Reaching for your favourite Christmas drink during the festive season is the perfect accompaniment to food and spending time with friends and family When the tree is up and Christmas carols play on the radio, many of us reach for the cupboard – uncorking bottles of Port, swilling Prosecco while dancing to the festive tunes, making mulled wine in the …
Streets in Mexico burst alive with color and merriment for the annual Day of the Dead, and we celebrate with a fine bottle of Altos tequila The beaming smiles of skull-painted faces poking out of vibrant costumes have set the scene, reminding you that this is not an ordinary celebration. The faint aromas of orange marigold flowers and the exuberant …
The mythical and magical spirit of mezcal continues to make its mark on the international spirits industry – and for good reason Tequila, a distilled alcoholic drink created from the blue agave plant has made a name for itself around the world – and anyone who has tasted this distinctive beverage neat or as a shot with salt and lemon …
Switching up the spirit industry, one of Sweetdram’s leading liqueurs, Escubac, is a perfected blend of botanicals that we can’t recommend enough Those in search of drinks with a difference will be highly appeased by Sweetdram’s modern liqueurs. The first product to have been released from Sweetdram, Escubac, is an innovative botanical spirit, created with sufferers from gin fatigue in …
Havana Club, the leading rum producer has released the fourth instalment of its ultra-prestige rums, Havana Club Tributo 2019 A country bursting with energy and enthusiasm, Cuba is a buzzing symbiosis of culture, history and sublime natural beauty. Whether you’re taking in the rich colours of Havana’s winding alleys, lapping up the sun on Playa Varadero or cruising around town …
Absinthe, associated with madness and murder, has a fearsome (and undeserved) reputation. Felicity Carter visits some Parisian haunts of the green fairy.
Step away from the shot glass – at least until you read our guide to pairing mezcal with food, by Ella Buchan
There are exciting new trends sweeping through the conservative world of Cognac. Barnaby Eales finds eight to try
Once the drink of sailors and pirates, rum is now one of world’s most diverse and exciting spirits. By Peter Ranscombe
The ubiquitous Korean spirit comes hedged around with rules and protocol. Matilda Battersby takes a tour
The big spirits story at the IWSC this year is not gin – even though that continues to defy gravity in its popularity – it’s mezcal. By Adam Lechmere
From baijiu to shochu, the subtle delights of Asian spirits are grabbing the attention of western drinkers, writes Roger Morris.
There are so many new rums being introduced it can be hard to keep up. But here’s a new style of rum, the Stiggins’ Fancy Plantation Pineapple, with a story so enriched in history, that it deserves special attention all of its own. Rum has quietly but surely become one of the most fashionable and in demand drinks on the …
The Spirits of Mexico is the premier tasting platform in North America for agave-based and other spirits produced in Mexico. Encompassing a festival and a competition The Spirits of Mexico showcases the variety of expressions of tequila, sotol, mezcal, bacanora, liqueurs, raicilla, wine and other spirits. With recognised industry professionals judging the products and offering seminars to guests at the …
It took a while but tequila is now definitely going global. A sure sign the Mexican spirit is taking off is the number of A-list celebrities (think George Clooney, Justin Timerblake and Carlos Santana to name but a few) that are hoping to cash in on the trend. So what is tequila? Tequila is actually part of the mezcal family. …
The IWSC Annual Awards Banquet returns to Guildhall for our annual celebration of excellence in wine & spirit making. The awards ceremony brings together the elite of the wine and spirits industry to celebrate the achievements of the year, and includes with a tasting of the top winners from the year, a champagne reception, lavish 5-course meal and awards presentations …
Created exclusively for the Asian market in 2008 by those who know and are intimately involved in the region, the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine and Spirit Competition was the first truly Asian wine and spirit competition in the world. The competition is judged by Asia’s most esteemed tasters from all across the continent, including the competition’s Directors, Hong …
On July 27th the Worshipful Company of Distillers and the IWSC will host the 9th annual Spirits Results & Tasting at the Vintners Hall. Following this year’s results announcement, over 200 of the Competition’s top award winners will be showcased at Vintner’s Hall for 200 guests. To book tickets please get in touch with Kim Lyons at KLyons@lbmw.com
