The Sideways effect: “If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving.  I am not drinking any f*****g Merlot“,  Miles pronounces in the film Sideways.  If like me,...

Just a few weeks ago I was seeing in the New Year with friends holding hands, cross-armed and trying to join in with the singing...

The festive spirit only really comes alive in our house in mid-December, the day after my wife’s birthday… but I think I may have snaffled...

Long liberated from the back of the cupboard (usually around Christmas in honour of elderly relatives) Sherry is wooing a younger generation of drinkers fascinated...

Ten years ago all Australian wine was going in the same direction, right? They were big, brash fruit bombs that were particularly appealing to a...

I’ve always believed that nothing unites people better than a good bottle of wine. A great bottle of wine can capture or enhance a special...

The cocktail trend is so fully entrenched in the contemporary bar scene that it is hard to believe that these mixed drinks were not so...

Personally, I have a bit of a ‘see-saw’ relationship with the top wine from Chateau Mouton Rothschild.  The prestigious First-Growth Chateau from Pauillac is responsible...

The perfect wine to sip by a crackling fire over the festive season, Madeira is also a small island in the Atlantic which, although nearly...