Second place in our blind Negroni tasting in 2024 went to Jeffrey Morgenthaler of Portland’s Pacific Standard, whose equal-parts construction was identified as such immediately by the judges, who found it to best satisfy the qualifications for the pre-dinner Negroni role. Compared to the gin-forward builds that made up the majority of entries, this one felt rounder and richer, without veering towards syrupy. As one judge described, it was “the poster child for the classic Negroni.”
A newsletter for the industry pro (or aspiring pro).