Sommelier Andreas Rosendal selects the best wines for the Christmas dinner table

It used to be a resolutely blue-collar drink, but now the top US whiskeys and bourbons are on a path to high-end prices and auction prestige. Clay Risen tracks their journey

Sommelier Bert Blaize shares his top tips with a reader struggling to pair wine with spicy food

Sea salt, olives, rosemary, cheese…gin botanicals are taking an increasingly savoury turn. Millie Milliken explores what makes this new genre of gin and highlights the latest and greatest to sample

The quality of red wines from Argentina and Chile is undisputed, but their ageing credentials are still open to question. Tim Atkin MW weighs up the evidence

With the launch of a new immersive whisky centre, Edinburgh is a drinking destination on the rise. Johanna Derry Hall takes a look at the best bars, shops, distillery tours and tastings on offer to spirit lovers in Scotland’s capital

Ed Carr was born in Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, but has made his name on another island – Tasmania – for the House of Arras

A wave of new single malt Scotch releases has seen record-breaking ageing, with 40+ years in cask an increasingly regular benchmark. Joel Harrison introduces some of the whisky world's newest OAPs

The original idea was a small bar to offload a sprawling wine collection. So, Guy Woodward asks, how did London’s 67 Pall Mall become a global brand complete with media arm?

The venerable London merchant is a stalwart of the wine world, but its range of spirits is the real hero, says Joel Harrison