From cocktail joints backed by the international bar scene's brightest talents to wine bars pouring exceptional bottles with passion and flair, these are the most exciting and extraordinary new bar openings that have recently caught the eye of team Club Oenologique

One week on from world domination, the winner of the ASI Best Sommelier of the World contest, Norway's Nikolai Haram Svorte, joins The Drinking Hour podcast to track his path to victory at the wine world's Olympic Games

Brunello di Montalcino’s wide range of vintage characteristics and fantastic potential for ageing in bottle means that drinkers have many ways to approach the wine. Jason Millar surveys the last decade of releases to help outline the vintages to seek out according to approachability, ageability and palate preference

Despite being South America’s third-largest wine-producing nation, Brazil is still playing catch-up when it comes to its vinous reputation. Tomé Morrissy-Swan visits the undulating hills of its largest wine region, Serra Gaúcha, to get to know the bold reds and bright sparkling wines of a scene that demands global attention

Photojournalist and author of 'Tequila, Mezcal & More', Anna Bruce has called Oaxaca home for more than a decade. Here she gives us the inside scoop on the best places to sip mezcal in the heart of its homeland

As we reach the end of series 24 of The Drinking Hour podcast, we take a trip back through the audio archives: highlights include conversations with restaurant-turned-cocktail writer Tim Hayward, winemaker Luke O'Cuinneagain and Jancis Robinson OBE MW

Tuscany’s Montalcino is one of the most famous historic wine regions in Italy, and for very good reason. But what should drinkers know about the wines of Montalcino in the modern era? Jason Millar shares a primer on the region and its premium Sangiovese