Take a Cocktail Tour Around the World in Honor of Negroni Week

It’s time to join Eva Mendes in savoring an iconic Italian cocktail.

Jared Paul Stern

Jun 6, 2016

If you’ve never had a Negroni, the classic concoction that is one part gin, one part vermouth rosso and one part Campari, now’s the time to start sipping: this is officially Negroni week, a global celebration of the iconic Italian cocktail.

Over 6,000 bars, restaurants and bakeries across the world are making their own riffs on the Negroni all week with $1 for every drink sold going to their own charity of choice or food/pastry item inspired by the cocktail. That’s nearly double last year count of 3,500 venues when $320,000 was raised for charity.

Summer Negroni.jpg — “Summer Negroni”, Clover Club NYC

You can check ’em all out at NegroniWeek.com but here are a few highlights from some heavy hitters with bitters:

What’s Old is New

Created by Benjamin Schiller, The Sixth, Chicago

Ingredients: .75 oz Campari; 1.5 oz Koval Aged Gin; .5 oz Koval Millet; .5 oz Carpano Antica; 1 small pinch Sea Salt; Aromatic Garnish of Lemon Oil (discard peel).

Shake and strain over ice.

Kingston Negroni

Available at Pouring Ribbons, NYC

Ingredients: 1 oz. Campari; 1 oz. Smith & Cross Jamaican rum; 1 oz. Carpano Antica sweet vermouth.

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir briskly until just cold. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an expressed orange twist.