It’s one of the most sought-after whiskies in the world, yet it started life as blending fodder, and its stills went cold 20 years ago. Richard Woodard on the astonishing story of Karuizawa

They've been cultivated for 5,000 years, they're a stable ingredient of every major world cuisine, and they ward off disease. Fiona Beckett salutes the wondrous, ubiquitous onion

Scotland’s capital city plays host to the largest celebration of the arts on the planet throughout August, and gin is fast becoming the drink of choice to toast the festivities

With single vineyards, vintage bottlings and luscious boutique wines, sherry is having its moment in the sun

The rolling hills south of Lake Iseo – home to Monte Isolo, Europe’s largest lake island – produce the grapes used to make Italy’s secret sparkling wine: Franciacorta

San Francisco, that most European of American cities, is dense with restaurants reflecting the extraordinary cultural diversity of its inhabitants

There is no finer place to drink rum than Havana, Cuba’s splendid capital, and no better guide than Club Oenologique’s spirits consultant

When Barbara Banke took on the management of Jackson Family Wines from her late husband, you’d have thought the family’s racehorse operation would take a back seat – but she has built Stonestreet Farms into the top breeding operation in the United States

The seismic changes in Canada's Okanagan Valley are spurring on an increasingly dynamic food scene

Nantes’s new eateries and wine bars reflect the dynamism of a city transformed by quirky contemporary art