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# David Wondrich is coming to Harry's Bar in Paris!
- URL: https://jiggerdaily.com/david-wondrich-harrys-bar-paris-book-launch/
- Published: 2026-09-04T08:01:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-07T10:08:32.000Z
- Description: On September 10, David Wondrich will be at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris to launch his latest book, The Great History of Cocktails. Join him for a book signing, a conversation, and drinks with Maison Ferrand - a rare chance to meet the famed cocktail historian in person.
- Author: Frederic Roginska
- Tags: Events, Partnership, Bar People

Some names shape the way an entire industry approaches its past.

**David Wondrich** is very much one of them: spirits columnist for **Esquire** for sixteen years, he’s the author of essential books such as *Imbibe!* \- his biography of **Jerry Thomas**, which helped reignite interest in 19th-century classics - and *Punch*, to name just two. And here’s some good news for this fall: on Thursday, September 10, he’ll be at **Harry's New York Bar** in Paris. For this event, all industry professionals and members of the media are invited. (Just say you’re with **Jigger Daily** 😉)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2026/09/dave-wondrich.jpg)

He’ll be there to launch his latest book, *The Great History of Cocktails* (**Dunod**), a comic-book-style journey through five centuries of cocktail history - from the punch bowl to the *Dry Martini* \- illustrated by **Dean Kotz** and translated into French by **François Monti**, himself the author of *101 Cocktails* and *El gran libro del vermut*, a definitive book on vermouth.

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2026/09/wondrich-grande-histoire-cocktails-bd.jpg)

### On the agenda

Starting at 2:30 p.m., **David Wondrich**, fresh off receiving the *2026 Lifetime Achievement Award* at **Tales of the Cocktail**, will talk about his work and sign copies of the books available on-site. And if you already have copies of *Imbibe!* or *Punch* on your shelf, this is also the perfect time to bring them along for an autograph!

![📷 Taken by Tom](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2026/09/harrys-bar-paris-4.jpg)

📷 Taken by Tom

Then, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., **David** will step behind the bar to mix a few cocktails - including the *Sidecar* and the *White Lady* \- in partnership with **Maison Ferrand**. That partnership is no accident: the historian is a longtime friend of **Alexandre Gabriel** and has collaborated with him many times, including on **Ferrand** *Dry Curaçao*, **Ferrand Cognac** *1840*, **Planteray** *Stiggins' Fancy Pineapple*, and **Planteray** *OFTD*, which he helped blend alongside five other team members - all of whose portraits appear on the label.

It promises to be a great afternoon. See you there?

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### Event details

📍 ****Harry's New York Bar**, 5 rue Daunou, 75002 Paris  
🕒 Thursday, September 10, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.  
📚 **The Great History of Cocktails* is available from [****Dunod**](https://www.dunod.com/vie-pratique/grande-histoire-cocktails-en-bande-dessinee?ref=jiggerdaily.com) (176 pages, €23.90)