Venice Unveiled: Exploring Cocktails and Culture with Venice Cocktail Tours

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Join Monica on episode S2E26 of Venice Talks.

This episode of Venice Talks takes a different route through the city. Monica sits down with Romena Brugnerotto and Susan Schwartz of Venice Cocktail Tours to explore Venice through drinks, counters, and conversations, where stories surface as ice melts and glasses empty.

This conversation unfolds after dark, when Venice lets go of formality and reveals another tempo. A Venice shaped by bars, bartenders, recipes, and shared rituals. Romena and Susan share how their tours were born and why cocktails are one of the most honest ways to understand Venetian culture, past and present.

The episode unfolds around the two very different, yet deeply connected, experiences they offer.

Venetian Mixology Tour

• A journey through refined cocktail lounges and innovative hotel bars
• Conversations with skilled mixologists reinterpreting tradition through a contemporary lens
• Cocktails crafted with local ingredients and guided by the seasons
• Behind the scenes insights into technique, balance, and creative choices
• A perspective designed for those who love experimentation and modern flair
• A close look at how Venice is shaping its own modern mixology identity

This tour shows a Venice that is curious, evolving, and confidently creative, where classic references meet bold ideas.

Venetian Classics Tour

• Designed for those who enjoy elegance, history, and timeless rituals.
• Stops in historic bars tucked along canals and quiet calli
• Iconic cocktails like the Bellini and the Spritz, prepared as they should be
• Stories about origins, characters, and traditions behind each drink
• Connections between cocktails, Venetian trade, and daily life
• Cicchetti and small bites that complete the experience

Each sip becomes a quiet bridge to the past, proof that certain recipes survive because balance never goes out of style, in Venice as in a well-made drink. The conversation turns to cocktails as storytellers, capable of carrying place, memory, and innovation together. This episode is for those who travel with curiosity, love cocktails, and believe culture can be experienced through taste.

Listen now and subscribe to Venice Talks for more conversations that reveal Venice from unexpected angles, one story at a time.

Credits

Venice Talks, hosted by Monica Cesarato

Produced by Monica Cesarato, Sentire Media

Guest: Romena Brugnerotto and Susan Schwartz from Venice Cocktail Tours

You can follow Venice Cocktail Tours at www.venicecocktailtours.com

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