Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(Drinks International, July 2025) Wonderful and humbling to be chosen by my colleagues as one of the 100 most influential people in Bar World 100 2025 for illuminating Latin America’s bar scene. A privilege to form part of a list of incredibly talented and notable people who I respect and admire. “An award-winning British journalist […]
Born and raised in Peru of a Japanese ancestry that was fully integrated into his upbringing, Mitsuharu Tsumura’s culinary path was fixed to bring together the best of both his worlds. Meals prepared by his mother at home were creole, a mix of Japanese and Peruvian, while his father insisted on eating only the former. […]
(Drinks International) A true pioneer of bartending in India, Minakshi Singh tells Sorrel Moseley-Williams how she managed to make her passion her career – in the face of all the odds. When Minakshi Singh first got behind the stick in 2004, it was illegal for women to sell alcohol or even work behind a bar […]
(Drinks International) Steven Soderbergh has dipped into the oceans of spirits and secured his favourite Bolivian drink its own classification. It’s been eight years in the making but singani has finally received its own spirits designation in the US – and Oscar-winning film director Steven Soderbergh couldn’t be more ecstatic. Previously tucked away in the […]
(Star Wine List) Lima is a gastronomic city offering world-class wine, food and pisco – and with a wine scene that is growing fast. Check out my Lima recommendations for 2023 on Star Wine List.
(Drinks International) The South American country has been making waves with its cuisine in recent years. and now drinks producers are getting in on the act, says Sorrel Moseley-Williams. Without a doubt, Peru has been South America’s leading gastronomic force for the past 15 years. A slew of establishments and their culinary leaders dominate global […]
(Marie Claire Argentina) Bartender, consultora, mamá, autora de libros y conductora de tevé, la lista de elogios que se aplican a Inés de los Santos es amplia. Una referente por su dedicación e innovación en la coctelería argentina, Inés trabajó en los más renombrados bares y restaurantes de Buenos Aires. En 2021, en plena pandemia, […]
(World’s 50 Best Bars blog) The team behind Juliana in Guayaquil has succeeded in putting Ecuador on the cocktail map. With the launch cocktail list from its January 2022 opening, it swooped in to pick up the second-ever Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award at The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022 for Diverso (Diversity), a thoughtful and socially driven menu that […]
(Fine Dining Lovers) Behind the stick mixing and shaking, creating brilliant beverage brands and concepts, or working backstage managing logistics, an array of talented women made their mark in this year’s World’s 50 Best Bars list. Here, 50 Best academy chair for South America, Sorrel Moseley-Williams shines a light on some of the global cocktail scene’s top female players, whose accomplishments […]
(Good Beer Hunting) When a farmers’ strike in Peru’s Cusco region stops travel into the Sacred Valley, it’s suddenly impossible to reach Cervecería del Valle Sagrado, perhaps the most influential brewery and taproom in the Andes. Unwilling to be branded a scab or run into a crowd of striking farmers, I stay put in my […]