For the first time, The 50 Best Bars awards ceremony comes to Italy, bringing the global bar community to Milan for one of the most anticipated events on the international mixology calendar. On October 7, Palazzo del Ghiaccio will host The 50 Best Bars 2026, placing Milan at the heart of the global bar scene.
To celebrate the occasion and the international mixology community gathering in the city, Altamura Distilleries will accompany these special days with a series of guest shifts featuring some of the world’s leading bartenders at some of Milan’s most distinctive venues. Discover the full programme.
For the first time, The 50 Best Bars awards ceremony comes to Italy, bringing the global bar community to Milan for one of the most anticipated events on the international mixology calendar.
On October 7, Palazzo del Ghiaccio will host The 50 Best Bars 2026, placing Milan at the heart of the global bar scene.
To celebrate the occasion and the international mixology community gathering in the city, Altamura Distilleries will accompany these special days with a series of guest shifts featuring some of the world’s leading bartenders at some of Milan’s most distinctive venues. Discover the full programme below and join us in Milan.
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER
- ⏲︎ 19:00-22:00
- ✩ Christian Maspes & Donato Pasquariello – Velvet by Salvatore Calabrese
- @ Rita Cocktails
- ⏲︎ 22:00-01:00
- ✩ Hirotomo Akutsu – Stone & Soil
- ✩ Valentino Longo – Viceversa
- @ Sogni Milano
MONDAY 5 OCTOBER
- ⏲︎ 18:00–22:00
- ✩ Duško Kostadinoski, Lazar Popović & Lazar Ružičić – Riddle Bar
- ✩ Aleksandar Simic & Alec Kossoff – Monkey Thief
- @ Casa Brera
- ⏲︎ 19:00–22:00
- ✩ Giacomo Giannotti, Margarita Sader e Gabriele Armani – Paradiso
- @ The Carlton Bar
TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER
- ⏲︎ 12:00–14:30
- ✩ Frank Kurt & Matt Maretz – Employees Only
- @ MAG
- ⏲︎ 13:30–16:00
- ✩ Tommy Wong, Andrew Ho & Claire Liu – Hope & Sesame
- @ Iter
- ☞ “The Mandarin Oriental Affair. A Mixology Journey”
- ⏲︎ 18:30-21:30
- ✩ Christophe Pinto – Mandarin Oriental, Geneva
✩ Tiger Chan – Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen
✩ Stefano Bussi – Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
✩ Gaetano Ascone – Mandarin Oriental, Milan - @ Mandarin Oriental, Milan
- ⏲︎ 21:00–00:00
- ✩ Lorenzo Cisi & Ibrahima Guenne – Mugi
- @ Sogni Milano
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