At Vino we love modern technology — without it you wouldn’t be reading this. But in this app-tacular age of tweetations and blogorama, conversely the nostalgia industry continues to grow, particularly within the sector of bars and bartending. But as we prove every week, you don’t need to pull on suspenders and wax your mustache in order to make a proper cocktail. The world has changed irrevocably enough even in our own lifetimes (heck, even Friends is already looking dated). You’ll probably remember a time when the blackberry was a woodland fruit, when birds tweeted but people still spoke to one another and when you had to go to the trouble of actually memorizing your girlfriend’s phone number if you wanted to call her up. So if you miss the clink of a subway token or the crackle of a needle on shellac, this week’s Cocktail Hour is for you. Leave the iPhone at home (we dare you) and join us this Thursday as we make Old Fashioned cocktails the old fashioned way. (There’s no app for that.) And remember: “This year’s fancies/Are just passing fancies…”

Cocktail Hour
OLD FASHIONED
Thursday, September 2
5:30-7:30pm

Tasting is free, no reservation required. For more information please contact 212-725-6526 or email info@vinosite.com.

From You Were Never Lovelier (Columbia Pictures, 1942). Wow, Rita Hayworth sure pops up a lot on this blog! She’s effectively the official mascot of Vino’s Cocktail Hour!