George Bednar NFL game. Bednar became the marketing/sales director for McKesson Imports Company. Bednar marketed the Harvey Wallbanger cocktail in the early 1970s by suggesting bartenders on America's West Coast promote the cocktail. During this time, McKesson hired graphic artist Bill Young to develop a "Harvey Wallbanger" character to market the drink, which tends to negate the attribution of the drink and its name to bartender Donatao "Duke" Antone. Various authors have speculated that Bednar may have commissioned recipe for the drink itself from Antone, or developed it internally. The drink is composed of vodka, orange juice and Galliano liqueur, then a
Bloody Mary (cocktail) Virgin Mary, the Caesar, and the michelada. Fernand Petiot claimed to have invented the Bloody Mary in 1921, well before any of the later claims, according to his grand-daughter. He was working at the New York Bar in Paris at the time, which later became Harry's New York Bar, a frequent Paris hangout for Ernest Hemingway and other American migrants. The original cocktail is said to have been created on the spur-of-the-moment, according to the bar's own traditions, consisting only of vodka and tomato juice. Harry's Bar also claims to have created numerous other classic cocktails, including the White Lady