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

Unlike a ‘Master of Wine’, someone calling themself a ‘Master Distiller’ needs no qualifications, and the title bestows no authority. And that has rather got under our spirits columnist's skin

The home of Nebbiolo – and many other wonderful grapes – is baffling and contradictory, and utterly Italian. Which is why it deserves our love, says our wine columnist

The rivalry between Bordeaux and Burgundy is as ancient as the creamy stones of Saint-Émilion. But as she heads west to dine in "the Other Place", our new columnist finds open-mindedness far more important than competition

As the demand for limited-edition single-malts continues to grow, so prices will continue to rise. But, warns our columnist, what happens when the tide turns?

BBC Radio 4's enduring show, now approaching its seventh decade, invites a famous figure to choose a luxury item to complement their musical selection. And as our wine columnist reveals, guests' wine choices have become more and more profligate

Veteran food writer Tim Hayward questions what made us lionise celebrity chefs, and argues that it's time for another out-dated institution to be torn down

Whether wine or whisky, drinking is, by its very nature, a shared, social experience, not given to cautious precision. So what are we meant to do now?