The Hillside Select is one of California's great wines - a mighty, perfumed Cabernet capable of phenomenal ageing. Adam Lechmere goes back to the beginning
Every year the giant distiller Diageo dips into its stocks of maturing Scotch to curate a limited-edition collection of one-off whiskies. Becky Paskin casts her eye over this year's selection
What to drink in the mellow days of late summer? Henry Jeffreys' The Cocktail Dictionary is an A-Z guide of every cocktail recipe you need to know, from the Old Fashioned and the Martini to the Margarita and Daiquiri. Here he picks three seasonal cocktails to try at home
What makes a great vintage? As the 2020 harvest begins across Europe, Jane Anson takes a look at the five criteria that Bordeaux vignerons use to determine just how good a vintage is going to be
It's one of the world's glamorous wine regions, a honeypot for high-end wine lovers. But how will Napa's tasting rooms (and waiting lists) fare in a post-COVID world?
In the second part of our wine-reading round-up we navigate fortified wines and strong opinions, via Burgundy, Germany and New York
There’s no getting away from it – wine is intoxicating. But, argues Jamie Goode in his new wine ‘manifesto’, it is, to some extent, different from other such substances: it is a virtuous intoxicant
Tequila may be Mexico's best-known drink, but the country's other spirit – mezcal – is rapidly gaining popularity in the US and beyond
Edinburgh's Holyrood Distillery has launched a new cask programme offering customers the chance to make their own single malt whisky
Discover a selection of this year's best new wine books, with something to suit everyone from beginners to experts