Old Fashioned, Negroni and Daiquiri the best-selling drinks

ROME - The king of the best-selling classic cocktails in the world is once again confirmed as Old Fashioned, flanked on the podium by Negroni and Daiquiri. As if to say the everlasting are the most popular in the bar counters of all latitudes according to The Drinks International Annual Brands Report 2020 which draws up the ranking of the top 50 drinks, the best sellers on a global scale, interviewing owners and bar managers of 106 clubs scattered around the world . In the top ten positions at the top is Old Fashioned which is the best-selling according to 35% of respondents. Negroni is confirmed in the top ten in second place while the bronze medal goes to Cuban Daiquiri, who undermines Whiskey Sour in the ranking of mixed drinks. Two historic cocktails, one at home in Florence, invented a century ago by Count Camillo Negroni, the other is an icon in the La Floridita bar in Havana, Hemingway's buen retiro in Cuba.

In fourth position, the Dry Martini which, driven by the ever-increasing number of gin fans, is climbing two positions this year. In fifth place instead Whiskey Sour slips, and then comes the exploit of the Espresso Martini (6 / o) which only in 2017 was in 27 / a position. The top ten closes: Margarita, with tequila lovers pushing this Mexican-style drink from eighth to seventh position. Manhattan followed, followed by Cuba with Mojito, and Aperol Spritz, the most consumed aperitif in Italy.