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Benjamin Baker – cognac renegade 2 months ago • 7 min read

The World Atlas of Whisky – book review 1 year ago • 5 min read

Reasons to be grateful 2 years ago • 1 min read

A strong case for buying cognac
This brown spirit may be the best bargain in the drinks world right now says Henry Jeffreys, a former whisky...

Ontario strike intensifies, hail hits Bordeaux, California fires, EU vine-pulls, spirits sales strong
Plus a plea to abandon the wasteful wine capsule and news of Come Over October, a campaign to promote wine’s...

Jean-Marc Roulot's transparent eaux-de-vie
Could these grape-derived spirits be a purer expression of terroir than wine?
Distillation is a family tradition at Domaine Roulot...

Seriously sober
Finally, there is a truly delicious way to stay sober.
Recently, two sets of the most seriously, and I use...

NOLO newbies
Time to give up the alcohol-free wine…
New actors on the stage of no- and low-alcohol drinks continue to pop...

2021 book reviews – cider, aperitifs and cocktails
It's not all about wine! This round of book reviews – all 8,000 words of it – celebrates some of...

Not just the tonic
A gin that challenges the clichéd pairings.
It’s such an entwined pair that it’s one of the few drinks that...

Red, white and blue collar
Wine has replaced beer as the common man and woman's drink. A version of this article is published by the...

All about brandy – in 1999
A recent post in our Members' forum (13 years after the last one in the thread!) reminded me that I...

Lessons from 18 years at Hakkasan
It's difficult to think of a restaurant drinks buyer who is more respected and internationally experienced than Christine Parkinson. She...

Sober in charge – the best alcohol-free drinks
25 July 2019 We're republishing this free today in recognition of the fact that non-alcoholic drinks can be of particular...

Tea with spirit
Newcastle upon Tyne, in the far north east of England, is not known for the finer things in life. You...

Warner Edwards – farming gin
Tam tells a spirited tale to coincide with the first day of the Chelsea Flower Show in London (and the...

Ginning widely
There are tired terraced houses, grey flats, black and blue plastic council bins. Chocolate wrappers drift in the gutters, and...

Gins that do good
From £20, €23, $32.99 Find this drink Happy new year to all Purple Pagers – and apologies in advance that...