As Harry and Meghan prepare to say “I do”, we have rustled up five wines and spirits suited to a royal celebration The King’s Ginger: Too clichéd? We think not – Harry may only be sixth in line to the throne, but this  liqueur is as fiery as the Prince’s fine locks, and good enough […]

Today marks the start of the Big Smoke’s annual celebration of wine, and with hundreds of events and offers on around the city, we highlight the ones we’ll be making a beeline for This year’s London Wine Week “hub” is Flat Iron Square – drop by for jeroboams of Pol Roger, white Port and tonic […]

As the British Library dedicates a season of events to food, Sophie Thorpe finds out how science is changing the way we eat and drink “I think it is a sad reflection on our civilization that while we can and do measure the temperature in the atmosphere of Venus, we do not know what goes […]

As Sophie Thorpe wraps up vintage for one year, the cycle shows signs of beginning all over again. Here she recounts part two of life as a cellar-hand at Pierro winery in Margaret River, Western Australia. Any winemaker will tell you that 95 percent of winemaking is cleaning; what they won’t tell you is quite how wet […]