Marco Zappia's Brand-Free Cocktail Program is a New Kind of Sustainability

An hour after I met Marco Zappia (and yes, one cocktail later), everything I thought I knew about cocktails and bar programs was turned upside down. 

Zappia is the director of the bar programs for the Minneapolis restaurants Martina and Colita and the creator of what he calls a closed-loop cocktail program, in which he creates financial and environmental efficiencies by buying spirits in bulk, blending his...