Our Mission:
The Twelve Cocktails Company is a Nevada-based company founded by Cocktail and Beverage experts Armando Rosario and Livio Lauro. We provide casual enthusiasts and industry professionals with educational tools inspired by time-tested and common-sense practices. Through these services and our continuous outreach, we stimulate and nurture our followers’ obsession for the history, culture and responsible enjoyment of alcoholic beverages.
Livio Lauro is a Drink expert and a Cocktail historian. He started his beverage career 30 years ago in Southern Italy on the beautiful island of Ischia in the heart of the Mediterranean.
Livio moved to the United States in 2001 and is widely recognized as one of the most instrumental figures in the resurgence of the United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) and served as National President from 2004 to 2010.
Since 2001, Livio has been employed by Southern Wine and Spirits in Las Vegas and works alongside the foremost distillers and beverage importers in the world. Livio has also worked with many of the most recognizable hospitality corporations by assisting them in the development of successful and profitable Beverage initiatives. He is also a frequent guest lecturer on F&B-related topics at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); which is recognized for having the most prestigious hospitality education program in the world.
Livio owns some 1000 vintage and modern books on mixology, hospitality, and alcoholic beverages, and is deeply passionate about his research on these topics. His seminars are routinely featured at major beverage trade shows and are recognized as being both innovative and trend-setting.
Armando Rosario has specialized in the development of innovative cocktail creations for more than three decades. Several of his signature cocktails have appeared in trade magazines around the country such as Cheers, The Tasting Panel and Wall Street Journal.
Armando has worked in such respected establishments as Le Cirque 2000 in New York, Princess Cruise Lines, and Wynn Las Vegas.
Armando graduated from Hotel Training Management School in Portugal and speaks five languages fluently; he has earned accreditations at several well recognized institutions. Armando won the prestigious award of State and National champion of the United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) Cocktail Competition and competed in Berlin, Germany representing the USA for World Championship and achieving the highest position ever by a United States bartender In over 40 years. He has been a member of the IBA (International Bartenders Association) since 1985.
Armando lives in Orlando, Florida and presides over the 12-week Academy of Spirits and Mixology educational program Southern Wine and Spirits of Florida.
“Make it fresh…Keep it simple”.