Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is certainly a mouthful. But the man who inspired the rhyme, and our new rum – Pierre Poivre – was more of a handful, as Jack Denley reveals

The Glenrothes has been making some of Speyside’s finest Scotch whisky since 1879 – but it’s an humble operation, as Alexis Self discovers on a trip north of the border

As the Swedish whiskies of High Coast arrive on our list, Tom Van de Pette introduces the distillery and its elegant spirits

Some bottles mean a little bit more than others. Our Spirits Buyer Rob Whitehead explains how the funk of Hampden’s rums (not to mention Stevie Wonder) has shaped him