Across social media, more and more virtuous souls are boasting of their commitment to going a month without wine, whisky, or any other drink. Our lifestyle columnist explains why she's not one of them

After years of wine club dinners with starry bottles, our columnist has come to realise that it's better to know one lesser wine intimately than have a glancing familiarity with a dozen exalted cuvées

Whisky commentator Colin Hampden-White takes issue with wine writer Andrew Jefford’s depiction of the whisky ‘magi’

Our lifestyle columnist is determined to pop more corks than ever this Christmas – and get her dose of travel in the process

You might think that, with everything else going on, Christmas isn’t the time to spend hours perfecting cocktails to serve up to thirsty guests. The good news is, you don’t have to…

Forget the nuances of yeast strains, barley types or local water supply. Human influence – a spirit’s social terroir – casts more influence than any climatic factors, says the newly crowned IWSC Spirits Communicator

Elaine Chukan Brown is the newly crowned IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year, and will be appearing regularly on Club O over the next 12 months. Here, she tells us what we can expect – and how her heritage inspires her work

Our lifestyle columnist has moved from lockdown in France to lockdown in the French-speaking part of Canada. Plus ça change…

Rum is being talked up in bartending circles as a spirit with the potential to take on the more premium end of the market – that of the aged sipping drink. Yet for most consumers, the wide variety of styles – and quality – of rum can still make things hugely confusing, argues our spirits columnist

Our columnist was meant to be in Australia this winter, reconnecting with her childhood. Instead, she’s dreaming of its riches through a Burgundian lens