Whether you’re chucking them in the dishwasher or rinsing them by hand, cleaning your best glasses requires care – and there’s no one-size-fits-all solutionYou’ve navigated Christmas lunch. Everyone has eaten and drunk well. Peace and harmony reign. So…
Pick of The Bunch: rising stars as chosen by independent importers | David Williams
The best of an unusual and surprising selection made by a group of independent British importers, known as The BunchTanners Douro Red, Douro, Portugal 2018 (£8.80, tanners-wines.co.uk) The fraternity of seven British independent wine merchants known as…
Keep up the pub invites and don’t ‘sober shame’: how to support a friend to stop drinking
There are plenty of ways to make it easier for someone who wants to cut out the booze this October – and beyondThose of us who don’t drink, whatever the reason, know that being alcohol-free doesn’t mean the end of socialising or having fun. But for som…
Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop?
Alcohol’s allure was powerful when we were growing up and those born after us consume far less. Now booze is falling out of fashion, is it time to assess old habits?My first job in journalism was editing a free magazine called Rasp. In 1995, we ran a c…
Where to find top restaurant wines to drink at home
The pandemic has seen new retailers emerge, on a mission to satisfy your inner sommelier Some wine merchants have done well out of the pandemic. Among them were big guns such as Waitrose and Majestic, which saw online sales rise by as much as 300% last…
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for squash and borlotti beans with tomatoes and sage | The new vegan
Borlotti beans, caramelised squash and roast tomatoes make a satisfying, herby traybakeA few years back, my husband Hugh and I planted some borlotti beans and, although they grew, we’ve never managed to produce any since. We baked our small yield – thr…
Proise, Grantfulness, Glofe, and most of all, Chart
With so many disasters pumelling the UK simultaneously—Brexit, Covid, GB News—it’s nice to see that our most famous sponge monarch has decided to share her innermost thoughts with us as a balm to a broken nation. Queen Elizabeth II is now issuing a dig…
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An immersive weekend of wine and wine-making in south Devon is a crushing success
A course in Dartington educates the tastebuds, and with grape treading and blindfold tests on offer, is also fun and messily therapeuticI am blindfolded with a peg on my nose, chewing on a wine gum. This wasn’t exactly what I expected when I signed up …
Cocktail of the week: maverick – recipe | The good mixer
A tropical treat with a vodka kick and prosecco bubbles to lift the fruitThis is our vibrant and tropical homage to the celebrated spritz. It’s a great alfresco refresher for a warm, late summer’s day. Continue reading…