous Chef of Coquette; and Katy Casbarian, owner of Arnaud’s. Cocktails will be created by Dame Hall of Fame Founders and Alumni: Lynnette Marrero, Kitty Amann, Meaghan Dorman, Alba Huerta, Monica Berg, Brooke Arthur, and Carmen Alicia Villarreal Trevino.
The Dame Hall of Fame is a celebration of women who have made unique and lasting contributions to the global hospitality industry. Established in 2012, it serves to acknowledge female leaders and encourage mentorship throughout the beverage and hospitality industries.
The title of Dame originated in Great Britain as the feminine form of an honored Knight. As their namesake suggests, our Dames are champions in their fields. Past Dames’ groundbreaking accomplishments have shaped the beverage landscape and provide visible models of achievement for tomorrow’s leaders. Our Dames helm award-winning cocktail programs, run worldwide non-profit organizations, create hundreds of jobs through business ownership, own and represent category-defining spirits brands, mentor and educate, and lead the vanguard of beverage and social innovation in the global beverage community. To us, a Dame is an inspiring, accomplished woman whose story deserves to be told and toasted, someone others aspire to be.
Mixers & Makers – A celebration of Women Behind the Bottles and the Bar
Friday July 19, 4-6pm
Patrick’s Bar Vin 730 Bienville St, New Orleans
Brands participating:
Absinthia’s Bottled Spirits, Laird & Company, Montanya Rum, Pomp & Whimsy , Republic Restoratives
Absinthia in Wonderland Happy Hour
Saturday, July 20 midnight – 2am Sunday, July 21
Belle Epoque in the Old Absinthe House 240 Bourbon Street, New Orleans
A tea and absinthe happy hour featuring Absinthia’s Organic Absinthe at Belle Epoque, a new absinthe lounge attached to the French Quarter’s historic Old Absinthe House Saturday at midnight until Sunday 2am. Sponsored by Absinthia’s Bottled Spirits.