What:
A five-day event to celebrate and explore the history and spirit of the cocktail with great chefs, mixologists, best-selling authors and celebrities which takes place in New Orleans every summer.
Events:
Events include seminars and demonstrations on mixing cocktails, with food pairings. There are cocktail hours with authors and celebrities, lunches and brunches with cocktail pairings, a walking tour of the French Quarter's famous bars and restaurants, and much more. There are seminars on everything from Jazz, Cocktails, and Stiryville to Hollywood cocktails, "The Thin Man" to "Bond." So very much more, I could get a little tipsy just writing about it.
Spirited Dinners:
There are twenty-five restaurants that participate in
Spirited Dinners. Here you can have a wonderful enjoying great food and great cocktails during these intimate dinners. And, there's always the chef and the mixologist to get advise from on both the food and the drinks. Some particpating restaurants are
Antoine's,
Emeril's,
Muriel's, and
La Cote Brasserie.
When and Where:
In 2009 the event will be held July 8-12. The
Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter will be the headquarters for the event in 2009.
Package deals :
Tickets for the events can be purchased individually or in package deals. Prices on seminars, lunch and brunch presentations and tours vary. You can get package deals which are ususaly better than individual tickets. Either way it's best to get tickets in advance for
Tales of the Cocktail before you come.
Special Seminars:
