Since its inception in the mid- to late 1500's, singani has been often drunk as is, cocktail culture only being introduced in the 19 Century.

While the origins of its name are largely unknown, it is making a resurgence in modern cocktail culture.

Mr. Wong's bar is the soul of the new machine, for a cocktail culture entering its next, very different golden age.

Though Greece was the fountain for scads of our civilized traditions, it didn't give us cocktail culture.

With the current nostalgia for 1950's cocktail culture, the smooth Brazilian lounge rhythms are again popular.

Before the 1990s, Finland had a very thin and stratified cocktail culture.

Even when Salmiakkikossu was withdrawn, the effect it had on Finnish cocktail culture remained.

So why would Americans, the standard-bearers of cocktail culture, become knock-kneed when faced with the prospect?

Not sure their cocktail culture is up to speed yet.

It is seen as mortally uncool - semihysterical even - to oppose smoking in cocktail culture.