The week in pictures

This week in the world of drinks: tickets are now sale for the one-of-a-kind La Piñata agave celebration for Cinco de Mayo, agave spirits expert Deano Moncrieffe and The Lost Explorer Mezcal host a Margarita Day celebration at Hacha Bar in Dalston, London, and a video-led guided tasting of rare whiskies has launched to help people embark on their own collection.

Spirits Society has announced that tickets are now on sale for its unique gin festival, Junipalooza and La Piñata agave celebration in London for 2022. La Piñata will take place on Cinco de Mayo weekend, while Junipalooza will occur in June in celebration of World Gin Day.

La Piñata launched in 2021 and is the only specialist tequila and mezcal show in the UK, the first iteration of which took place last year.

On 22 Feb., agave spirits expert Deano Moncrieffe and The Lost Explorer Mezcal hosted a Margarita Day celebration at Hacha Bar in Dalston, London. The evening centred around the Evolution of the Mezcal Margarita: Guests gathered to sip the exclusive curiously crystal-clear Mirror Margarita made with The Lost Explorer Espadín and its two wild expressions Tobalá and Salmiana as they learned about diversity across agave species. Guests were also invited to sip each of the three varietals neat to appreciate the pure flavors found in each Espadín, Tobalá, and Salmiana agaves.

A unique video masterclass, The Art of Collecting Rare Whisky, has been launched to help those who wish to embark on their own journey of building their own rare whisky collection.

The series is hosted by Tod Bradbury, Head of Rare and Collectable whiskies at Justerini & Brook, who takes consumers on a guided, video-led tasting of rare expressions from Mortlach, Talisker, Johnnie Walker and The Cally. You can find out more here.

Have you been out and about this week? Got somewhere you think we should see? Let us know.