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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?
  • amy chaplin in her kitchen

    My kitchen: Amy Chaplin

    Kitchen encounters: The chef to the stars and wholefood champion on flax oil and fennel dressing
  • Thousands of people attending New Year s Eve celebrations in London

    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
  • Noddy Holder

    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
  • Mulled wine is a crucial festive ingredient, whether you like it or not.

    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?
  • A bartender pouring tequila into a woman's mouth. Mexico’s most famous export has long been associated with reckless behaviour, particularly shots and slammers, which the French call “tequila boom-boom”.

    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
  • Nearly every American celebrates Thanksgiving in some way.

    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
  • Austrian beer time on the slopes

    Drinks to bring winter cheer

    Drink Aloud: The days are shorter but don’t be SAD… longer nights mean an earlier cocktail hour
  • A swiss horn player in the mountains.

    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
  • Drink responsibly on Halloween. Too much claret could leave you feeling drained.

    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
  • LEGALLY BLONDE (US 2001)MGM/MARC PLATT PRODUCTIONSREESE WITHERSPOON, SELMA BLAIR rightPicture from the Ronald Grant Archive

    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
  • Harvesting Riesling grapes for Weingut Wegeler in the Doctor vineyard above Bernkastel Kues and the Mosel river Germany

    Time to raise a glass to great German wines

    Drink aloud: German wines are often overlooked but their complexity deserves attention.
  • A swift drink

    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?
  • Diana Ross and the Supremes

    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
  • From the humblest bathroom to the most opulent arena, a soak in the tub with a glass of something special will always be a fabulous occasion.

    A drink for self-indulgent moments

    Drink aloud: Planning a languorous soak in the tub with your book? Take one of these tipples too ...
  • Wine snobs need not apply

    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
  • drinks champagne

    There's always a time for champagne

    Drink aloud: Why champagne needn't be quite so exclusive

  • Drinks: an illustration showing a wine glass in place of an office stool & an empty bottle in a bin

    What to drink with colleagues

    Drink aloud: What to choose for that celebratory moment in the office?

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    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...

  • drinks alound illio

    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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