Win or Lose, Here’s What to Drink as Election Day Drags On
We asked 16 bartenders and wine experts to share how they’ll toast the end of a long campaign.
Illustration: 731; Bottles: Vendors; Whiskey cocktail: Getty Images; French 75: Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group
Other than government officials, the people most in charge of how your election night—and the days after—goes are likely to be bartenders, sommeliers, and wine store employees. They’ve seen customers mark the best moments of their life and drown out the worst ones.
That range of emotion will be on full display after the votes are cast. Maureen Shannon, bar manager of Philadelphia’s In the Valley, was working at a wine shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., on the night of the 2016 election. “In the beginning of the evening, many excited clients purchased Champagne, Pét-Nat [quaffable natural fizz], and mixers for their election cocktail parties at home.”