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What to drink at 35,000 feet
I don’t know why we consider it glamorous to drink alcohol on the move, writes Alice Lascelles, but back in the 1920s and ’30s, they knew how to do it in style...
I don’t know why we consider it glamorous to drink alcohol on the move, writes Alice Lascelles, but back in the 1920s and ’30s, they knew how to do it in style...
Think of Kentucky and your mind might leap to bourbon. But what about the Old Fashioned? A ‘cocktail in the old fashioned style’ went on to define what all mixed drinks have in common: Joel Harrison stirs together a short history
Sancerre and its crisp whites seem to steal the spotlight, even though there’s a lot to love about wine from the places in the Loire that surround it – as well as savings to be made. David Kermode ponders why Sancerre still rules the roost
There is politics in wine as there is almost everything else. While in the Loire Valley, Nina Caplan ponders what matters the most when it comes to what's in the glass
Tequila has bounced back from the brink but lost much of its old punk energy, says Joel Harrison. Instead, the more adventurous agave drinkers should look to mezcal for a bit of edge
David Kermode heads to the Spanish capital to sip and scoff his way around Madrid Fusion, witnessing the bringing together of food and wine on a scale rarely seen elsewhere
Nina Caplan reflects on wine’s ability to transport us to a place we long for - and its capacity to connect city-dwellers with nature, as she experienced on two recent London restaurant visits
The use of ice in cocktail making is critical. Despite its recent bad press, Joel Harrison defends ice as the single most important element of any mixed drink
David Kermode reflects on the role of mature vines, the environmental reasons for protecting these aged plantings, and how drinkers may well be rewarded with surprisingly lively wines in the glass
On Louis Pasteur's 200th birthday, Nina Caplan takes the opportunity to reflect on a trip to the region from which he hailed, the Jura - the darling of the natural wine world and home of the 'gorgeous' Vin Jaune