Drink aloud
Welcome to our new drinks column with a difference, where we eschew snobbery or geekery and instead ask the question: what would be best for the occasion?
My kitchen: Amy Chaplin
Kitchen encounters: The chef to the stars and wholefood champion on flax oil and fennel dressing
The wine trends that made us gulp in 2014
Drink aloud: As the New Year fast approaches, the moment has arrived to reflect on the past year in wine trends
A Christmas drinks playlist
Drink Aloud: Music can enhance your drinking pleasure as much as vice versa
Leave the Christmas shopping: buy vouchers and treat yourself to a tipple
Drink aloud: Save yourself from Christmas shopping with drink gift vouchers – and treat yourself to a tipple
To mull, or not to mull? Wine and the festive season
Drink Aloud: Mulled alcohol is as much a part of Christmas as sprouts and stockings. But should it be wine, cider or rum-spiked eggnog?
The best tequila is for life, not just for slamming
Drink aloud: Mexico’s most famous export is also suitable for less bullish social occasions, as well as solitary rumination
Drinks for Thanksgiving
Drink Aloud: Thanksgiving is not the time for rules or restraint: if you have a special bottle of something you want to open, then do so
Drinks to bring winter cheer
Drink Aloud: The days are shorter but don’t be SAD… longer nights mean an earlier cocktail hour
Well-kept secrets: Swiss wines to seek out
Drink aloud: Forget the chocolate, fondue and watches; here are three Swiss wines worth yodelling in the mountains for
Blood reds and pale white wines to treat yourself this Halloween
Drink aloud: As Halloween marks the end of the harvest, it’s time to think about treating yourself
Breaking up is hard to do... so break out the wine!
Drink aloud: Whether you are the heartbreaker or the wounded party, there’s a good chance you’ll be in need of some wine along the way
Time to raise a glass to great German wines
Drink aloud: German wines are often overlooked but their complexity deserves attention.
Pints 0, Wine 4: perfect wines for the footie
Drink aloud: Watching sports usually calls for pints, but many admit to cracking open the wine at home. But which?
Matching game with the right wine is like finding the perfect partner
Drink aloud: Strong meats such as grouse, rabbit or venison require an accompaniment that doesn’t try to shove them off stage
A drink for self-indulgent moments
Drink aloud: Planning a languorous soak in the tub with your book? Take one of these tipples too ...
Don’t let wine trends turn you into a wine snob
Drink aloud: Take no notice of wine trends - the film Sideways unfairly knocked the reputation of merlot. Just drink the wines you enjoy
There's always a time for champagne
Drink aloud: Why champagne needn't be quite so exclusive
What to drink with colleagues
Drink aloud: What to choose for that celebratory moment in the office?
How to choose the best value, good-quality party wines
Drink aloud: When the moment calls for a delicious wine with volume, value and versatility...
Three wines to gift a connoisseur
Drink aloud: Coax a wine aficionado away from their comfort zone with one of these unusual choices
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