Drinks of a Higher Dimension

To the clubby Manor Bar at Rick Caruso’s Rosewood Miramar Hotel for the launch of its new creative and colorful cocktail collection.

Tables now feature 3D miniatures, featuring small books listing cocktail ingredients and new glassware made in Italy, with the 12 spirited works including Journey to the Center of the Earth, and my favorite Lilliput; a heady concoction of Appleton Estate rum, Remy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac, ginger, banana, lemon, and miso – a fermented soya bean from Japan – served in an egg-shaped porcelain container next to a small map of Gulliver’s famed island nation.

Dario Bellantuono, the glassware designer, flew in from Italy for the occasion, while Justin Rhoads, head bartender, choreographed the imaginative event.

A novel idea, indeed…