March, The Scarlett House hosts a defining moment for India’s cocktail culture — welcoming Sips, the Barcelona-based bar ranked No. 3 on The World’s 50 Best Bars, for an intimate, one-night-only takeover in Mumbai.
This landmark evening comes to life in collaboration with The Experience India, the Mumbai-based experiential lifestyle and travel platform known for curating immersive, culture-led journeys and bespoke experiences across India and beyond. Renowned for bringing some of the world’s leading bars, artists, and creative talent to India, The Experience India blends global influence with local storytelling to create elevated, community-driven encounters.
As part of its continued vision to foster meaningful international collaborations, The Experience India partners with The Scarlett House to introduce Simone Caporale to Bombay — creating a rare intersection of global creativity and experiential design.
But this is not just a bar takeover.
It is a convergence of philosophies.
Behind the bar at Scarlett that night will be Simone Caporale co-founder of Sips and one of the most influential voices in modern mixology. From his early days redefining cocktail theatre at London’s Artesian to co-creating Sips with Marc Alvarez, Caporale has consistently challenged what a bar can be: less spectacle, more soul; less hierarchy, more human connection.
Sips was founded on a radical yet simple belief — that the future of great bars lies not in intimidation or exclusivity, but in approachability, emotion and precision.
At Sips, cocktails are stripped of unnecessary ceremony and served with clarity, warmth and intent. The bar rejects rigid counter culture in favour of conversation; technique exists only to serve flavour; and every drink is designed to feel instinctive rather than engineered.
“We wanted to create a place where the guest feels free — free to ask, free to explore, free to enjoy without needing permission,” says Simone Caporale.“Sips is about hospitality first. The cocktail is simply the medium.”
This approach has earned Sips global acclaim, including its current No. 3 ranking on The World’s 50 Best Bars, voted by an international academy of over 650 industry experts.
For The Scarlett House, the collaboration is deeply aligned with its founding ethos of New Age Nostalgia — a hospitality language that blends memory, modernity, and belonging. Scarlett was designed as a home that evolves — absorbing global influences while staying rooted in Bombay’s emotional rhythm. Bringing Sips here is about introducing a mindset, not just a menu. Their philosophy mirrors Scarlett’s hospitality that feels instinctive, warm, and deeply human.
“For us, this isn’t about importing a ‘World’s 50 Best’ moment,” says Fay Barretto, who helms the beverage programme at The Scarlett House. “It’s about exchanging energy. Simone represents a shift in global bar culture — where ego steps aside and hospitality leads. That resonates deeply with how we build our bar at Scarlett. We want guests to feel seen, comfortable, curious. This collaboration feels like a natural conversation.”
On 8th March, guests at The Scarlett House will experience Sips as it exists in Barcelona — no reinterpretation, no dilution.
The confirmed cocktail selection includes:
Toreador
A striking orange-hued cocktail that balances brightness and depth — bold, structured, and quietly expressive.
Espresso on Steroids
Vodka, intense espresso, maple, and a delicate coffee air — a high-energy reinterpretation that reflects Sips’ playful precision.
Tommy’s
Tequila layered with strawberry and agave — fresh, vibrant, and deceptively complex.
Pritish Matai, CEO Aspri Spirits said we are delighted to partner with Sips and Scarlett House. This association reflects our shared commitment to delivering exceptional experiences, and we look forward to nurturing this collaboration into a strong and enduring relationship in the years ahead.
Each drink will be personally crafted and served by Simone Caporale, offering Mumbai a rare, unfiltered glimpse into one of the world’s most influential bar philosophies.
The evening is proudly supported by U’Luvka Vodka, whose own legacy of craftsmanship mirrors the precision and quiet complexity that define Sips.
Centuries ago, in the royal courts of Poland, the alchemist Sendivogius crafted a spirit worthy of kings, pure, harmonious, and potent enough to be hailed as a royal elixir.
A rediscovery of this recipe, U’Luvka continues that legacy with the same devotion to mastery. U’Luvka is methodically distilled using carefully chosen grains grown in Poland, selected to produce a complex and flavourful spirit. Our water is drawn from deep aquifers and refined through reverse osmosis to create a velvety signature smoothness. Through thoughtful distillation and a specific filtration process designed to preserve the full aromatic and flavour complexity, the result is a vodka that is expressive yet balanced, soft, rich, and refined in every sip.
U’Luvka embraces a more expressive path than the neutral profiles typical of the category. Creamy notes, subtle sweetness, and delicate grain spice linger on the palate, elevating its velvety texture and offering a depth rarely found in traditional vodkas.
This expressive quality reflects the symbolism woven into the brand itself: the U’Luvka logo fuses alchemical forms representing the masculine and feminine, friendship, love and pleasure, a modern emblem of unity, connection and transformation.
The result is a spirit that doesn’t simply reflect Polish heritage; it redefines it for the modern era. Refined, balanced, and unmistakably alive with character, U’Luvka is crafted for those who appreciate the beauty of restraint and the art of quiet complexity.
The Sips takeover marks one of several global collaborations planned at The Scarlett House, as the venue continues to build a calendar that brings internationally acclaimed chefs, bars, and creative minds to Bombay — always with intention, intimacy, and cultural relevance.
Scarlett is not chasing trends. It is curating conversations.
